Any "Latest & Greatest" about Delta?
12-16-2009, 05:27 PM
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Just proofing it now.
12-16-2009, 05:32 PM
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12-16-2009, 05:38 PM
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LOL, exactly. I couldn't have said it better.
NWA made it awfully easy to ignore the D-bags, because you could just point to SOPA and say "whut?"
It's going to be fun watching the reactions at DAL when they say jump and we don't say "how high?", especially for something not in the procedures.
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NWA made it awfully easy to ignore the D-bags, because you could just point to SOPA and say "whut?"
It's going to be fun watching the reactions at DAL when they say jump and we don't say "how high?", especially for something not in the procedures.
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12-16-2009, 05:38 PM
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Part of the beauty of the NWA system was you didn't have to wait & see what the other guy did, because you knew almost exactly what he was going to do. I always took the first leg if offered.
12-16-2009, 05:38 PM
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newK...............11 pages, what are you working on? yikes
12-16-2009, 05:39 PM
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He is trying to run this place. 
12-16-2009, 05:41 PM
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when asked I always say "if your dumb enough to let me fly, I'll always take the outstations.
One of the old MSP ALPA reps always put little tidbits of wisdom on his updates. One of my favoriate was, "on checkrides, the fo should only fly the hub stations and only after he stands outside for 30 minutes simulating a walkaround in Minot"
One of the old MSP ALPA reps always put little tidbits of wisdom on his updates. One of my favoriate was, "on checkrides, the fo should only fly the hub stations and only after he stands outside for 30 minutes simulating a walkaround in Minot"
12-16-2009, 05:45 PM
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I think commuters should always fly the last leg. "Your fate is in your hands." But not every commuter does that and I think, wow, you're trusting. Because if it was me then every pilot I flew with would hear on day 4- did I accidently add another 0 to the cost index? Oh my bad. I should've double checked that.
12-16-2009, 05:50 PM
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I wonder if now that Buzz is done with his book if he'll write a new one, Flying the Line III "Airline Pilots in the age of the Internet, Blogs and Regional Jets."
I can see one paragraph now, "the pilots, mostly new hires, with bad grammar, poor comma use, a history of editing their post multiple times over a 10 minute period after posting and who had no inside information or longevity with the airline would typically resort to creating thread drifts, posting pictures of college coeds and talking college football when they ran out of substanitive things to say."
I don't think Buzz's grammar is as bad as that pargraph though. Which, proves who he is talking about.
I can see one paragraph now, "the pilots, mostly new hires, with bad grammar, poor comma use, a history of editing their post multiple times over a 10 minute period after posting and who had no inside information or longevity with the airline would typically resort to creating thread drifts, posting pictures of college coeds and talking college football when they ran out of substanitive things to say."
I don't think Buzz's grammar is as bad as that pargraph though. Which, proves who he is talking about.
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12-16-2009, 05:54 PM
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Forgot:
When I was on domestic, I'd usually do the first leg, then we'd alternate. If we flew together again that month, I'd have the F/O start off. After having three ATL landings on the MD-88 once, and briefing "Same airport, same runway, same brief", I promised myself to not ever do something like that to my F/Os!
Since landing recency is more fleeting for international crews than domestic ones, we check the crew for landing needs and split up the landings in the brief. To set the tone, most Captains will start out...especially if they've had a long day/commute. If there are four landings, I suggest flipping a coin or drawing a name from a hat...DAL Uniform one, of course;-)
I hope this helps while you await the bids.
When I was on domestic, I'd usually do the first leg, then we'd alternate. If we flew together again that month, I'd have the F/O start off. After having three ATL landings on the MD-88 once, and briefing "Same airport, same runway, same brief", I promised myself to not ever do something like that to my F/Os!
Since landing recency is more fleeting for international crews than domestic ones, we check the crew for landing needs and split up the landings in the brief. To set the tone, most Captains will start out...especially if they've had a long day/commute. If there are four landings, I suggest flipping a coin or drawing a name from a hat...DAL Uniform one, of course;-)
I hope this helps while you await the bids.
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