Originally Posted by
Timbo
Well...I must be the most hated Capt. on the 777!
Last month I had about 19 days off in a row, never once got a call asking to park a trip, and it was 'legal' then! I've been off for a week already this month, never got a call. In fact, I've been on it 6 years and have never been called by anyone wanting to park a trip on my line. Not once. And my phone numbers are in DBMS.
I have only heard one other Capt. even mention trip parking, once, in general conversation, not as a request. I had no idea what it was, until an F/O educated me.
I think the Capt.s are just to lazy to think of this stuff, but those F/O's are smart, you have to watch them every minute, and NEVER step off the sidewalk, or go down an escalator in front of one!
Timbo;
I'll take you at your word, but my last trip, we overlapped with the other crew in the lobby.
One Capt to the other: "my line is your line."
The 2 Capts on my trip talked about it in briefing, prior to break splitup, on the crew van, etc.
I said, why dont you guys just greenslip and not touch the open time.
My Capt: "PPPfffffttt! that way I'd never get over 75 hours."
And yes I've been coldcalled frequently. My standard response is: "I'm trying to swap something into that hole."