Tool of the day
08-27-2013, 03:37 PM
#4522
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2009
Position: Seat: Vegan friendly faux leather
Posts: 988
"He or she may already have a drinking buddy listed as 'domestic partner' so they can take free trips to Vegas" or "you might get bumped from the flight and go home with the memory of being harassed by a security guard - for free!"
08-28-2013, 06:42 AM
#4523
Looking for a laugh
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 4,099
July, 1995. Second trip off IOE at ASA. I walked out to the plane and Bill J. was standing at the top of the stairs and informed me I was 3 minutes late and that I was off the trip. I said "OK," we had some words, and then I picked up my bag and walked back to the crew lounge. BJ came running after me and said he was only kidding. Never had an issue with him again.
FWIW, flying airplanes was a third career for me, after the military and working in the finance industry. At 30 years old at the time, I didn't take crap off of anybody then, and don't now.
FWIW, flying airplanes was a third career for me, after the military and working in the finance industry. At 30 years old at the time, I didn't take crap off of anybody then, and don't now.
08-28-2013, 07:39 AM
#4524
Weekend and Holiday Pilot
Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: Sippin' at the Troubadour
Posts: 1,142
July, 1995. Second trip off IOE at ASA. I walked out to the plane and Bill J. was standing at the top of the stairs and informed me I was 3 minutes late and that I was off the trip. I said "OK," we had some words, and then I picked up my bag and walked back to the crew lounge. BJ came running after me and said he was only kidding. Never had an issue with him again.
FWIW, flying airplanes was a third career for me, after the military and working in the finance industry. At 30 years old at the time, I didn't take crap off of anybody then, and don't now.
FWIW, flying airplanes was a third career for me, after the military and working in the finance industry. At 30 years old at the time, I didn't take crap off of anybody then, and don't now.
08-28-2013, 09:30 AM
#4525
Da Hudge
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Poodle Whisperer
Posts: 17,473
Yes, the amount of crap necessary to pull off a successful trip can be way too high, but creature comforts are important.
The company stuff alone is way too much. I've got a plotter, still new in wrap, that is 25 years old. Never used it, but it's apparently necessary for the safety of flight.
The company stuff alone is way too much. I've got a plotter, still new in wrap, that is 25 years old. Never used it, but it's apparently necessary for the safety of flight.
08-28-2013, 10:16 AM
#4526
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: Urban chicken rancher.
Posts: 6,070
Yes, the amount of crap necessary to pull off a successful trip can be way too high, but creature comforts are important.
The company stuff alone is way too much. I've got a plotter, still new in wrap, that is 25 years old. Never used it, but it's apparently necessary for the safety of flight.
The company stuff alone is way too much. I've got a plotter, still new in wrap, that is 25 years old. Never used it, but it's apparently necessary for the safety of flight.
08-29-2013, 07:10 AM
#4528
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Posts: 737
Yes, AA still requires FO's to carry a plotter. Don't ask me why.
We're also required to have a wristwatch, but I've blown that off totally and now use my cell phone and iPad. It's not like there aren't 10,000 clocks everywhere we go.
And now that my old man eyes have caught up with me, I have to add a handful of cheater glasses to the "must have" list.
We're also required to have a wristwatch, but I've blown that off totally and now use my cell phone and iPad. It's not like there aren't 10,000 clocks everywhere we go.
And now that my old man eyes have caught up with me, I have to add a handful of cheater glasses to the "must have" list.
08-29-2013, 07:32 AM
#4529
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2013
Position: The Parlor
Posts: 1,249
Yes, AA still requires FO's to carry a plotter. Don't ask me why.
We're also required to have a wristwatch, but I've blown that off totally and now use my cell phone and iPad. It's not like there aren't 10,000 clocks everywhere we go.
And now that my old man eyes have caught up with me, I have to add a handful of cheater glasses to the "must have" list.
We're also required to have a wristwatch, but I've blown that off totally and now use my cell phone and iPad. It's not like there aren't 10,000 clocks everywhere we go.
And now that my old man eyes have caught up with me, I have to add a handful of cheater glasses to the "must have" list.
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