Originally Posted by
Scoop
Very True. The LAX Captains are, as a group, pretty cool. I did fly out of ATL at one time and although still pretty rare, the "tool" percentage seemed a bit higher than LAX.
I disagree with Captains being allowed to avoid guys for a couple of reasons:
First off, the Captains are in charge, they are supposed to be leaders. Having to put an FO on an avoid list is a total leadership failure.
Second, if for whatever reason CRM becomes degraded due to personality conflicts the Captain can always have the FO removed from the trip.
Scoop
I agree with you on the avoid thing.
I found there to be a higher concentration on oddies in ATL on the 73 and the 88 as well. I think FTB's analysis of the 88 is quite spot on, and the odd 73 guys in ATL were always the ones that had spent virtually their entire career or actually their entire career on the 73.
I've found the 76 and the bus to be exceedingly low on the tool factor- I call the tool factor normally the 1%, which works out just about right.
