Originally Posted by rvr350 (Post 841852)

Buzz, are you still LAX73n? when i was there, we took pride as the only category who rarely had to use ATL plates. I guess times changed, huh? All those 27 hr. layo at PVR, CUN, SJU, MEX, GDL sure will be missed!

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 841935)

Top ten list of minor annoyances encountered daily by airline pilots. There are far more annoying items than those listed below - this list merely consists of unnecessary aggravations, that unlike say, the TSA, passengers, or thunderstorms are not inevitable.

This list is by no means complete - these are my personal musings from flying just two legs, FLL-ATL-DCA with a layover in DCA, an area known for its indigenous breed of especially aggressive hotel maids.

Before starting I would like to acknowledge item number 8 on our list - If I was still sleeping I could not have produced this list. :rolleyes:



10 - Fingerprints on the displays. Why??? I guess the occasionally errant finger may rarely find itself touching the display, but who are the people who firmly press and roll their fingerprints on the screen?

9 - Toilet seats in multi-million dollar aircraft that do not stay up.

8 - Overly aggressive hotel maids. Kind of like the hostelry version of Africanized killer bees. You know the type - they loudly wrap on doors with keys to produce an extremely piercing and penetrating auditory assault. The best of them can even act surprised when you answer the door in your skivvies scratching your nuts even though you have the “Do not disturb sign” on your door.

7 - Walking through airports. Oh where to start? This topic may even merit its own list but for now lets just consider the following: Passengers who form lines directly across the concourse, excessively loud beeping carts, human obstacles - those who stop abruptly, serpentine needlessly, and generally wander around the airport like so many zombies on vacation, seemingly adrift in sea of humanity, yet they always end up directly in front of you with unerring precision, and finally those endless TSA announcements.

6 - Runway 10 in Atlanta. 48 minutes to fly to ATL and another 36 minutes getting to your gate.

5 - The Guard police. These guys are great. Someone will erroneously make a 2 second call on guard and instead off politely saying “check your frequency” they will then go on guard and transmit something like this “AIRCRAFT XXXX YOU ARE TRANSMITTING ON GUARD FREQUENCY. WHY ARE YOU TRANSMITTING ON GUARD FREQUENCY? DID YOU NOT REALIZE THAT YOU WERE TRANSMITTING ON GUARD? - CHECK YOUR FREQUENCY AND GET OFF GUARD (unlike me) WE NEED TO KEEP THIS FREQUENCY CLEAR FOR EMERGENCIES. DIDN’T YOUR MOTHER EVER TELL YOU NEVER TO TRANSMIT ON GUARD.” And then there are the equally annoying follow on calls - “Hey your on guard too.”

4 - Paper towels jammed so tightly into the dispenser, that if left undisturbed for for long enough would slowly carbonize and eventually turn into diamonds.

3 - Trash left in the cockpit. Hey dude, thanks for leaving me half of your melted Twix bar and and 8 ounces of diet coke but I will spring for my own.

2 - Free Internet at the Hotel - Yeah, if you can figure out how to sign in. How hard would it be to print out a little card with sign in and password information?

1 - And finally the number one unnecessary annoyance that we encounter daily: People who switch frequencies and immediately start transmitting, stepping on any unfortunate soul who was already talking. Can you at least listen for .0000000001 seconds to ensure that no one else is already talking.

Delta 1624 - “ Jacksonville center that is affirmative Delta 1624 can [#@^&*(^%X%@$&^%$(*&^%$#*&^!@#)(*^&*(%$#@!#$%!@*(^% !@] over”

Jacksonville center - “Two talking at the same time, Self centered 367, please standby.”

:) Scoop

Honorable mention - The fact that the 737 cockpit was apparently designed prior to the birth of the science of ergonomics.

Originally Posted by Scoop (Post 841935)

7 - Walking through airports. Oh where to start? This topic may even merit its own list but for now lets just consider the following: Passengers who form lines directly across the concourse, excessively loud beeping carts, human obstacles - those who stop abruptly, serpentine needlessly, and generally wander around the airport like so many zombies on vacation, seemingly adrift in sea of humanity, yet they always end up directly in front of you with unerring precision, and finally those endless TSA announcements.

Originally Posted by Flamer (Post 842027)

Flyvike,

There is zero transparency in scheduling's whole operation. Good news is there is zero accountability too. Oh, wait.....that's not good news either.

That same situation has happened to me several times, and am sure it actually happens all the time mostly unnoticed.

Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 842045)

Oh they know what parts of the contract they want to know. I have seen them assign reserve SC at 0805 to a 11 day guy to get to a guy the has the days avail that meet the trip length. All very legal, but they can defiantly take interpretation and use it to their advantage.

Also, they NORMALLY assign tomorrows rotations to Reserve pilots shortly after 0800, but recently they have been waiting to see if anyone drops a WS or Out of Base WS in for these trip so they do not have to cover it with a reserve. They will also not assign some trip and assign others. It has nothing to do with Report time or trip length.

Do not accuse them of not knowing the contract. Claiming ignorance is a easy way out.