Originally Posted by
680crewchief
That's hardcore. If that's the case how it's specifically addressed in your FOM, I would say show at scheduled show time and take the delay. Easier said than done; I know there's serious pressure and nobody wants to be the guy sticking their neck out.
What a silly little game.
I have no problem showing up on time, doing my revisions and stating "Revisions" in my ACARS delay message. Why?
Because it's considered safe to fly the remainder of a three or four day pairing with expired charts.
Because it's considered safe to fly the jet with an expired data base. I was given a jet in FLL around 11am with a data base that had expired at 0900Z. Maintenance dmi'd the data base so I could do a turn and the CP concurred.
Yet it is considered unsafe to get my revisions, update the ones that effect my flight and do the rest later. No instead I can't check in for my LGA turn until I post the latest 10-9 page for Bogota. That doesn't pass the laugh test.
Sometimes the only way to change a bad policy is to rigorously enforce it. I will show up on time and post my revisions and then check in. You do what you will.