Originally Posted by
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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.
As Capt. I always preferred the F/O to fly the first leg, so I could go talk to the F/A's, get my coffee, do the walk around, stretch out and relax, while Junior does all the mundane crap like loading the box, get the ATIS, get the PDC, etc. That way I don't have to rush to do all of the above...AND load the box. It just seemed to go smoother if we divide up the work, vs. me trying to do it all on the first leg.
Also, I can ass-ess his flying skills on the first leg, so I'll know if I'm going to be able to sleep on the next 3 legs...
The other two methods I liked were, flipping a coin, or I'd just ask the F/O which legs he wanted to fly.