You shouldn't talk about your job at a Bar
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#43
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: CA
Posts: 1,207
I couldn't agree more. Most positions are strictly volunteer with no pay involved. I have been involved in the past although not currently and have often felt no appreciation for my time. If you feel strongly about the direction of the union, by all means get off the sidelines and get involved. If you just want to stand back and cast stones, you are in no way helping the effort, but just *****ing with nothing to back it up. Just my 2 cents.
#44
There's nothing more I hate than someone pointing out that we're pilots when we're out at the bar.
Just turns that 4 day trip into 4 days from hell.
I am and will always be a Brazilian/Swedish systems analyst.
Just turns that 4 day trip into 4 days from hell.
I am and will always be a Brazilian/Swedish systems analyst.
#45
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Joined APC: Sep 2009
Position: Jets and Props
Posts: 188
#46
Those who drink occasionally, those who are drinkers who know how to drink, and those who are alcoholics.
The occasional drinkers are idiots who don't know how to drink or how it affects them.
The regular drinkers know when to say ” when”.
The alcoholics need help.... And sometimes help happens After they have been caught.
Alcoholics are addicts that need to seek help. The others are acting badly.
#47
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Joined APC: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,253
There are only about 5-6 overnights I do on a regular basis. The van drivers, desk clerks and bartenders all know who we are. There's a bartender at happy hour on one of our overnights who knows what I drink and hands it to me as I walk up without having to order.
I can make up stories for the random hotel guests I meet on overnights, but if a van driver or desk clerk sees me drinking within 8 hours they know exactly who I am, what I do, and they can look up when I have to fly on most of my overnights.
I can make up stories for the random hotel guests I meet on overnights, but if a van driver or desk clerk sees me drinking within 8 hours they know exactly who I am, what I do, and they can look up when I have to fly on most of my overnights.
When I got to a legacy I learned that you can figure out quickly whether your CA is worth having a 2-5 beers with at a long layover. Most of the time I went out on my own and had a WAY better time. Incidents like the thread starter prove that our profession has a LONG way to go towards having any game.
#48
That's a stupid statement. He made the news because he is an idiot, and he is giving the rest of us a bad name. If you stop drinking at 7pm like he claimed and still blow a .35 in the morning, you either have a hangover or you drink so much that you need help anyways. So he was going to operate a flight in this condition. It could be your family on his flight
#50
"Alcohol concentration. No covered employee shall report for duty or remain on duty requiring the performance of safety-sensitive functions while having an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater. No certificate holder having actual knowledge that an employee has an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater shall permit the employee to perform or continue to perform safety-sensitive functions."
As far as the FAA is concerned, as long as he hadn't consumed alcohol within 8 hrs. and was not impaired, he could've quite legally hopped in his RJ and gone along on his merry way. My airline (owned by SkyWest) doesn't add to the FAA limit-- our FOM says 8hrs and .04 are the limits. While it is stupid and reckless to duty-in so close to the legal limit, this could have been a non-event if he had been employed by another carrier.
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