Originally Posted by
buscappy
there's your problem. you're on a guppy going btw two UA south hubs. likely your captain was trained under captains who always did whatever the company said - so they're not starting that apu and spending 30 bucks. almost every time i ride a guppy i sweat my ass off. you 198 ppl crammed in the back can all just buy dry new undies in the Brooks Bros store in the beautiful terminal.
Not sure where you get your info from but CAL training, check airmen, recurrent classes and pubs all stressed ABOVE ALL, SAFETY THEN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION! And have clearly told pilots to run the APU for cooling whenever needed. Pilots who don't do this are operating in a manner contradictory to what the company wants. Not sure why they don't understand this, some of these guys prob drive to work, never non rev and are just clueless, I've seen it before too and unfortunately by the time you get off the plane, the guy is gone. If I'm at a hub or a station with mx I leave the APU on and call Ops to have them shut it down via MX. Ive seen many FOS wired to cut off the APU as soon as poss too, spread the word.