Maingear

I spoke the the pilot in question he told me what happened. It wasn't harassment. Anyways we do all need to be professional, and I stand by what I said.

Av8rPHX

Feces happens. I'm sure no one on this board is 100% perfect 100% of the time. At the end of the day we are all on the same team,whether it's dispatch,scheduling,MXC,OPP,ABC BBD.


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GreatBigSea

Say this outloud.. "Hey *dispatcher*, could you patch me over to MX? My FOs boom mic stopped working. Thanks."

Takes less than 10 seconds to give that entire spiel, everyone is in the loop, and e-mails aren't going to be sent after the call is over.

Fpmx772

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the FOM state that the dispatcher and the PIC share joint responsibility of the flight? If this is what the FOM states, then I feel the dispatcher should know what is going on with a flight that he is jointly responsible for and has every right to ask the PIC what is going on...Or maybe I'm wrong

Hello Inspector

Isn't it annoying that most people at this company haven't read any of the books? There's some good info in them that will prevent you from looking like a fool.

Hacker15e

Professionalism has nothing to do with the use or non-use of curse words, regardless of what some folks think.

echelon

Lol good for you Captain America. I think it's safe to say the overwhelming majority of us, myself included, take pride in performing well. But gimme a break... You cannot seriously be trying to argue that a SUB-10 SECONDS long communication with a dispatcher prior to being transferred to MXC is causing people to miss connections, funerals, weddings, and jeopardizing our reputation with AA/DL lmao. Jesus, please tell me you're not actually blowing this THAT far out of proportion.
Plus, I would certainly hope that your decision making isn't affected by being in a hurry all the time to get people to their rehearsal dinners and family reunions and bachelor parties and wherever the hell else you think is more important than being courteous to your co-workers.


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Poser765

lol and I don't think I've ever talked to somone who had been pulled over who was actually guilty of what they were cited for...or so they would tell me.

Also, there is the Captain's truth, the Dispatcher's truth, and what's on the tapes...and what's on the tapes is none of our business. The people that need to know about it need to know about it...we are just turning our wheels.

I feel like I've already said too much about this.

Poser765

This is exactly what i say, and I've never had them say anything other than "OK, I'll connect you."

If you are so pushed for time that the above exchange with dispatch is going to put you behind...You are already behind.

GoHomeLeg

Come on people. Take a step back and see the big picture. This is not a stressful job.

If the dispatcher asks what's broken, tell them. When all the boxes are checked and everything is done we'll get an out time. If that happens to be when our scheduled out time is that's great. If not. Oh well. If you honestly believe that telling dispatch about an issue is what made you a minute late then put it in your delay report, move on, and let management hash it out in their daily meetings.

Although things have the illusion of being "time sensitive" my job is to make sure everything is completed correctly when I'm moving an airplane from point A to B. Whether or not we're on time is honestly someone else's problem.

We're airline pilots. This isn't the last flight out of Saigon. "Time sensitive" really isn't something we should be considering as part of doing our job correctly.