I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, refusing to see a different perspective, or just being intentionally dense.
Originally Posted by
kronan
Must be the only guy who wakes up with a cold on Saturday and is somehow magically able to predict that I'm not going to be fit to fly on a Monday.
Good for you, you always get sick 2 days before the start of the trip. What if the trip started Saturday afternoon, or you wake up with the cold on Monday, with only hours to go before show time?
Never mind, I think we can expect you to avoid answering.
Originally Posted by
kronan
Shoot, I probably could fly-coughing 4 or 5 times a minute...but I tend to be of the mindset that if I'm coughing that frequently or having a tough time equalizing the pressure in my ears that an airplane is the last place in the world I want to be.
Do you have a doctor's note explaining why you cannot perform your duties, or are you just making that judgment on your own, like the FAA requires you to do?
Originally Posted by
kronan
Driving to work, call him. Call RF right now and tell him there's some guy on the internet who thinks it's somehow okay to drive to work 4-5 hours early instead of resting. I would welcome that conversation anytime.
Personally, I tend to think that's a good example of managing my rest.
You obviously missed the allusion to past conversations about pilots removed from trips by flight operations managers because those managers deemed them unfit to fly their trips because they used a jumpseat to commute to work.
How are they different from locals who are mowing their lawns or driving in to work early? The judgment call is the pilot's, not the manager's.
And if you think I would ever for any reason report a pilot to flight management for ANY reason before taking NUMEROUS other steps to address an issue, you have sorely misjudged me. I thought the inclusion of the only emoticon in my post, the sarcasm look, would have helped you catch the sarcasm. Unfortunately, that's not the only thing you seem intent on missing.
Originally Posted by
kronan
Why would anyone hav issues with me making the 25-30 minute trip into the AOC to get a sleep room at 8-9pm? Taking full advantage of our sleep rooms and loving the relatively recent addition of the wakeup call program.
And why would anyone have issues with me sleeping on the jumpseat on the way to work?
Crew Scheduling sure didn't have any issues with me using the MEM-ANC AM jumpseat to meet an AM launch 2 hours after arriving in ANC -- when it was a draft trip they were trying to fill. Seems like it depends on the "needs of the Company" more than the judgment of the FAA certificated Airman.
Originally Posted by
kronan
What ifs? What if your hypothetical trip is a single departure in excess of current SL balance? Do I still get to not answer? Do I make something up? Or do I tell my FC why I felt I wasn't fit to fly, ...
That is EXACTLY what YOU do. Tell your Fleet Captain why. Give him a detailed description of the pustules, and send him a picture of the infected area. That will save everyone the trouble of sick notes or the cost of Company Aeromedical advisor involvement.
What > I < do, and what we should all do, is advise the same manager, using the well-established method of calling in SICK via VIPS, that I am not fit to fly. PERIOD. Details are NONE of his damn business.
But you, go ahead. I'm sure you'll get a better deal by describing your malady in detail.
Originally Posted by
kronan
... asking me if they really want me in the cockpit under situations like that...and then tell them I think it's an unsafe decision illustrating poor judgment and that I'll be filing an ASAP report and requesting my Union to engage with the company in hopes of sanity breaking out.
Oh yeah, an ASAP after the fact along with a call to your union will make it OK to fly sick.
Originally Posted by
kronan
In my real world experience, my wife and kids happened to be about 2 gates away from Security in N'awlins when whacko guy came through and was shot. There was much chaos and mayhem. I learned of it thanks to a tense, tense call from the wife about 10 minutes prior to bus time. I elected to involve the DO in my decision making. I also don't keep secrets from whomever I am flying with.
Good for you. Now try -- just TRY -- to put yourself in the shoes of someone who will suffer significant economic hardship if he makes that call and throws himself on the mercy of the Fleet Captain's judgment. I know, I know, it's a stretch because you're so much better than that, but try to identify with some of the other 4,572 of us lesser humans.
By the way, are you also of the opinion that we don't really want real time trip trading?
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