Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
Evidently you 777 guys have heavy discussions that would make the pink Financial Times proud.
We 717 guys basically ask "wife, kids, where do you live" and expect nothing more than a "Yes, 2, Newnan, visual backed up by ILS, 1199 and baro, missed with tower", end of back story and then start back down.
Well, when you have to kill 17 hours every leg, you can get pretty deep.
You domestic guys don't have enough time between pulling the gear up and putting it down to get into China's economy and Russian politics.
As I tell my F/O's,
"I'm not aware of too many things, I know what I know, if you know what I mean. Choke me in the shallow water, before I get to... deep."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA