thats going to work great when you’re denied your boarding priority, not boarding entirely.

FCR it and move on

 

LoL

Yeah right. FCR it it. You must be relatively new to Delta.

Um hmm, that'll work (sarc). Do you really know what they do with our FCR's ?? Give you a hint; looks like a doughnut, rhymes with scoop (no offense meant to a mod).

Obvious you don't DH out of the ATL often.

 

the FCR is going to get a lot further than they hypothetical tantrum I quoted.

 

There was a memo sent out after our TA passed informing the ACS agents about it.. now did they read it? Who knows.

 

I bet the ACS reading percentage is the same as pilots reading JL emails.

 

I’ll just throw this here since it seems like a good spot. Under the new contract I would have made 600$ extra last night for the extra time in the day (not implemented yet).

Now with that being said I think captains need to start thinking really hard about extending. I can see clueless captains pushing FOs to keep going so they can get paid extra.

If I’m reading this scenario wrong my bad, but I’m suddenly worried about the safety implications of paying people extra to fly longer when they are tired. Could creat conflict on the flight deck as well. Food for thought.

For me going forward, as a captain I’m going to give zero indications of where I lie. I will make sure the FO answers first without any of my bias involved. And if I feel like we need a break, then I’m going to pull the plug on our operation regardless of what they want (obviously this stands now no matter what, just highlighting that you may not be getting the real story from the FO). My 2cents

 

I know some FOs might be pushed, but it needs to be emphasized that the CA has absolutely ZERO say on another pilot's fitness for duty. I had to remind a captain awhile ago that I would set my own rest and ready time with the duty pilot.

 

Yep. Absolutely no money hungry FO’s out there who would now be incentivized to strongly suggest to the captain to extend.

I’m hearing your premise but let’s not pretend FO’s don’t push too.

 

Huh? How did you infer that I’m “pretending FOs don’t push too”?

Captain is the ultimate authority. It’s good to ponder these scenarios. I don’t mention FOs because any good captain wouldn’t give 2 sh1ts what an FO thinks about his ability to continue if the captain doesn’t feel like it’s the safe thing. This food for thought is meant for captains since, you know, they are in charge.

If anyone thinks a probie new hire might not keep going because a captain wants some extra cheddar is delusional
Some people on here just want conflict in every thread lol

 

It’s an individual decision.
captains opinion has no influence ….