WaterRooster

I would say that any military rotor pilot would be hands and fists above a 1000hr CFI in CRM at a minimum. That alone will get you pretty far. I'd also add in the fact that they have flown in higher stress situations then any CFI with more important people in the back then any CFI.

That said, there is a difference between Rotors and Fixed Wing. You need to understand how to fly FW and it's a learning curve, just not as steep to go FW to RW.

youngin50

rooster, yea i dont disagree with you about that. Interested to know, is there a bad stigma about 1000 CFIs?

BobJenkins

I think going FW to RW, the learning curve would be higher. Going RW to FW would be much easier (depending on the airframe, of course).

SMACFUM

Only from people who make broad, unfounded, sweeping generalizations about large groups of people/pilots.

I'm not going to take either side of the argument, but uniformly casting any group of people (pilots) in such a definitive manner is idiotic.

WaterRooster

I wrote it wrong. It is harder to go FW to RW. Adding in the FW tickets is just a matter of leaning or to land like an airplane.

GojetForever

If you put them on the back of the pants remember to align them vertically. At my airline the company takes the wings and sticks them in the proper position. They are worn internally.

EngineOut

The PPM does tell you where to put the pieces, but it does NOT tell you which wings go where. I had the same question when I was a new hire. So many assumptions in the PPM I was here a year before I knew the epaulets had a specific direction, too. I'm not very sharp, though.

disillusioned

Finally some good news regarding PBS. Turns out it is not just crappy pairings and outdated software that is causing all the issues with PBS. It is just we need to be trained on how to use it. I really hope this is an early April Fools joke.

While I admit that we get our fair share of people who don't understand PBS and will screw their bid up, we are putting unrealistic expectations on the system and that is why it is blowing up. I have had the fortunate experience of learning how to bid defensively, and not allowing PBS to ruin my bid. Yes that means not getting the trips I want and my seniority should hold but it also means I haven't allowed it to drop off layer 7 and do whatever it wants. Sad to see our SAPA President think that this is just a training issue. I guess that's what happens when you don't fly the line for 8 years. Or when your SAPA PBS expert bids in the top 10%. Or when your Corporate PBS guy doesn't give a crap about fixing any of the problems.

Westernflight

Not that it means much, but Russ just confirmed they will specifically be taking a look at Globalization for next months SAPA meeting. As I've been calling for, this is a place where ASA has it probably the most right, and we should copy their system. Would probably save Inc. money due to economies of scale.

Que someone pushing for a union drive since taking ASAs system is obviously "riding coat tails". Yea I know it is, and yea we should be Union, but see my previous statements about company apologists.

disillusioned

True but he also said he wanted to hear from "experts" like MP. MP is the guy that when I tried to call him about my bid dropping off layer 7 because my trips were awarded junior, he told me it was because I bid the same day off in all 7 layers. I showed him how the trips I should've got would have given me more credit, covered more coverage days and given me my requested days off and he just kept saying "You bid the same day off all 7 layers" So I don't get to warm and fuzzy feelings if he is going to be giving input on solutions.

MM has been saying for years that we need a ratio like ASA has about how many reserves are required vs line holders. This is what we should have had in our pay package vs the horrible MRS that we got. I agree with you about getting synergy from using the same bidding system as ASA. But when you look at how much money is wasted between two management groups, bidding software is just a drop in the bucket. We are way more valuable as a whipsaw tool vs ASA and Horizon. But as you have said before, the company apologists refuse to see how we are being played.

We will give up something like EFB notification to get some promise from the company that will either not be implemented (401k match, Reserve re-write) or something with such ambiguous language that they company will abuse to where it doesn't even resemble what we had intended (Reserve Long Call) And we will have SAPA selling it as such a great deal that we better hurry up and take it before the company realizes how much they are giving up (Reflow 1-2-3) Sorry but every time SAPA or the pilot group tries to help out (RR for 2002 Olympics) we end up on the losing end. But at least I save myself $80 each month.