Why do we do things this way?
09-09-2014, 07:40 PM
#61
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You'll love AA because we don't do that 'strange' US stuff.
Pairings(sequence)? You're a big girl, figure out how to print it yourself.
Hotel sign in? Pilots do themselves. Everyone else knows their own name and should be able to figure it out. International some of the super sharp #1's do everyone.
Pickups in Easter time? Tonto, you're not in Kansas anymore and the world has lots of time zones. Figure it out for yourself in you want it anything other than local time.
Pairings(sequence)? You're a big girl, figure out how to print it yourself.
Hotel sign in? Pilots do themselves. Everyone else knows their own name and should be able to figure it out. International some of the super sharp #1's do everyone.
Pickups in Easter time? Tonto, you're not in Kansas anymore and the world has lots of time zones. Figure it out for yourself in you want it anything other than local time.
09-09-2014, 09:21 PM
#62
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Joined APC: Oct 2005
Position: MD-11 FO
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You'll love AA because we don't do that 'strange' US stuff.
Pairings(sequence)? You're a big girl, figure out how to print it yourself.
Hotel sign in? Pilots do themselves. Everyone else knows their own name and should be able to figure it out. International some of the super sharp #1's do everyone.
Pickups in Easter time? Tonto, you're not in Kansas anymore and the world has lots of time zones. Figure it out for yourself in you want it anything other than local time.
'Strange' is tongue in cheek. Every airline is different. Eg - when you're out sick you are until you 'clear sick.' Previous jobs you had to call in sick for every trip.
Pairings(sequence)? You're a big girl, figure out how to print it yourself.
Hotel sign in? Pilots do themselves. Everyone else knows their own name and should be able to figure it out. International some of the super sharp #1's do everyone.
Pickups in Easter time? Tonto, you're not in Kansas anymore and the world has lots of time zones. Figure it out for yourself in you want it anything other than local time.
'Strange' is tongue in cheek. Every airline is different. Eg - when you're out sick you are until you 'clear sick.' Previous jobs you had to call in sick for every trip.
09-10-2014, 05:08 AM
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09-10-2014, 05:34 AM
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Also, we (under most circumstances, unless you have an airplane that doesn't have Uplink) don't have send anything to get the gate. It automatically comes up off the printer as we descend through about 8,000.
09-10-2014, 06:09 AM
#67
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Like I said, the stress is already kicking in. Company position reports? What are those? They used to request them but haven't seen such in awhile.
09-10-2014, 06:27 AM
#68
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We didn't co-pair with F/As at Piedmont and when we merged with US it was a big adjustment flying with them for a whole trip. 90% of the time staying together was an improvement, and the simple kindness of printing a pairing and signing the crew in paid big dividends. When I encountered a F/A that told me it was my job, they they were promptly told it was a courtesy, and it ended. After two long days with one particular witch, I handed out all the other keys and walked off. She said "Where's my key!?" I said "You got me, have a good night."
We've enjoyed a pretty good relationship with F/As at US. I can already sense the change in the air.
09-10-2014, 06:30 AM
#69
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Lineholder or blockholder? Maybe know we can have only one ops freq in PHX? I thought I had that figured out once, but was wrong. Are your pairing time printed in local time, or central time? Ours(east) were printed in the former Mecca time-eastern, hence the F/A struggle with conversion.
09-10-2014, 06:39 AM
#70
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"We've enjoyed a pretty good relationship with F/As at US. I can already sense the change in the air."
Most of the time we enjoy a pretty good relationship with the F/A's too. But I'd guess the US f/a's are going to think the AA pilots are jerks because we don't bring them their HI-3(sequence/pairing info) or sign them into the hotel. That's just too weird. Are they really THAT lazy? ;-) Or is just different culture/expectations?
Most of the time we enjoy a pretty good relationship with the F/A's too. But I'd guess the US f/a's are going to think the AA pilots are jerks because we don't bring them their HI-3(sequence/pairing info) or sign them into the hotel. That's just too weird. Are they really THAT lazy? ;-) Or is just different culture/expectations?
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