Originally Posted by buckleyboy (Post 2829076)

Back off topic.

Captains get paid more to 1) taxi and 2) deal with the BS. The extra pay does not grant one super powers—not even to “mentor” first officers on every aspect of life. (Shout out to my homeboy, if you’re reading).

I do appreciate the retired Navy folks who, sitting in the right seat, not-so-subtly mention that they retired after 20-something years as a captain. Took you that long? Damn! I made captain in four years...in the militia...and then I quit!

Originally Posted by DWC CAP10 USAF (Post 2829015)

To try to get the thread back on topic....



It makes sense to me for someone in management to say they want a contact before amendable date.



I’m sure they are cognizant of Ed saying “no contract this year” + the anti-union/ buy an Xbox situation going on right now = bad optics for the company...especially if we don’t get a contact and the NMB gets involved.

Originally Posted by Hawaii50 (Post 2829115)

His inferiority complex comes through loud and clear. I’m pretty sure if captains could have a no fly list the monkey would be on most of them.

Originally Posted by ChecklistMonkey (Post 2829157)

I guess reading isn't your strong suit, eh? I don't feel inferior because I'm not. The CA job is not as hard as you're making it. Again, you literally just have to be here long enough and they literally just give it to you after passing a checkride.

Originally Posted by ChecklistMonkey (Post 2828967)

This isn't about my ego. This is about the sensitive sallys who get all bent out of shape when former captains don't get their stripes taken off their coat or when junior management types get rated as Captain.

Newsflash, this isn't 1960. Being a Captain at Delta doesn't make you a God. It doesn't nor should it carry "significant weight" and the illusion of this "great authority" only exists because the anti-CRM culture still exists here.

The amount of times I've had to hear about Captains complaining they don't get the respect from their co-workers that their captains did when they were engineers is staggering. I've had captains make FAs cry during preflight because they were too deaf to hear the poor girl's question. Delta captains aren't special. They are paid more and rightfully so because they do have the responsibility to make some hard decisions. They aren't, however, infallible or supreme beings of aviation.

Originally Posted by ChecklistMonkey (Post 2829157)

I guess reading isn't your strong suit, eh? I don't feel inferior because I'm not. The CA job is not as hard as you're making it. Again, you literally just have to be here long enough and they literally just give it to you after passing a checkride.

Originally Posted by bluto13 (Post 2829117)

If being Capt is no big deal anymore, then why is the company expending valuable training time making their management guy an ER Capt way out of seniority? I’m sure his trips are bought off (since he could never hold it) and probably the FO’s trips too. And what kind of pilot would accept flying as a Capt so far out of seniority, when everyone knows it?

Originally Posted by DALMD88FO (Post 2829237)

Seniority list shows him as an ER B.

Originally Posted by badflaps (Post 2829171)

And you get to be on the "Watch" list. You've probably never seen the monthly "Captains minute under schedule" sheet from Mecca.