Originally Posted by
mrmak2
It means that if you can't do at least as well as San Juan you have some real serious problems. Those same airplanes flew without cancellations before going to Dallas (in fact they are the newest in the fleet). The crews writing up BS stuff need to get their heads screwed on straight. Oh yeah and they aren't crashing planes or getting violated in MIA or SJU. In fact most of the ASAPs are coming from ATR DFW.
If they move the planes back to the Caribbean guess where all the junior guys/gals are gonna end up...either on the street or on the Rock.
Get you head out of your butt.
They are not writing up BS stuff in Dallas. They are just accustomed to following the rules. Down in the Caribbean, you had to reset a circuit breaker every other flight in order to get anywhere. There was no maintenance on most of the remote islands. Something malfunctioned on every other flight. The planes ARE old. Guys just ignored the rules and reset circuit breakers in the Caribbean. They HAD to in order to get anywhere. Flight attendants learned to stay quiet about minor problems until we were on a leg back to San Juan. And ASAP? Are you kidding me? Most of those senior captains in the Caribbean have no idea what an ASAP is. I still liked flying with those captains though.
At this new company, when I suggested resetting a circuit breaker to get a single display to light up, the captain looked at me like I was from another planet. It's just differences in life experiences. That is what is happening in Dallas. They just operate much safer. And that makes me proud.