Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
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So, has anyone hooked a Bluetooth GPS up to their tablet yet? Will Jepps let the GPS show on the 10-9 page? Anyone want to let me borrow their Bad Elf Pro before I drop $150 on one myself?
BTW, I've already been through 2 typecovers. I've only had the thing 2 days. Mixed review from the first flight. We shall see how this works.
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BTW, I've already been through 2 typecovers. I've only had the thing 2 days. Mixed review from the first flight. We shall see how this works.
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I am talking about the ones that want to basically run through an entire emergency scenario during the initial brief.
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LAX ER Capt's have an open backdoor....
Tons of open time to boot...Even a 10 day Asia 76hrs before Xmas. I hope B's had that much flying as well.
Baja.
Tons of open time to boot...Even a 10 day Asia 76hrs before Xmas. I hope B's had that much flying as well.
Baja.
So, has anyone hooked a Bluetooth GPS up to their tablet yet? Will Jepps let the GPS show on the 10-9 page? Anyone want to let me borrow their Bad Elf Pro before I drop $150 on one myself?
BTW, I've already been through 2 typecovers. I've only had the thing 2 days. Mixed review from the first flight. We shall see how this works.
R1
BTW, I've already been through 2 typecovers. I've only had the thing 2 days. Mixed review from the first flight. We shall see how this works.
R1
How did you go through two covers already? Did they fail right out of the box?
One note for charging the keyboard/cover...I noticed when the Surface is powered off (keyboard attached) and plugged in, the Surface charges but the keyboard doesn't. The Surface needs to be on (sleep mode OK) and plugged in with the keyboard attached for the keyboard to charge. At least on mine.
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As far as briefs go I never understood briefing aborts on every trip. Unless there are unusual circumstances that need to be emphasized (windshear) shouldn't everything be Delta standard? "We'll abort for this, but not for that, you do this, I'll do that, you make the PA ..."
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I've been thinking about the intelligent comments being made about yapping too much while we fly. I agree we should probably speak less, with more purpose. Paradoxically, however, of all the things we yapp about, from the WARTS, to the NATS, to the cross-checking before executing, to the approaching/armed calls, I find it difficult to see what specific items need to be removed.
One area in which I think we've made progress is cross-checking FMS entries, and we probably shouldn't go back. When in training, I've noticed my most notable screw-ups happened when I knew better than to get another "Like", and my hands got fast.
That being said, if I'm changing speeds in the box, it can be done silently.
Last edited by Sink r8; 11-14-2014 at 09:14 AM.
I've been thinking about the intelligent comments being made about yapping too much while we fly. I agree we should probably speak less, with more purpose. Paradoxically, however, of all the things we yapp about, from the WARTS, to the NATS, to the cross-checking before executing, to the approaching/armed calls, I find it difficult to see what specific items need to be removed.
Anyway - I fly the plane the way the company wants. I have a friend over at Cathay and as he says it, "we quack about all sorts of stuff going down final and all it does is detract from actually monitoring the approach or seeing the big picture stuff"
Every leg...whew!
The AE is available on the Crew Resources website.
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