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03-31-2013 | 05:15 PM
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He was watching me make phone calls and would say every once in a while "wow this makes no sense... I don't get it." He didn't care as much as he was a commuter.
Both the charter coordinators refused to put our names on the Gen Dec, and I had caused about as much of a fuss as I was willing to do. So, I'll be putting that in my report.
Be forewarned, it is intl military charter policy to not allow crewmembers to ride in the back when empty unless you are scheduled to deadhead on that aircraft. I'll do my part in fighting the good fight, and hopefully others will as well. Sure would have been nice to both get home to my son early as well as save the company money.
Both the charter coordinators refused to put our names on the Gen Dec, and I had caused about as much of a fuss as I was willing to do. So, I'll be putting that in my report.
Be forewarned, it is intl military charter policy to not allow crewmembers to ride in the back when empty unless you are scheduled to deadhead on that aircraft. I'll do my part in fighting the good fight, and hopefully others will as well. Sure would have been nice to both get home to my son early as well as save the company money.
03-31-2013 | 05:24 PM
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That happened to me during the summer of 2011 on a domestic mil charter. We finished up in AEX and the jet was ferrying to ATL. Lots of phone calls and lots of no's. The captain really pushed hard to get on, but we ended up laying over and doing the scheduled deadhead the next day. Made no sense at all.
03-31-2013 | 05:38 PM
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Who said beware of the 717 because of 5 leg days? It's hard to find a MD88 trip without 5 leg days.
03-31-2013 | 05:39 PM
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03-31-2013 | 05:45 PM
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Ok, so who messed up our ability to ride in the back on an intl MIL ferry back to base?
As a result, we had to have transportation to the layover, the hotel, and then we bumped 2 paying pax off of a full regular intl flight this morning since it is now the charter dept policy to not let us ride in the back on an empty airplane. Oh...except the FAs were deadheading on said empty airplane. Even the duty pilot and scheduling were dumbfounded...
I'm guessing I'll be seeing plenty of replays of the accident ya'll are talking about!
As a result, we had to have transportation to the layover, the hotel, and then we bumped 2 paying pax off of a full regular intl flight this morning since it is now the charter dept policy to not let us ride in the back on an empty airplane. Oh...except the FAs were deadheading on said empty airplane. Even the duty pilot and scheduling were dumbfounded...
I'm guessing I'll be seeing plenty of replays of the accident ya'll are talking about!
03-31-2013 | 05:48 PM
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Been that way for awhile and it started with AMC from what I have been told. If they plan it in advance they can get permission like said FA's but to off rotation DH has been next to impossable at least on the 744 .Apperantly as long as they are still paying we use AMC rules.
03-31-2013 | 06:24 PM
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I'd be curious to hear from an expert if this is just more gruesome to see than a bad ACL, but easier to recover from, or if it's worse in both ways.
03-31-2013 | 06:34 PM
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Ok, so who messed up our ability to ride in the back on an intl MIL ferry back to base?
As a result, we had to have transportation to the layover, the hotel, and then we bumped 2 paying pax off of a full regular intl flight this morning since it is now the charter dept policy to not let us ride in the back on an empty airplane. Oh...except the FAs were deadheading on said empty airplane. Even the duty pilot and scheduling were dumbfounded...
I'm guessing I'll be seeing plenty of replays of the accident ya'll are talking about!
As a result, we had to have transportation to the layover, the hotel, and then we bumped 2 paying pax off of a full regular intl flight this morning since it is now the charter dept policy to not let us ride in the back on an empty airplane. Oh...except the FAs were deadheading on said empty airplane. Even the duty pilot and scheduling were dumbfounded...
I'm guessing I'll be seeing plenty of replays of the accident ya'll are talking about!
You couldn't fly in the back of a mil charter, so you had to layover? Then you had to deadhead the next morning, but yet there were FAs deadheading on the mil charter? If they were DHing why weren't you DHing? Were you scheduled to DH on a mil charter? Maybe you were deviating from DH?
03-31-2013 | 06:41 PM
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Sorry, I'm not getting what you're saying...partly due to the fact I'm not familiar with the policy.
You couldn't fly in the back of a mil charter, so you had to layover? Then you had to deadhead the next morning, but yet there were FAs deadheading on the mil charter? If they were DHing why weren't you DHing? Were you scheduled to DH on a mil charter? Maybe you were deviating from DH?
You couldn't fly in the back of a mil charter, so you had to layover? Then you had to deadhead the next morning, but yet there were FAs deadheading on the mil charter? If they were DHing why weren't you DHing? Were you scheduled to DH on a mil charter? Maybe you were deviating from DH?
Brilliant, isn't it?
I sent in an FCR- I'm intrigued as to the response.
03-31-2013 | 06:43 PM
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