Horse S---

 

They like to be called prostitutes

 

FQSs have the highest incidence of violations...just how do you get a rwy incursion in PHL? How does FH get violated during a crossing? Is it because of their "superior airmanship"? Flt 6 is laid at ups doorstep because of their failure to install EVAS on aircraft that are carrying the most dangersous material shipped...lithium metal batteries. I heard that because they are self-insured, ups actually made money from this crash.

The DC8 into PHL should have been a wakeup call for EVAS and was instead ignored by these "superior airmen." I remember Pet Rock turning a 757 90 degrees at 30 kts groundspeed...how safe it that? I was shocked beyond words and was grateful the gear held.

The only reason FQS hasn't had a major accident (unless you count the MD11 they bent to hell) is because they cherry pick their flying to fly the least hazardous/tiring pairings to get their flying. When have you EVER seen a FQS operating 3 SDF-ABQ-PHX-SDF in a row? Never...but they consider that "safe" for a line guy.

Your prissy superiority being "promoted" into management is actually sickening. What is worse is when you start believing that maybe you are "more talented" than a line guy. What you guys do is backstab your union brethren to get to the left seat early. Well, you guys may be in the left seat, but you're not capts in my book

Pilot7576

 

I have heard that the A300 Training people are quite good.

 

You sir, are an idiot to even think this.

 

Please educate the active duty USAF pilot who is getting ready to transition to the civilian flying world.

If the FQS positions are so full of controversy, then why doesn't the union go to the mat with management during the next contract negotiations?

 

We are........

 

Why don't we have sideshow mel tell you all about it......

 

Unlike say the UAW or a public sector union the RLA is very restrictive on labor and as such Management has the bigger hammer. The only going to the mat is essentially agreeing to binding arbitration or waiting 10 years to get permission to strike.

 

Oh yea, now I remember that from my first class in av management. Very restrictive and hard to justify a strike.

On the surface it seems simple enough, the use of the FQS, but since they lack credibility it seems such a position is only being used to undermine the power of the IPA (even if they did agree to it) and therefore the QOL of the line pilots as a whole.

You know, an idea is a dangerous thing, and if the internal support is there to make the vote happen. Batten down the hatches and get ready to go to war, so to speak.

When is the next round of contract negotiations supposed to start?