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08-25-2017, 06:02 AM
#2821
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Position: Golf course, mostly.
Posts: 292
The phrase "better as a north south" airplane that Alaska is one of the dumbest sentences I've heard in a long time. Can someone please explain to me just why exactly a 737 is a better east west aircraft?
We had numerous tech stops this year due to higher than average aloft winds. However, that isn't the norm. In years of the airbus and many many many BOS-LAX runs, I have never had to tech stop once. Furthermore, it is my understanding that the 737 would have had to make the same stop but instead left passengers passengers behind and always left weight restricted.
It is far more comfortable for the crew and the passengers to ride on a wider, more comfort forward aircraft like the airbus. People at Alaska just like to have verbal dribbling diarrhea with this phrase just like they do with "it's more expensive to have two fleet types." Love seeing a gate agent have that as their comment on pulse articles. Easier to quote headlines than know facts.
We had numerous tech stops this year due to higher than average aloft winds. However, that isn't the norm. In years of the airbus and many many many BOS-LAX runs, I have never had to tech stop once. Furthermore, it is my understanding that the 737 would have had to make the same stop but instead left passengers passengers behind and always left weight restricted.
It is far more comfortable for the crew and the passengers to ride on a wider, more comfort forward aircraft like the airbus. People at Alaska just like to have verbal dribbling diarrhea with this phrase just like they do with "it's more expensive to have two fleet types." Love seeing a gate agent have that as their comment on pulse articles. Easier to quote headlines than know facts.
08-25-2017, 05:45 PM
#2822
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 Left
Posts: 1,827
08-26-2017, 06:54 AM
#2823
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: SD3
Posts: 51
08-26-2017, 07:15 AM
#2824
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 41
Both, internal and external. The internal recommendation has more weight. I had 3, two Virgin & one Alaska
08-26-2017, 07:37 AM
#2825
On Reserve
Joined APC: Jun 2017
Position: First Officer
Posts: 13
I brought 7: 2 from previous supervisors and the rest from pilots I had flown with (incl. the DO and chief pilot at the company I was leaving). I was hired w/o internal recs but I'm sure they help a LOT!
08-26-2017, 09:38 AM
#2826
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: 737 Left
Posts: 1,827
08-27-2017, 06:55 AM
#2830
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Joined APC: Jun 2010
Posts: 389
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