Originally Posted by
DALFA
So what's the interpretation of FOM 7.1.1:
•While passengers are deplaning, a pilot should stand at the deplaning door to thank our customers whenever possible.
•Pilots should not deplane until all passengers have departed the aircraft, unless early deplaning is necessary for operational reasons or passenger assistance.
I wear my hat and give a hearty handshake with a congratulatory phrase to each passenger for surviving the experience of having the drunken gorilla that is me flying them to wherever we haphazardly arrived at.
Should I need food or the need to write someone's phone number on the wall in an airport bathroom, the "should" excuses me from any sort of eye contact and stuttering to passengers postflight. I go diving out cutting off people trying to catch their -5 minute connections and fart as close as possible in front of them in an effort to accelerate my speed up the jetbridge.