Prepare yourselves… 2023 AEs
06-27-2023, 12:32 PM
#3351
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Some of the worse FO's I've flown with were former regional captains. Especially ones with lots of time in the left seat at the regional. The best FO's are like about-time-to-fish, a former DAL captain, displaced to right seat. Mil folks are pretty good too once they get the 121 op understood. Even when green, once you get them off the ramp they are spectacular aviators with very high situational awareness.
everyone has their 5% of guys, and if ur junior youre gonna fly with that 5% more often. Get them on the no fly and chill. Feel bad for the junior guys when hiring stops
06-27-2023, 12:34 PM
#3352
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I agree former regional captains can (possibly) make bad FOs, and some of the worse, but that's a small pile. Most benefit greatly from sitting in both seats of a 121 operation. HR aint perfect screening guys and between Compass flowthroughs and now EDV flows there's could be a mixed bag.
everyone has their 5% of guys, and if ur junior youre gonna fly with that 5% more often. Get them on the no fly and chill. Feel bad for the junior guys when hiring stops
everyone has their 5% of guys, and if ur junior youre gonna fly with that 5% more often. Get them on the no fly and chill. Feel bad for the junior guys when hiring stops
06-27-2023, 12:47 PM
#3353
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Joined APC: Jan 2020
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I agree former regional captains can (possibly) make bad FOs, and some of the worse, but that's a small pile. Most benefit greatly from sitting in both seats of a 121 operation. HR aint perfect screening guys and between Compass flowthroughs and now EDV flows there's could be a mixed bag.
everyone has their 5% of guys, and if ur junior youre gonna fly with that 5% more often. Get them on the no fly and chill. Feel bad for the junior guys when hiring stops
everyone has their 5% of guys, and if ur junior youre gonna fly with that 5% more often. Get them on the no fly and chill. Feel bad for the junior guys when hiring stops
06-27-2023, 12:59 PM
#3354
Can’t find crew pickup
Joined APC: Jun 2021
Posts: 2,235
Great example to discuss. Flight Ops had a say in how that company policy for blocking seats for FA safety was written. Both Flight Ops and In flight determined that those seats could be used for revenue passengers, but not for non-revs. That is not a CA's issue in my book, that is company policy. A bad one I would agree with you on that. If confronted with this scenario I would get on FF and start a convo with gate/OCC/Flight control. Maybe they will make an exception or maybe they will tell me to pound sand. I'd try at least. I'm looking at RG reversing that practice and letting us, like you indicated in your example, be able to make the call real time and get those non-revs on those blocked seats. Lets see if RG walk is like his talk.
06-27-2023, 02:12 PM
#3355
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 5,598
Great example to discuss. Flight Ops had a say in how that company policy for blocking seats for FA safety was written. Both Flight Ops and In flight determined that those seats could be used for revenue passengers, but not for non-revs. That is not a CA's issue in my book, that is company policy. A bad one I would agree with you on that. If confronted with this scenario I would get on FF and start a convo with gate/OCC/Flight control. Maybe they will make an exception or maybe they will tell me to pound sand. I'd try at least. I'm looking at RG reversing that practice and letting us, like you indicated in your example, be able to make the call real time and get those non-revs on those blocked seats. Lets see if RG walk is like his talk.
06-27-2023, 02:20 PM
#3356
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: A320 Left seat
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This is what makes those seats the biggest joke of all. If someone is willing to pay to sit in them they will use them if the jet was going through a hurricane, safety be darned. But nice day with some non-revs? Nope. Either one way or the other, are they for safety or no?
06-28-2023, 02:53 AM
#3358
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Joined APC: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,233
Ohhh, sweet sweet torture!! It’s already 0653 and still no results!!
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