PilotBases

Capt: well, I’ll take us over.

Get used to only landing in your hub on the widebody.

crewdawg

Depends on the base I think. I showed up one time and the Captain said I'm all good on landings, you guys can have them. I about fell out of my chair. 🤣 But seriously, in my time on the WB (DTW), the Captains seemed to be about getting everyone their takeoffs/landings.

Wolf424

I never understood why that’s a thing. Must be a “this is the way it was when I was an FO” thing.

It’s happened twice to me where the captain has asked me and the other FO how we were doing on landings. One captain even let us have both landings.

In the end, it’s their call, but it’s just another one of those things I’ll do differently one day.

Scooter432

I don't get why this is a thing here at mother D (at least on the ER in ATL). Other places I worked at this wasn't the case. They actually trusted the FO to land in a place outside of the US ha. I too have had it only a few times where the captain didn't care and actually gave us the option to get all the landings. Both Captains were NYC in my sample data (thanks fellas).

Gone Flying

I always figured it was about getting middle break on the flight over.

Buck Rogers

I was Detroit and that's the way I always did it...and mostly the way most captains did it. Several times the FO's had no interest in any leg as they wanted a lapse in currency (training paid more$$). A few times it was like pulling teeth to get them to commit to taking a leg at all.

And, I always said I didn't care what leg I was gonna fly as one 10K piece of concrete looked very similar to another 10K piece of concrete.

BTW....I always KNEW how everybody was doing on landing currency and discussed it at the brief and solicited input and checked their schedule to see if getting a landing would help or was just wasting ammunition in case everyone was tight. You can look it up in icrew

Hotel Kilo

If we are all good on landings, and no one has any demands, I use my coin flipping app. Flip for leg over then flip for the leg back.

Buck Rogers

Well crap dude. You and I must be the only 2 captains at Delta that didn't steamroll the "younger" generation with flying lessons, right wing propaganda, informing them how blessed they are, in between showing them pictures of my boat and 2nd &3rd homes with my trophy wife in a bikini all the while cajoling them with my exploits with my 25 yo girlfriend.

BTW... get off my yard!

Hotel Kilo

As Captain, I never feel/felt like I had to drive the discussion(s) on the flight deck (cockpit). I'm a broad reader and spent my life living in many different countries and cultures (my parents were missionaries). I never talked religion unless the topic was brought up by someone, and even then kept it low key and non-divisive. Same with politics. Personal matters are just that - personal. None of my business really. If you'd like to discuss, I have no issue. And my intentions are never to sway opinion or belief.

Some of the best discussions I've had were somewhere over an Ocean or Jungle with one of my fellow crew. I've lurked here for a long time, I've read some very nasty stuff written by both sides. Thankfully the vast majority of our pilot group are not represented by those posters. When reading here I have to take 99% of the things with a grain of salt standpoint. However, it is still a great place to get information and interpretation or at least have someone more familiar with say, the PWA, point you in the right direction. Personally I think the pilot group is in good hands. I am concerned about experience, but if we are all professionals then we'll work through the bumps along the way. Lots and lots of talent here.

#GoFlex

myrkridia

In my experience most people are like this in person. I've had great conversations with pilots (even sometimes they want to discuss politics) and it never has to get emotionally charged. Then you see their name pop up on social media and they're spewing the nastiest comments on a public platform.