Nugget#69

Just thought of one more.

Only eat at places recommended by the Capt or has a lot of airplane stickers above the bar or on the entrance door. Remember bad beef will only kill you. Bad chicken will make you wish you were dead. Got to spend a few days hooked up to an IV because of this one.

As for the bar girls. I was fully briefed and ready for the girls in SE Asia. These were girls in Shanghai wasn't ready for that one.

applefritter

watch out for the heshes...

MD11HOG

Right after you get captains to quit flying them. Who the he11 is supposed to lead and set an example?

Busboy

Right after? Nice.

I agree, it's not just nuggets flying DPs. But, that's still no excuse. In fact, there is no excuse.

MD11HOG

Don't want to hijack the thread. Nice post from the new guy. A lesson my friend paid for with a letter in his file: Volunteer list is not a call me and let me see if I like the trip list. It's a lot funnier story in person but my bud signs up for volunteer assuming it's optional. Sends his first year collection of uniforms off to the cleaners and goes to bed. 0100 phone call from his favorite scheduler says we've got a trip for you. Bud replies no, that's OK I don't have a uniform. Here's your sign, I mean letter.

HazCan

Nugget 69-

Thanks for the good gouge. I am just checking out in the -11 (ANC) and there is a lot of mystery to this now. RFO deadheading, where to get money, what places take credit cards, etc. Let's keep this going and get some more info!

Haz

MD11Fr8Dog

ATMs are your best exchange rate, and almost all places take cc! Technically, you could go through a 12 day trip and not need any cash - slam clicker, non tipper, room service, etc. The only place where I absolutely needed specifically cash was paying for an entry visa in Nairobi, Kenya - $25 - hard cash only! My visa consisted of a set of initials with a #2 pencil!

I usually load up on a couple hundred dollars of US (shhh, don't tell Capt Kelpto), and get what I need locally from ATMs. Occasionally I will change money at a front desk/concierge, but usually only because I'm lazy and only in small amounts, like a twenty. In NRT there is a bill changer in the lobby to convert US$ to Yen.

I never convert local back to US, some guys do, since I expect to be back again. Some guys keep baggies of velcro pouches for differnt currencies/countries.

Huck

I get $50 in singles for the long trips - you can tip anyone with dollars and they work good at the Shanghai market too.

ce650

I would love to hear the "practicing english" story

JetJocF14

Nugget #69 Excellent post. Remember there is no such thing as a dumb question. It's only dumb if you didn't ask a question and then a few days later find your self in the exact predicament that had you asked the question you now would have the answer. So ask all the questions you want and I'll try to give you the best answer I have.

If your flying go ahead and make a decision. My rule is if it doesn't violate me or crunch the airplane than go ahead with what your doing. If you want to build this approach go ahead. If you want the ice on just ask. Left or right around a thunderstorm. Choose,,,,, but choose wisely. If your decision is that bad then I'll step in.

For the new FMS F/O's I've noticed this and I've been a captain on both the Maddog and Bus. Everybody LOVES to play with the box. (That includes new captains) As I recall when I was a F/O back in '95 or so the rule on the dog was if your the PF then you couldn't touch the MCDU below 18,000. Above this go ahead in the climb or descent but do go crazy. IMHO were to anal on the Maddog but on the bus it can be a dogfight to see who can get to the MCDU or the GCP first.

Little story. As a bus captain I had a new F/O to SIBA and only 3 months in the airplane. We were doing Basil/Paris hub turns all week. Needless to say this guy was totally lost for the first couple of nights. So while we were having a beer in a pub that night he kept saying how sorry he was. I said hey I'm not a check airman or anything but you buy me one beer and I'll tell you how the game is played, so that at the end of the week you'll be a superstar. So evernight as we flew I talked about international ops, and how the cockpit is run. No such thing as a silly question. By the end of the week he was getting pretty good and we got a no-notice line check from STDS. This flight had it all. Weather, reroute, holding, runway changes, and a Cat-3 to boot. In the debrief at the bar the STDS guy said that was one of the smoothest flight he had seen.

Just looked over at the F/O and winked.

Beer taste pretty good too.

P.S. I can fly like hell just can't spell for sh*t