Originally Posted by Puddyhog

I followed quietly but with great interest as a UMass alum - but that Green Death has been directly responsible for some of my greatest stories - and worst mistakes - of my life!

Thank god digital cameras and cell phones weren't around then. Would have been a much tougher interview.

Originally Posted by scambo1

Soju is responsible for mine.

Originally Posted by Timbo

I haven't seen the newest CQ CD, but when they came out with that Gate Latency nonsense I just laughed. How many times have I sat at the gate for 45 minutes while they removed a bag for a customer who didn't show up...

Just last week we were ready to go in the cockpit when the agent shut the door 10 minutes early, stranding a non-rev outside, in the window, we could see her waving at us. We still had all 3 cargo doors open, so I called the tug driver to ask how much longer.

He said, "It'll be another 20 minutes, minimum."

I then called Passenger Assist, and told them to find the agent, and open the door, and put the non-rev on, NOW!

It took 10 minutes of back and forth, arguing, while all 3 cargo doors were still open, but they finally got a red coat to open the door and put the non-rev on, and they finally got the cargo doors closed, 15 minutes later. So we pushed about 30 minutes late, had 180 kt tailwind across the pond, and 13 hours later, landed in Dubai an hour early.

SD can take that gate latency crap and shove it. I'll do it at my own pace, or SD can come down the jetway and fly it himself.

The nitwits who write these memos live in cubicles and rarely turn a wheel, they risk nothing when they go to work on the 4th floor. They are only concerned with justifying their jobs by coming up with some new "Metric" to measure us with.

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Where's the Like button?

Not that I know what the hell a Like button is.

Carl

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Where's the Like button?

Not that I know what the hell a Like button is.

Carl

Originally Posted by Herkflyr

Timbo is as good as it gets. There are times when a captain needs to be a captain, and forget about metrics and memos. It is called leadership.

I'll disagree with Carl on many things on these boards, but I get the impression that he is the kind of captain you want to fly with for the same reasons.

Originally Posted by DelDah Capt

Packie!....it's sad, but local lingo like that is dying out....like 'jimmies' on your ice cream.

I have a couple of old Academy roommates who always tell the same story when I see them after all these years. It was summer cruise for middies and I was out in the western pacific somewhere while these guys had a cruise up and down the east coast. When they got to Boston they called up my parents who were thrilled to pick them up and take them in for the night. Even though they were under age, my dad asked them if they'd like to stop at the "package" store on the way home. These two were from California and looked at eachother baffled and said "sure". They both say that until they pulled into the parking lot, they were sure they were headed to help my Dad drop something off at UPS or FedEx.

BTW, any underage drinker in New England looking to score at the packie would've chosen Haffenraffer (aka 'Green Death'). Might as well get the most alcohol for you money.

Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

Only had one similar incident when I was a 757 capt. Flying last flight of the night from MSP to BOS and pushed back 5 early as I saw four business types running up to podium. I could tell that the agent was shooing them away. I told the tug driver to stop and pull us back to the gate. He said: "what's wrong?" I told him to turn around and look at the podium. He said: "no sh1t, you're going back to get them?" I said yes and he said: "This is gonna be awesome." Agents refused to open the door, so I did and generated the new IN time. After some emotion filled pleas by the agents to get back out, they boarded the four business guys who said to me: "our inbound connection was late and we ran as fast as we could. You just saved our deal in the morning and we'll never forget this." Re pushed 3 late and arrived 10 early.