Originally Posted by
buzzpat
A great point. But, also remember, DAL is now 12,000 pilots strong and not 4 to 5,000. Can you imagine the potential overload if all of us tried to have a direct line to the Fleet Captain as the sole overseer of all things Ops? That's why DAL has a much more expansive and horizontal chain of command. Go to the Intranet and look at the Flight Ops wiring diagram. That will, or should, answer a lot of the consternation and questions a lot of our fnwa bros have about the FC position. Again, I challenge anybody to take a look at the organization and then tell me why any one particular guy in the FC job is so vitally essential? Its not. Different, much larger, organization with so many more additional ops challenges.
Take off your stovepipe hat and look around Grasshopper. You will eventually achieve total consciousness.....or was that Carl? Big hitter, you know.
You asked if we(I) really had that much interaction, I gave you several examples. In 2 of those examples a pilot with extensive knowledge of the aircraft was required and in one case a pilot with that knowledge and authority to deviate from standard procedures in a non-emergency situation.
In any case the 330 fleet is not 12000 pilots its much smaller, but the 7ER fleet is probably bordering on unmanageable by a single person.