I love the clip, but I was thinking the same thing. "Living the dream" has always been an expression to summarize everything that's in the clip. You'd see another pilot, do a quick "howwyoudoin'", they'd do a "Livin' the Dream", grin, grin, and everything was said, from "the Captain that's right behind me is a douche", to "I hate my schedule". Satisfying, understandable, efficient.

Now what do we do, if we're too cool for "Living the Dream"? Do we start describing our apolitical feelings about things not work-related, or do we go all "DTW", and pretend we don't see each other?

Is awkervsation even a word?

 

We need one that is an APCF codeword. I mean I know there is a hand signals but you can't go flashing shockers around in every setting.

Maybe, "I'm just a line pilot." Or the ATL version "golly, I'm just a line pilot."

Maybe "I'm just trying to backdoor my schedule." Use it all month. or "I'm sneaking in the backdoor." As in I'm lucky to be here.

 

Or

Challenge: "Did you hear about Jesse?" Response: "Yeah, that was a shame."


And if you're a "Living the dream" guy, I personally am OK with you sticking with that rather than changing over to and saying "Are we having fun yet?" three times a day. Because I have no suitable reply for that one that isn't snarky or cynical; just awkward silence.

 

Sez who???

 

The judge.

Stupid restraining orders...

 

What comes first on the PCS run, Whiteslip or Swap with the Pot?

Thanks.

 

Drops, pickups, swaps

 

One vote for this one.

 

Have an early report on Apr 5th that I'm trying to get out of as we'll be getting back from vacation late the previous evening. Right now, reserve coverage is good, 21 available and 18 required. I'm fairly certain that if I use a regular PD for the first PCS run, the reserve coverage will not be adequate by the time they get down to my seniority level, and the PD will be denied. At that point burning my APD does me no good, because it's Easter, so it'll still get denied.

I'm considering just going straight to the nuclear option and using the APD, because they're processed before PDs, and reserve coverage would likely still be adequate. However, per the letter of the contract, they could deny the ADP simply for touching the easter holiday, even if there were 100 reserves available and only 1 required. So here's my question to the guys who've been around a while: have you ever had an APD granted on one of the listed holidays? I.E., in practice do they actually look at the reserve coverage, or just automatically deny anything that falls in that 2 days prior / 1 day after window?

 

Wow, spot on. I just flew with one of those political dudes. People: if you find yourself yelling in the cockpit about politics, maybe its time to get your head examined.