Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
OK ... I'll bite. Exactly how would UPS's hiring requirements have prevented these incidents? Except, of course, for the known superior airmanship of the BROWN pilots?
Originally Posted by
MaydayMark
No wonder UPS has had fewer accidents than FedEx. They hired all the smart newhire f/o's before FedEx could get them. I wonder if this genius is available to assist in the FedEx MD-11 training department. We could certainly use his expertise ... GMAFB
Mark
We've had our fair share of incidents, and buffoonery on the mad dog here at brown too.
When we were a relatively "new" fleet here two years ago, a combination of landing currency issues, tail scrapes, over-runs, and a hard nose wheel de-rotation triggered a LOT of brainstorming in manglement and line instructors on how to address these important issues. When our flight standards and safety guys talked to their purple counterparts, we all came to the conclusion that our lack of class A incidents was due to LUCK. When the line instructors were told this at our standards meeting, I have to admit I agreed with that assessment.
Now, I also believe one makes one's own luck. Whatever it is that brown does in hiring, training, checking, AQP, tea leaf reading, and incense burning helps in the creation of our luck. I am not advocating that what brown does is better than Federal, so don't get defensive on me.
The BEST way the "issues" of the MD11 can be addressed and overcome is through continued exchange of data and ideas between our safety and training reps (union).
