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Old 11-30-2020, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by FXLAX View Post
Again, if we are talking about the same pilots making the same mistakes, then I completely agree. I simply disagree with the FAA not letting anyone into the program for a specific type of event.
ASAP is ultimately an FAA program. There is no fundamental "entitlement" to exemption from regulatory consequences of performance failures. They have the right to exclude anything when they find it necessary, and this was one of those times. A union would have made no difference, the FAA was over it and they are in no way obligated to negotiate with or even interact with a union.

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That doesn’t help anyone. If this was happening to different pilots through a period of time, it’s more indicative to management’s culture at the airline than anything else. It sounds like they unjustly targeted one group, the pilots, when they should’ve targeted management to get to the root cause.
The root cause, after they adressed every other possible cause, was poor airmanship, and the fix was simple: monitor the airplane, they even provide a second pilot specifically to do just that! I find it reasonable that if some people could not motivate themselves, then taking away the get out of jail free card could provide the motivation. I heard that it worked, although that was about the time I left.

The only thing the company could have done at that point was buy new airplanes which had autothrust.


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Otherwise you get situations where you have a crew get into a UAS (not necessarily actually stall) yet not report it. And voila, the incidents have magically declined.
Old school. There are very few significant UAS which will not be observed by ATC and or FOQA data.

Even so, ASAP still works great for everything else.
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Old 11-30-2020, 11:53 AM
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I guess we measure the good unions do in a different way. I listed a partial list of what a union does for pilots. None of that turns into bad things just because a few regionals go away. Thousands of pilots at now failed airlines have been helped throughout the decades because of their union. Their managements’ decisions and or economic realities doesn’t make the help they do for the pilots any less impactful to them. If those unions didn’t exist, they couldn’t provide the services they did and still do provide.
Sure, I even voted yes on the one union drive we had during my tenure. I just didn't have unrealistic expectations about what that would get me at a regional (having started at a union regional in the first place, and escaped from there).
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Old 12-01-2020, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
ASAP is ultimately an FAA program. There is no fundamental "entitlement" to exemption from regulatory consequences of performance failures. They have the right to exclude anything when they find it necessary, and this was one of those times. A union would have made no difference, the FAA was over it and they are in no way obligated to negotiate with or even interact with a union.



The root cause, after they adressed every other possible cause, was poor airmanship, and the fix was simple: monitor the airplane, they even provide a second pilot specifically to do just that! I find it reasonable that if some people could not motivate themselves, then taking away the get out of jail free card could provide the motivation. I heard that it worked, although that was about the time I left.

The only thing the company could have done at that point was buy new airplanes which had autothrust.




Old school. There are very few significant UAS which will not be observed by ATC and or FOQA data.

Even so, ASAP still works great for everything else.

I guess everything in aviation is ultimately an FAA program. So that is true. I’m just disagreeing with the FAA in this instance. It goes away not only from Just Culture but it also doesn’t do anything to get to the root cause. Why were pilots at this specific airline having this same issue over and over? It cannot just be lack of monitoring or a second pilot since all the other airlines are also required to have a second pilot that monitors and presumably they weren’t stalling all the time. If it truly was poor airmanship then better hiring standards and or more robust training may have worked? I don’t know but I do know that shutting the door on more information won’t get to the root cause. As for UAS not observed by ATC or FOQA, that is not correct. There are UASs that happen all the time everyday that are not observed by another source. It’s true that not all UASs are equal. Some don’t really affect safety of the flight. But that’s not what I was referring to. Specifically in this type of situation where a crew inadvertently gets slow but not to the point ATC observes it. The crew will obviously not ASAP that because they now know if they do, it won’t be accepted and they will put their livelihoods in danger. While at the same time keeping any valuable insight that crew might give from the ERC, which can pass along that information. By the way, FOQA cannot be used for disciplinary action, at least no per the MOU at a union airline. Maybe that is different at non-union? Regardless, FOQA data without human context added to it via ASAP is not as valuable and doesn’t answer the ‘why’ question, just the ‘what’ question. Maybe having a union might not have any effect in dealing with this specific FAA office or inspector. But the union leader can certainly have a Frank conversation with them pointing this things out as the consequences of their actions. But like you said, ultimately the FAA owns it.
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Sure, I even voted yes on the one union drive we had during my tenure. I just didn't have unrealistic expectations about what that would get me at a regional (having started at a union regional in the first place, and escaped from there).

What about just having realistic expectations? Having a union at a regional is not that different than a union at any other airline, with the exceptions of pay and benefits. But that is ONE aspect of what a union does day in and day out and in helping individual pilots with everything from answering a contract question to helping them get their medical certificate back. If you expect a union to help you get away with stuff and be your servant that gets you top pay and benefits all the time regardless of economic circumstances, then you would be having unrealistic expectations.
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Originally Posted by FXLAX View Post
What about just having realistic expectations? Having a union at a regional is not that different than a union at any other airline, with the exceptions of pay and benefits. But that is ONE aspect of what a union does day in and day out and in helping individual pilots with everything from answering a contract question to helping them get their medical certificate back. If you expect a union to help you get away with stuff and be your servant that gets you top pay and benefits all the time regardless of economic circumstances, then you would be having unrealistic expectations.
Boy is this thread off in the ditch....
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Old 12-03-2020, 06:57 AM
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Ah, the Monday morning QB's.
well said. I have not flown the B777, but have good experience on the B747 and pretty much anywhere ATC would give us 270kts, departure or arrival. When all else fails, ditch the autopilot and auto throttles. MCT power and manually fly.
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Old 12-10-2020, 11:25 PM
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well said. I have not flown the B777, but have good experience on the B747 and pretty much anywhere ATC would give us 270kts, departure or arrival. When all else fails, ditch the autopilot and auto throttles. MCT power and manually fly.
what is this soorcery you speak of. He’s a witch. Burn him anyways.
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what is this soorcery you speak of. He’s a witch. Burn him anyways.
Any update on what happened?
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Any update on what happened?
They stalled and announced it on the radio.
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Old 12-16-2020, 06:41 PM
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They stalled and announced it on the radio.
Yeah what he said ^^^!
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