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04-05-2023, 01:48 PM

#51

Cleared4appch

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 2StgTurbine

Here's the real problem. Most people severely overestimate their ability to be funny. True comedy is a rare skill. What most people do is reenact what they learned from others who were actually funny. A true comedian can say something that goes right to the line of being offensive but delivers it in a way that gets you on their side rather than excluding you. That skill requires you to read your audience and have some capability to experience empathy. The kind of person whose blood pressure rises when they hear DEI generally lacks the ability to relate to people outside of their comfort zone... which makes them a bad comedian.

I mean, I get it, but, like I said, we live in completely different times now. Even comedians are hated by some groups of people with a passion. Hating on comedians and demanding they be cancelled wasn’t ever really a thing of the past. Now many comedians won’t even go to college campuses because of the insane degree of political correctness that exits.

04-06-2023, 04:03 AM

#52

WHACKMASTER

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American society and culture has rotted to the core which is why I don’t plan on hanging around post retirement unless it gets better, and I think we can all see that the trajectory it’s on is not one of improvement but of even further rot.

04-06-2023, 04:05 AM

#53

WHACKMASTER

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Originally Posted by SlipKid

Sadly, no "no fly" list for Captains. The FO that I mentioned trips show up on ELITT and TTGA regularly. Definitely a known quantity amongst the Cappys.

There is definitely a higher ratio of “unpleasant” people in the right seat than the left seat at SWA.

04-06-2023, 04:49 AM

#54

Tankerhead

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SlipKid

Sadly, no "no fly" list for Captains. The FO that I mentioned trips show up on ELITT and TTGA regularly. Definitely a known quantity amongst the Cappys.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L9guLgUSoq8

04-06-2023, 05:03 AM

#55

Mozam

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

There is definitely a higher ratio of “unpleasant” people in the right seat than the left seat at SWA.

Those same people are a holes when they slide left. It is easy to pick out the ones that will be a Dick as a captain.

04-06-2023, 05:04 AM

#56

WHACKMASTER

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mozam

Those same people are a holes when they slide left. It is easy to pick out the ones that will be a Dick as a captain.

I don’t disagree, except they’ll then be justified in actually running the show as opposed to trying to run it as an FO.

04-06-2023, 05:21 AM

#57

ZapBrannigan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

I don’t disagree, except they’ll then be justified in actually running the show as opposed to trying to run it as an FO.

I haven’t seen anyone try to run the show from the right seat yet, but maybe I’ve just been lucky.

04-06-2023, 05:46 AM

#58

WHACKMASTER

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Originally Posted by ZapBrannigan

I haven’t seen anyone try to run the show from the right seat yet, but maybe I’ve just been lucky.

It’s generally two specific demographics. The first is the more senior FO and the second I’m sure you can figure out.

When I was a junior captain and flew with junior FOs it didn’t happen.

Last edited by WHACKMASTER; 04-06-2023 at 05:58 AM.

04-06-2023, 06:15 AM

#59

mulcher

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Quote:

Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER

It’s generally two specific demographics. The first is the more senior FO and the second I’m sure you can figure out.

When I was a junior captain and flew with junior FOs it didn’t happen.

I agree with your last couple post except what you allude to in this one. The majority of my PITA FOs have been from a certain regional. But I’ve seen them from all walks of life. I’ve had far more problem FOs then CAs.