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11-26-2012, 12:30 PM
#3271
Da Hudge
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11-26-2012, 12:33 PM
#3272
Da Hudge
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If I knew it would have been in the comments of his most recent "me-mail" blog post. It was marked as "awaiting moderator" when posted. I think it was probably deleted. If you have the stomach, all of the comments are "wow, you're great, keep on blogging, or "in my version of X-Plane, the 737........"
I get the idea that his FOs for some reason are too tired most of the time to meet for dinner and drinks!
11-26-2012, 12:55 PM
#3273
Gets Weekends Off
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With the multiple diversions, calming the Captain Head's fears and intense fuel planning required to navigate the exceptionally, technologically superior 737, I'd be tired too.
11-26-2012, 12:56 PM
#3274
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11-26-2012, 02:01 PM
#3275
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Oh, the horror!!
Why you should NEVER fly into Washington National Airport « JetHead's Blog
Don't fly to DCA, apparently.
Why you should NEVER fly into Washington National Airport « JetHead's Blog
Don't fly to DCA, apparently.
He'd then appreciate DCA, LGA, and SOCAL airports for what they are... fully modern airports with good approaches and good ATC.
11-26-2012, 03:32 PM
#3276
Da Hudge
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A friend commented this on the DCA article. It's awaiting moderation (looks like he only allows the comments that he can make a snarky comeback to):
This article should be titled “Why you should NEVER fly in a plane being piloted by me.” In my years and thousands of hours of not only flying, but teaching, in jet airliners, I’ve come across every type of pilot. One of them is the pilot that is so lacking of confidence and skill that everything scares them and they overcompensate for it. You’re one of those pilots. DCA isn’t scary. It isn’t difficult. It isn’t pushing the limits. It is an airport. A well equipped, first world airport. A competent pilot should be able to handle it no problem through knowing the capabilities of themselves, the airport, and their airplane. And if the situation that day exceeds any of those capabilities, that is handled as needed. I’d hate to see how you react to airports that don’t have the runways, facilities, or services DCA has. Airports that skilled airline pilots take their planes into safely every day. They’re not being cowboys, taking risks, or being dangerous. They’re skillfully doing their job and getting their passengers to where they need to be.
11-26-2012, 04:53 PM
#3277
Runs with scissors
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Well of course, if he's the moderator of his own Blog, he's only going to allow content that supports his fear of flying. And the non-pilot public who read his stuff, will eat it up.
At the other extreme, we have Delta's Fly Button safety video.
I'd rather the flying public was scared to death, any time they leave the ground. Perhaps they will then be willing to spend a few more dollars on a ticket on a "Safe" airline, and we might get a piece of that....or not.
But Major Airline Pilots have been doing such a good job of not killing passengers, for so long, they now take flying safely from coast to coast, in any weather, for granted, and only want to pay less money than it costs to drive to the airport and park your car, to fly instead of drive it.
At the other extreme, we have Delta's Fly Button safety video.
I'd rather the flying public was scared to death, any time they leave the ground. Perhaps they will then be willing to spend a few more dollars on a ticket on a "Safe" airline, and we might get a piece of that....or not.
But Major Airline Pilots have been doing such a good job of not killing passengers, for so long, they now take flying safely from coast to coast, in any weather, for granted, and only want to pay less money than it costs to drive to the airport and park your car, to fly instead of drive it.
11-27-2012, 03:04 AM
#3280
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If you were an Ad Man in Mad Men, Timbo, which airline would you tout as an "Unsafe" airline versus a "Perfect One Hundred Percent Accident Free Airline?
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