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#531
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Joined APC: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,328
Sounds like you could use a history refresher yourself. But then again, throwing out one liner insults gets you more style points on a web forum in the eyes of the uninformed.
Here’s a clue: The United strike was not only about a b scale( which was eventually removed, but had Ferris and the scabs won, would still be here today).
Also, we sure could have used your super millennial negotiating skills when the company put a gun to our head during bankruptcy re: scope. Man, we could have had it all!
Here’s a clue: The United strike was not only about a b scale( which was eventually removed, but had Ferris and the scabs won, would still be here today).
Also, we sure could have used your super millennial negotiating skills when the company put a gun to our head during bankruptcy re: scope. Man, we could have had it all!
The whole thing was messed up, especially the part where the recalled furlough pilots had to come back to the b scale. Nice move APA.
#532
Getting back to tool of the day...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
#533
Getting back to tool of the day...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
Just leave it at that and laugh about him later, he's one of the 3% er's who insist on making this job really difficult.
#534
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,995
Getting back to tool of the day...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
OK the kid was youngster was a 30,000 hour inexperienced individual with less than 1,000 hours in his log book. I requested to view his credentials... ID, license, passport, and medical. His response was “No need, I’m a company F/O.”... He was a two striper, a cadet. That was strike two. I didn’t wait for strike three. Then was not the time to lecture the individual about etiquette.
I told him “You’re invited to deplane. Do not attempt to take a seat in the passenger cabin”. I called the Purser to the front and advised her that the youngster decided not to ride with us and can should be escorted to the main entry way.
Called the base captain, and advised him of the event. End result... the youngster was counseled on the matter and the importance of etiquette and how the cockpit, forward of the jump seat is sacrosanct.
#535
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Position: 7ER B...whatever that means.
Posts: 3,982
Getting back to tool of the day...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
Mainline CA gets on our RJ and pops his head in the flight deck. 'Hi I'm --- and I'll be upfront today.' Ok that's bad enough, but nothing compared to what he said next. I'm quoting exactly.
"Any deferrals I should know about?'
For a moment I was convinced this guy was a Fed or a surprise line check we didn't know about (which is not a thing at my airline.) Then we realize this guy really is a mainline guy asking if there are deferrals he should know about.
We let him on, of course, but what we should have done is say 'Oh thanks for reminding us to check that! Now that you mention it...hmm...uh oh, looks like the jumpseat is deferred. Yup, says it right there." Just to see the look on his face...
#536
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2017
Posts: 527
Why "of course?"
Sure, the gentlemanly way would be remind him of the proper etiquette and give him a chance to catch himself and try again, but to automatically let him on no matter what? That would only be justifying his feeling of entitlement as true. And in denying someone there no need to beat around the bush with a fictitious deferral, you can just tell him straight up why.
Sure, the gentlemanly way would be remind him of the proper etiquette and give him a chance to catch himself and try again, but to automatically let him on no matter what? That would only be justifying his feeling of entitlement as true. And in denying someone there no need to beat around the bush with a fictitious deferral, you can just tell him straight up why.
#537
There was a better way to the ask the question but what he was probably getting at was "are there going to be any MEL associated master alarms at awkward times in the flight profile". Some MEL-associated alarms can pop up on the T/O roll and are not inhibited.
#539
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Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 6,733
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