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The Flight Release issue, so well dredged up here is indicative of the concerns I have about Flight Operations Mgt. as a whole. The top portion of the Flight Release is signed by the Captain and the Dispatcher that it is safe to operate the flight. It contains information critical to immediate decision making, communications with ATC regarding emergencies, weight and balance, fuel minimums and routing. It ought to contain alternate requirements, MEL items and contact numbers, but the one I get does not. I use it to brief the cabin crew, when I walk back to talk to the agents, when I call dispatch and to record changes in routing, clearances, MEL updates and anything I want to use to increase my S.A. If I should have any sort of abnormal, deviation from plan or incident, I take it home with me to record items for follow up items like ASAP, ASR, Security incidents, and crew management problems. I record oil monitors, reference MEL items without digging, and call my dispatcher and talk to him If I leave the cockpit. And in spite of all the good reasons for each pilot to have a copy of the release, there is only one that comes off the printer when I prepare to fly.
It has been called whining, it has been called unnecessary and somehow I don't get it. It is in my opinion, a good idea and one that is a no or minimal cost fix. If you don't think the uses I described are of any value, don't bother. Until something as obviously positive as this is implemented, the merger synergies are just lip service.
It has been called whining, it has been called unnecessary and somehow I don't get it. It is in my opinion, a good idea and one that is a no or minimal cost fix. If you don't think the uses I described are of any value, don't bother. Until something as obviously positive as this is implemented, the merger synergies are just lip service.
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The RDU expansion is all RJs. Well the new routed are. Ugh.
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King, I know what you are getting at. Your point is all of that is in other places on the release. When I stared here, I was also a little surprised that all of that data was no on the rental agreement, but I am sure it is digitally store somewhere.
I know that at my previous company when a MEL was added or deleted we needed to get approval an annotate it on the flight release. No so here. We get approval, but it is not on the copy that goes out the door. I guess it is just different. Seems to work though.
I know that at my previous company when a MEL was added or deleted we needed to get approval an annotate it on the flight release. No so here. We get approval, but it is not on the copy that goes out the door. I guess it is just different. Seems to work though.
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Johnso, I figure we can go after AMR in RDU with RJ's but we better go after them in DFW with mainline. We saw how well the RJ answer worked before.
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OK I'm glad someone else said this, because I thought the same thing about 700 pages ago when this surfaced as an issue. There it is: the flight plan, neatly folded and tucked on the dashboard, under the rear-view mirror. Weather sheet ripped off and smartly stowed in the fold of the jumpseat. I looked at it for MEL items, entered the flight plan, checked fixes with the FMS, required fuel on board, and perused dispatcher remarks/NOTAMS. What else makes this worthy of two copies? Do we each need our own?
I'm not fNWA...I get that...but what am I missing?![Confused](https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/images/smilies/confused.gif)
I'm not fNWA...I get that...but what am I missing?
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Before we launch off into another "discussion" about this, remember that the "release" at NWA had a completely different set/presentation of information that DAL had/has.
The release itself was only about 12 inches long. Three were printed, one was signed and left with the agent. The weather, notams, and the flight plan (roughly equivilent to the howgozit, but with more information) were only printed once.
On the release, there was also a section on fuel planning. NWA used the "EFOA - estimated fuel on arrival" technique, which made calculating your fuel, when holding or being delayed, a snap (the flight plan contained "burn to go" data).
What I have found is generally when I'm loading the FMS, the other guy wants to look at the MELs. If he/she is trying to verify the fuel, I'm trying to make sure the routing is correct.
It's pretty pointless to argue this point. Guys are going to believe what they want to, and unless you've flown with both systems, you mostly make your "observations" from fourth or fifth hand "information".
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uh.... wha???? Oh... the ECONOMY... I get it... as in you could actually defend the idiot that has us hurtling down the path to third world status... If Check Essential wants some of that he is more than welcome.. but I think I can blast that all by myself. ![Big Grin](https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Pluto will always be a planet in my book....
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Compass cats are reporting in the regional forum that the Compass MEC came to an agreement with DAL management to grandfather all pilots on the Compass seniority list as of Aug 19, 2010 to flow UP.
I wonder what's going on with the flow DOWN? Hmmmmmmmmm.............
I wonder what's going on with the flow DOWN? Hmmmmmmmmm.............
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He doesn't have to give a rat's a$$ what anybody thinks.. in case you haven't noticed, he is at the top of the food chain... Just because he is blunt doesn't make him right either. I find it amazing how he has deflected the whole argument HE STARTED... and even YOU buy into it. He should run for senator.
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Glad to hear they took care of those pilots.
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