Originally Posted by
FliFast
Nice remarks that further enforce my position. Your tone is probably the same way you talk to dispatchers, schedulers, and First Officers and then you wonder why no one wants to work with you.
As a First Officer, I am just as accountible to the company for my performance, as is the dispatcher, as are you. I think you revealed what the problem is...you maintain that the only person that has input is yourself and thus others aren't worth listening to. I think if you re-read my posting, you'll see that Capt's who have experience know there is a way to finesse the system with better results, as opposed to the yellers and screamers.
Finally, as a former 757 passenger Capt and an 747 ACMI Capt flying Worldwide with ZERO support, you can spare me the lecture. The only reason you are the one in a "seat with accountability to the company" is because you were hired before me, not necessarily based on your experience vis-a-vis mine and certaintly not because of your attitude.
With the support that UPS provides to us, this is a cake walk compared to flying for the passenger airlines or ACMIs. You can trumpet your horn about how much experience you have and how no one, but you knows how to be a Capt, but remember the FAA suggested to UPS to hire applicants like myself et. al., into the widebodies flying Int'l out of ANC for a reason.
FF
Actually I work very well with the dispatchers who acknowledge joint authority, I rarely speak with schedulers because its not necessary, I routinely fly with the same FO's who could bid to fly with someone else if they made the choice to ( By the way these guys passed on the job you got because they didn't want it not because they couldn't do it).
Having to finesse the system is the problem , the Captain shouldn't have to do this. I have never yelled at anyone.
Actually, before UPS I flew worldwide with very little to no support and did just fine.
There are lots of Captains here who do a great job and did so before you where hired as a First Officer.
You where hired as a First Officer because the FAA didn't want UPS putting a bunch of new hires from the regionals in the cockpit , the IPA agreed and the UPS took the course of least resistance.
UPS had pilots flying world wide before you came along , we know how to do it. You got the job in ANC because no one else on the property really wanted it although we had more than enough that could do the job.
Don't pat yourself on the back.