Originally Posted by
11atsomto
if I lived I Denver I would try to "get in the building" however I could.......something tells me my views on Airbus best practices wouldn't enhance my chances.
I have met at least two TK Airbus instructors (one former F9 one former NK) who agree with me.......they haven't brought it up too much for very OBVIOUS reasons. Which was kind of the genesis of the whole thread drift that...in a merger or acquisition they (B6) being the bigger Airbus operation...reverting to more Airbus school of thought for policy origination might just happen organically.
I know Liberty is just fuming at the mouth, but he up until my post didn't even know what FCOM was......
Also somewhat recently , Im not sure what year it was, but Airbus had the best score in the fleet in some safety metrics using FOQA analytics. Manny Instructors told me that they thought in part FMA callouts (a VERY AIRBUS thing) had at least some role in that.........I'm not making this up people.
They will someday come around. I heard an old story that as Spirit was growing, Airbus more or less forced their hand at following strictly Airbus modus operandi.. saying we will only continue to support you if you adhere to our way of doing things. No idea if true.
It’s a superbly designed aircraft. I’d hate for UA to never come around to it.