Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Yes. He flew 3 of the first 4. I figured he would split the last turn since he split the first turn. I was wrong. There's also the guy that decideds to go by 2's from the beginning when there's 10 legs for the trip. Guy ends up flying 6 of 10. Then there's the guy with the out and back greenslip with 2 different first officers who flies both legs. I know this because the other first officer is a friend of mine. These things have each happened to me in the past year all on the -88. It's not a huge deal as we get plenty of legs, but is it really that hard to split the legs 50/50? I believe the captain should get the extra leg if it's an odd number, but to steal a first officer's leg when there's an even number of legs is disrespectful if you ask me. It's a petty high school move. FWIW, I would never say anything in the cockpit about this. I just couldn't resist adding my 2 cents about "that guy."
You know, I used to see that all of the time on the 88. It's an 88 thing. It got the point that a guy who said want to go 1-2-2 would have be giving him a blank stare because I didn't know what to say to normalcy. When I started flying E120s years ago the Captain did first turn to set the tone and then 2-2-2 so everyone either flew in or out of an outstation for proficiency. ER not withstanding the 717 is the same 90% of the time.
But the 88...
It's really not about the landings but rather one of those "I am pretty laid back" telltale signs of what's to come on that trip and without fail it's accurate. Actually it's probably a more accurate that indication that you're flying with THAT GUY.
Really props, RJs, Douglas jets doing the out and back stuff is the only place this really comes up.
Originally Posted by
duder
Bragging he got post # 180,000 on the greatest forum of all time on the PA.....check.
