Nasplane
01-24-2024, 05:18 AM
#1
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Nasplane
Looks like Ricky Bobby's pit crew forgot to tighten the lug nuts.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/delta-boeing-plane-loses-nose-tire-moments-before-takeoff-rolled-off-the-
runway
Hope for the FO's sake it wasn't something obvious on the walk around.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/delta-boeing-plane-loses-nose-tire-moments-before-takeoff-rolled-off-the-
runway
Hope for the FO's sake it wasn't something obvious on the walk around.
01-24-2024, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Boatbuilder
Looks like Ricky Bobby's pit crew forgot to tighten the lug nuts.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/delta-boeing-plane-loses-nose-tire-moments-before-takeoff-rolled-off-the-
runway
Hope for the FO's sake it wasn't something obvious on the walk around.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/delta-boeing-plane-loses-nose-tire-moments-before-takeoff-rolled-off-the-
runway
Hope for the FO's sake it wasn't something obvious on the walk around.
01-24-2024, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadStick
Id say about 85% of ATL7ER Captains do the walk around on the FO’s leg. 😉
Lol, recently I was out doing the walkaround and the FO said he had a JSer stop by to say he got a seat in the back. He's said the Captain JSer was genuinely shocked that I was out doing the walkaround. Strange.
01-24-2024, 08:34 AM
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6 years sitting sideways on the 727. Nobody did a walk around for me. 11 years right seat on the 88. Same. I will do the WA on the FO's leg IF I want to, which is most of the time.
But when it's 30°F, freezing rain and sleet and blowing 30 knots that's a no.
Rank does have its privileges.
But when it's 30°F, freezing rain and sleet and blowing 30 knots that's a no.
Rank does have its privileges.
01-24-2024, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Boatbuilder
6 years sitting sideways on the 727. Nobody did a walk around for me. 11 years right seat on the 88. Same. I will do the WA on the FO's leg IF I want to, which is most of the time.
But when it's 30°F, freezing rain and sleet and blowing 30 knots that's a no.
Rank does have its privileges.
But when it's 30°F, freezing rain and sleet and blowing 30 knots that's a no.
Rank does have its privileges.
The only time I don’t do the walkaround as PM is when I’m loaded up with something that needs my attention (MX, dispatch issue, whatever). Usually in that case I’ll even it up later in the rotation when it’s my leg if there’s an opportunity (preferably somewhere 70F and sunny.)
I usually need the stretch and find that it’s a nonverbal CRM enhancer - particularly when the wx is unpleasant.
Somebody has to be the CA, but I want my FO’s to otherwise view us as a team getting it done.
01-24-2024, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
Alright, who’s coming to tell the 50/50 joke?
Cue comments from angry, senior captains who are jealous of people upgrading earlier in their career than they themselves did, saying, “That joke doesn’t work anymore!!!!”
