Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
01-24-2014 | 04:45 PM
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I had a guy like that who when I attempted to express an opinion that differed from his version related to a Vol 1 procedure (and the latest bulletin) took his left hand and put it over his right epaulet, and then revealed it saying, "Let's see who is right. It's me." He won TOTY.
01-24-2014 | 05:02 PM
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I had a guy like that who when I attempted to express an opinion that differed from his version related to a Vol 1 procedure (and the latest bulletin) took his left hand and put it over his right epaulet, and then revealed it saying, "Let's see who is right. It's me." He won TOTY.
01-24-2014 | 05:05 PM
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01-24-2014 | 05:28 PM
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So how many will take the ER fo just to take the possible displacement to get where they have been trying to go for the last 10 years...place your bets.
01-24-2014 | 05:44 PM
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I had a guy like that who when I attempted to express an opinion that differed from his version related to a Vol 1 procedure (and the latest bulletin) took his left hand and put it over his right epaulet, and then revealed it saying, "Let's see who is right. It's me." He won TOTY.
wipes. I'll stay in LA, we have one or two but most are harmless decent dudes. I flew with a guy recently who told me that he'd only do one walk around a rotation. I said, "damn, that's unfortunate, I only do one per rotation also." Thankfully, he laughed....and did his fair share.
01-24-2014 | 05:53 PM
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I had a guy like that who when I attempted to express an opinion that differed from his version related to a Vol 1 procedure (and the latest bulletin) took his left hand and put it over his right epaulet, and then revealed it saying, "Let's see who is right. It's me." He won TOTY.
In fact at one point I said "look, you've got one more stripe than me, so whatever... I'll do it if you're going to make a deal out of it. That being said, you need know that what you're saying is not standard and that's why people aren't doing what you expect them to do."
Didn't help, though.
01-24-2014 | 06:03 PM
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I flew with a guy one time who was adamant that his way was the right way. When I pointed out where his "procedures" differed from the company's, he informed me that the company and Boeing were wrong and his way was the right way. All because he had an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the AF academy. It finally came down to, "Look. It says Delta on the side of the plane, and Delta on my paycheck. I'm doing it Delta's way. If it was your airplane and you were paying me, I'd do it your way."
01-24-2014 | 06:15 PM
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He's one of those guys that wants to prove that he knows more about every subject than everyone else.
For example, I got a lecture on how when we call out runway/dep/first fix that calling the runway "27L inside and outside" is not in the book and not valid. "Verified" is the only appropriate callout since that's what is in the book.
"But... it's in lower case letters... that's an action, not a callout. You're trying to make this into SOPA/SMAC. It's not. How you verify it is up to you, as long as you are verifying that you're in the right place and the runway is in the box."
"ITS NOT IN THE BOOK. YOU SAY VERIFIED."
It was like that for literally everything. As I'm sitting over there like:
Then he lectured the flight attendants for 20 minutes after the flight on why they are going to unionize and everything that Delta does is stupid. I was glad he moved on to them.
For example, I got a lecture on how when we call out runway/dep/first fix that calling the runway "27L inside and outside" is not in the book and not valid. "Verified" is the only appropriate callout since that's what is in the book.
"But... it's in lower case letters... that's an action, not a callout. You're trying to make this into SOPA/SMAC. It's not. How you verify it is up to you, as long as you are verifying that you're in the right place and the runway is in the box."
"ITS NOT IN THE BOOK. YOU SAY VERIFIED."
It was like that for literally everything. As I'm sitting over there like:
Then he lectured the flight attendants for 20 minutes after the flight on why they are going to unionize and everything that Delta does is stupid. I was glad he moved on to them.
If you think of better ways to do some of the things the airline does, you're a pilot. If you think you are the only person who understands how the airline must be run, and everything needs to be fixed... you're something else.
There's a thread for that.
01-24-2014 | 06:17 PM
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I flew with a guy one time who was adamant that his way was the right way. When I pointed out where his "procedures" differed from the company's, he informed me that the company and Boeing were wrong and his way was the right way. All because he had an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the AF academy. "
Until then, as you said, the aircraft says Delta on the side. Fly it the way Delta wants you to fly it.
01-24-2014 | 06:35 PM
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