Originally Posted by
pilotpayne
They absolutely show no initiative to make up time.
We had a plane the other day where the auto brake switch would not stay in place. Called it in 30 mins prior to boarding. I look it up you can Mel it great let’s board this will be done quick. Mx comes out plays with the switch I’m like we can Mel it. Oh I know but let’s see if we can fix it. Starts digging through the computer stuff. I’m like it’s the physical switch because when you turn it the computer shows it’s on, it just won’t stay. Ok I guess I’ll go get some tools. 5 mins to departure he looks at the other guy and is like do you know how to fix this? Nope. I’m like guys YOU CAN MEL IT I don’t need it. Oh we can Mel it, yeah let’s do that. SMH.
But wait here is where it gets fun. They post a delay because of MX but we are ready at departure time. Guess what the ground crew scattered. It took 30 mins to get our ground crew back who left 5 mins ago.
We took a large delay for no reason. (Yes I submitted a pointless report)
You just gave me PTSD from around half my flights at this company. Zero accountability here.
Another thing. Other airlines treat the turn time the same whether the inbound was delayed or not, here it seems like once it is delayed nobody cares anymore because the code won't be on them.
We need TWO equally important on time codes, the traditional one, and a turn time delay code.