Originally Posted by
mooney
These are 2 items I personally disagree with. I'm not going to do anything to the engine which puts it at higher risk of it malfunctioning for the next crew just to stick it to the company. Keep those ITT's low, last long time.
APU....again, if you run them constantly, they will just defer them at TBO which will come up fast or when something breaks. Inconvenience/safety issue to the next crew/pax which outweighs any bit of ****ing off the company.
I had an FO a few weeks ago who LOVED to brag about how hard he would brake on landing and get those BTMS into the yellows all the time.
He figured the company would be ****ing away money changing worn out brakes all the time and that would stick it to them. I asked him what happens when we keep the plane and have an abort at 140 kts, or when he floats 3000 feet down a 6000 ft runway, would he be wishing he maybe didnt have that policy?
exactly. i never understood why some pilots would think that it would be smart to stick it to the company by doing these sorts of things. we put OUR lives in those planes and it is OUR safety that is on the line. wearing out the apu isn't a good idea for a lot of reasons. all the way from passenger comfort to having the extra generator and bleed source there for emergencies.
we have to treat the planes as if they were our own. because they are. once we take off there is no pulling over. we have to get the plane on the ground with only the stuff that works, and if some pilots are intentionally wearing down stuff then someone down the road may suffer because of it.