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04-21-2012, 03:36 PM
#351
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,498
Well played!
I once flew a certain fledgling pilot to MVY, and he looked annoyed when I chatted (very) briefly with his girlfriend, or whatever, about stowing a cat she had in a carrier. I went back to the front, and the captain told me the guy's name, and why he was so important, and I shrugged, because I thought we were the most important people on the flight.
Some time later, he decided he should fly his wife to the Vineyard, and declined another professional's assistance for what turned out to be his last flight.
Didn't need The Help.
I once flew a certain fledgling pilot to MVY, and he looked annoyed when I chatted (very) briefly with his girlfriend, or whatever, about stowing a cat she had in a carrier. I went back to the front, and the captain told me the guy's name, and why he was so important, and I shrugged, because I thought we were the most important people on the flight.
Some time later, he decided he should fly his wife to the Vineyard, and declined another professional's assistance for what turned out to be his last flight.
Didn't need The Help.
04-21-2012, 05:32 PM
#357
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: Urban chicken rancher.
Posts: 6,070
04-21-2012, 05:40 PM
#358
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,919
Not a hard, fast rule, but in my experience any captain who includes in his initial briefing that,
"I'm a real laid back kind of guy"
Has typically been anything but that.
If you truly are that laid back, then you probably wouldn't have to advertise it.
"I'm a real laid back kind of guy"
Has typically been anything but that.
If you truly are that laid back, then you probably wouldn't have to advertise it.
04-21-2012, 05:49 PM
#359
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Light Chop
Posts: 23,286
a laid back captain wouldn't have been there yet.
a really laid back captain starts the brief with "okay, what is it they want me to say?"
and a really laid back Captain briefs an approach with 600 RVR as "visual. backed up by the CAT III. Any questions?"
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