Amen.

How many decades after we put a man on the moon was it before we invented a viable rolling suitcase?

Talk about misguided priorities. :D

Come on now, you've had to drink with a few of them at the Football in Dubai, and we both know they were -all- AZZHATS! :eek:

(after a few beers, aren't we all!) :D

And Fake Boobs!

That was a long time coming!

I mean, if we can put a man on the moon...why can't all women have...oh never mind! :D

And reserve guys are usually the ones flying with the known idiots. Just look at open time and after a few months you can usually tell who the guys are that nobody wants to fly with. And that goes for both seats....reserve captains usually get stuck with the FO's that are idiots.

Yeahbut...what about the guys and girls Northwest hired? :D

Oh no, you didn't, you are going to give bucking bar a boner with this conversation.

Yup, my first few months on the line as 727 F/E I flew with some real peaches! You can imagine what it was like before CRM, standardization, checklists, headsets, WARTS, NATS, etc. and flying with a bunch of P.O.'d North East guys out of MIA, who by the way, all got screwed in the merger...:rolleyes:

Because I was the junior puke for awhile, I got to see all the idiots the other F/E's were sicking out for! There were some real "Characters", no doubt.

But until CRM kicked in, (after our horrible summer of 1987) we just had to grin and bear it. The Captain was King, and you weren't going to say sh!t about it, certainly not while on probation!

I saw one F/O get up and throw a $10 bill on the pedestal and say, "Thanks for the flying lessons...azzhole!" at the end of a 4 day trip with an overbearing Capt. that was telling him every move to make.

I thought it was great, but I kept my mouth shut, laughing inside only! ;)

Northwest? Well, they hired NewK and Ferd, among others, so I guess they did ok. :D

Haha. That's so true. There are definitely "trends.":D

Well duh! Northwestern hired the coolest. All NWA capts buy the beer.:D