Any guesses on what time the AE will be posted?

I say 3:02pm

 

I think the point is -- which this ebola thing proved -- is that we don't get news from ANY of these cable networks anymore, we get propaganda.

How do I know it's propaganda? Because, somehow a handful of cases of Ebola became a political issue. Republicans blamed Obama for not halting flights and not establishing a quarantine, the Democrats blamed Republicans for cutting funding to the CDC; and guess who fed the frenzy? MSNBC, FOX, & CNN.

Did it stop when the nurses recovered? No.

Did it stop when none of the original patients family members got it? No.

Did it stop when none of the passengers on the airplanes that the nurse took got it? No.

Ebola is a 40 year old virus that has sprung up off and on since the 1970's and each one of those networks reported it as if the future of this country was in jeopardy.

Fox is a good contrast to the other networks? Hardly.

There is no contrast to anything when it's all junk.




Thanks 80!

 

Ha! I fly so little international, that can't be the problem. Maybe it's the 757's..... Wait. I can't think of anything to complain about on the 757.

If I had a cough, it was from that passenger who was hacking up a lung behind me on my commuter flight. (People. Please cover your mouths.) But, my cough is gone now.

 

News: I watch PBS and BBC. They tend to less sensational and more focused on journalism vs entertainment and shock.

Americans are terrible at assessing risk. We are afraid of the wrong things. There were pilots on this very thread ready to go to their bunkers in full-blown panic mode over the coming Ebola-zombie apocalypse just a few short weeks ago.

As far as briefs go I never understood briefing aborts on every trip. Unless there are unusual circumstances that need to be emphasized (windshear) shouldn't everything be Delta standard? "We'll abort for this, but not for that, you do this, I'll do that, you make the PA ..."

 

AE is up in icrew. Not anything too interesting except for new hires wanting to move bases. But wow, 150 Atl ERB's! 67 new capt slots-mostly NB.

 

I agree with you on the briefings. I can't stand it when a captain goes in to great detail. They should all be standard with only changes for when the conditions warrant it.

 

Brief the abort in detail on the first leg with a new FO and then on subsequent briefs it's just "Aborts, previously briefed with no additions". (Unless there is an additional threat.) Aren't we all doing that?

 

So, has anyone hooked a Bluetooth GPS up to their tablet yet? Will Jepps let the GPS show on the 10-9 page? Anyone want to let me borrow their Bad Elf Pro before I drop $150 on one myself?

BTW, I've already been through 2 typecovers. I've only had the thing 2 days. Mixed review from the first flight. We shall see how this works.

R1

 

I am talking about the ones that want to basically run through an entire emergency scenario during the initial brief.

 

LAX ER Capt's have an open backdoor....

Tons of open time to boot...Even a 10 day Asia 76hrs before Xmas. I hope B's had that much flying as well.

Baja.