I never had any LCA corner me, much less ask or suggest I make a PA from the door on IOE, but maybe my information is dated. My IOE was spread over 5 different LCAs (well, one was “The Fed”) and 3 months in The great OE Quagmire of Late 2021.
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Fat Old Tired
I just don't understand the push on this. I have always thought the vast majority of pax see us pilots as nothing more than the bus/uber driver taking them to where they need to go. Can anyone point me to any evidence or examples that say that we matter that much that people want to see our faces in front of the entry door making PA's.
Anecdotal, but I did it on a meltdown day in EWR recently on a FLL-EWR leg, and the tone of the plane changed drastically after I did. Remarkable considering it was the NY/South FL crowd.