I have a huge problem with it because of their hire date and position, it is all about their ambition. That manifests in many ways and that's usually detrimental to the line pilot. I don't care if they came here to be a manager rather than a pilot but they have to stand out and be noticed in order to climb the rungs.

 

How is a 2x windshear go around company's fault? It's weather, it happens, and it's why we train for it.

Now some things, like denying my wife's medication that's in the formulary, after we won on an appeal, just because they can? That I do fully blame our company for.
Making me wait a month for surgical approval because my shoulder isn't broken bad enough for some non MDs opinion? Yep. That's either what the company told them to do, or acceptable behavior from a company selected contractor.

Me complaining about pay being wrong? Yeah. That's the company.

Me not knowing that an ACP is over me in the food chain? My fault.
I was not aware of that being the case, even though the company publication where it is so delineated is accessible to me. And a lot of others are not aware of it either, including guys who have been here 20+ years. That's why I tell people. So many people are not aware of that.

I post the things that happen so that others can learn. Do I do everything right? Hell no. there is a lot of stuff that I could have done better, or handled better either at the time or afterwards. I'm not perfect. And I screw things up. I post what happened so others may learn what happened, how to avoid it or how to handle it better if unavoidable.

 

Harrumph!! That’s what is valuable about this place. Keep it up. Always better to lean from someone else’s learning.

 

What happened with this? Did you tell them that they're not the boss of you and to F off?

 

Honestly it's not even a question that would pop into my mind. A chief pilot or assistant chief pilot is my boss. Whether they're an FO or a captain is irrelevant.

 

if there was ever a tool of the day thread for delta hubris……this is the winner. Absolutely ridiculous. Ive been a captain here a long time and this is just complete BS

 

It's absolutely madness that there are 15 people in their office and for an hour or more a day, they are locked in a conference call and can't help out pilots. "I can put you on the list for a call back if you want"

 

My thought too. Surprised to read that is actually a question?

 

So how about that turbulence?!?!

 

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