Originally Posted by fdx727pilot

Actually, I was replying to this particular sentence: "In my ten years at FedEx I have never seen a delay of any kind that was the crews fault."

There is no mention of causing service failure. If you believe that sentence is true, you are saying a pilot can go through a ten year stretch at FDX and never once see a pilot cause a delay, as in late block out, taxi over the scheduled times, or even flight time over schedule. It doesn't even address whether the delay is justified, as in "Captain's precautionary," but simply attributable to the crew. If you truly believe that, you are, to repeat myself, either totally oblivious or a moron.

BTW - Taxi out delay due to stopping on the ramp and waiting for ramper to come to jet, so we could drop required paperwork that was not given to ramp agent prior to blockout. Can't see any option other than crew delay on that. No service failure, but definitely a crew delay.

Originally Posted by Tuck

What required paperwork? Only paperwork I know of that the crew may carry that is required are Gen Decs and being that you're on the 27 I'm guessing that wasn't your problem? What else is there that you carry that can't be dropped off at the next hub or better yet, sent in the mail the following week?

Originally Posted by fdx727pilot

How about the DG paperwork? Your supposed to leave a copy prior to departing. There is a whole list in the FOM Para 3.51:

"When departing a FedEx station, the Captain
must carry the originals of the below listed
documents to destination (FAR
121.697). Additionally, copies (signed
when required) of any of these documents
must be left with the Ramp Agent."

Your a 2-man AC FO. You should know that.

Originally Posted by MaydayMark

We will go on with or without you ... FWS

Flying airplanes doesn't require special skills ... JL

English is my second language so ... (which translates to I'll issue at least 2 emails to clarify what it is I think I meant to say) ... "O"R

The infamous scheduling "optimizer" and it's affect on fatigue, city purity and deadheads ... FDX management

And now ... "Service Failures" with no explanation so that we don't call out the offending personnel?

What surprises me is the extraordinary effort the crew force gives night-in and night-out despite the fact that FDX management either doesn't understand what we do on a routine basis or just doesn't appreciate it (I'm talking "With or without you" here).

Maybe all of management has a language problem and this is all just their way of saying, "Thanks for doing a really great job guys!"

Hell, I say let's take O's latest rant a step further. Let's publish a list of ALL CAPT'S ON-TIME DEPARTURE and ON-TIME ARRIVAL stats and lets give a bonus (sort of like an MBO bonus) based on those stats. Be sure to include the time the haz paperwork was delivered and the time you called ramp tower ready to push. Is there anybody that thinks mgt doesn't already have these numbers? Maybe then, when your ACP is counseling you about some very minor paperwork issue you could point out that you have an above average on time record and can we please change the subject to something more important?


Mark

Originally Posted by fdx727pilot

Actually, I was replying to this particular sentence: "In my ten years at FedEx I have never seen a delay of any kind that was the crews fault."

There is no mention of causing service failure. If you believe that sentence is true, you are saying a pilot can go through a ten year stretch at FDX and never once see a pilot cause a delay, as in late block out, taxi over the scheduled times, or even flight time over schedule. It doesn't even address whether the delay is justified, as in "Captain's precautionary," but simply attributable to the crew. If you truly believe that, you are, to repeat myself, either totally oblivious or a moron.

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Originally Posted by USNFDX

Just drop them out the window

Originally Posted by rolling thunder

I dont understand the latest O Gram about this crew related service failure stuff. In my ten years at FedEx I have never seen a delay of any kind that was the crews fault.

Originally Posted by MX727

You've never heard of a pilot missing a trip or oversleeping?