Originally Posted by
xjsaab
Hi everyone,
I was curious what other airlines have free wireless access in their crew rooms.
If you do, does the company put filters on it to prevent you from gaining access to websites that don't benefit the company operations.
Here's part of the page that pops up when you try to access non-company approved sites.
"These systems are to be used for business purposes in serving the interests, of the company in the course of daily operations."
When you're sitting on ready reserve all day, you deserve the right to have a distraction. I'm tired of Mesaba treating us like children and am curious if other airlines do the same. I know the Delta crewroom in SLC doesn't filter from personal experience.
Please don't turn this into a discussion about porn sites.
I am referring to sites such as
onetoone.apple.com (tutorial sight)
hulu.com
facebook.com
youtube.com
etc.
Fellow Mesaba Pilots if you can add websites that you believe we should have access to please list them. Thanks in advance.
While I don't disagree that those sites should be unfiltered in the crew rooms, the entire network includes all of the office employees too. They are filtered there as well for obvious production issues.
The company, probably rightfully so, has decided to not let the IT guys spend time and resources by going out and adding permissions to certain workstations on the network. That's a time consuming job that doesn't add anything other than personal entertainment and that's not part of any financial equation.
Besides, if you know the right people (computer savvy guys), there ARE ways to get around those filters in the XJ crew room on their network. You need your own laptop, however.