Originally Posted by
Rightseat Ballast
We are professional pilots. The economics do matter. Try taking that attitude to a corporate job.
We are indeed professional pilots and our job is to get from point A to point B safely and legally. Ultimately, the economics of your employer has nothing to do with doing our jobs. If our employer wants something changed that will save them money, they'll put it in the manual. Economics are an ancillary concern at best.
Originally Posted by
Rightseat Ballast
You should always report Mx items when they occur. This shouldn't be revolutionary.
I agree, it should not be revolutionary. However, it would indeed be revolutionary. The fact remains, carrying write-ups is modus operandi with the industry. Are you saying that you never carried a little item to get the job done?
Originally Posted by
Rightseat Ballast
Fly slow, but do not intentionally make it more difficult for your passengers to make their connections. People do need to come back in order for you to keep your job.
He didn't say to intentionally make it difficult for passengers. He said to fly no better than scheduled block to block. Anyone with any appreciable time in this business knows that setting such precedents will eventually lead to tighter and less reasonable scheduling. i.e. if a a large enough number of pilots are making turns quicker than scheduled, the turns will eventually get scheduled for less time.
Originally Posted by
Rightseat Ballast
Walk slow... no. Walk at a normal pace. When you walk slow in public areas, the public notices. This only reinforces the general notion that pilots are lazy. Just keep pace with the flow of pedestrian traffic, and don't call attention to yourself in the public eye.
Exactly. I have a normal pace for when I have to be somewhere, which is a pretty average pace. Then I have another normal pace (slower) for when I have time to kill. Being in uniform won't change my slower normal pace. In this regard, I couldn't care less what the public thinks because, A, I doubt your assertion that this would reinforce any imagined perception that we're lazy. B. Even if your concern had validity, let them think it. As long as my tie is straight, uniform pressed and I'm not wearing headphones while walking, it won't give the public any negative impressions, subconscious or otherwise. Besides. there is no one flow of pedestrian traffic.
BringDaFunk's post is spot on.