You never responded to my previous post on how ALPA protected the Captain of 3407 in your mind.

 

Maybe not him specifically, but I said ALPA protects incompetent pilots and gives them more chances. I've seen guys sit in sims for a 2nd and 3rd chance because the pilot claimed someone was out to get them. Some people who shouldn't be flying at all are protected by ALPA. Remember 9E infamous MC? He should have been fired long ago. He was finally let go, but ALPA saved him a couple times.

 

When is Pinnacle/Endeavor going to start picking up the MSP flying being the HQ was moved? Seems like it's mostly Skywest now (at least on my commute).

 

Of course I can not prove it because the old airlink forum was removed by MEC Chair CS, but, you did write on there at some point that you were allowed to land at flaps 0. Water under the bridge. It's not like you could get in trouble at this point anyway. Just make sure you have your facts straight before you go bashing other pilot groups for an arbitrated decision and then backpedal using fatal accidents as some sort of heinous barometer that says they are worse than someone else.

Can I start with an easy one: are you MA from DTW 200? Are you also known as cherokee_cruiser on "that other forum"?

80: flaps fails at 0 are not an emergency item. The FAA came down hard on us for declaring every time, so we have been highly discouraged from doing so. Better still, since no FOs prior to 2012 had performed an evaluated or even "extra time" maneuver in the sim known as flaps 0 landing, what CAs in their right mind would allow the FO to land to "gain experience", especially considering something a lot less nefarious - contaminated runway landings, are specifically CA only "no matter what" at SWOA. Even after these FOs have been in the seat 5+ years.

 

Yup. Thats him

 

If you are that upset about it, why don't you marry your sister and drive your tractor for a living?

 

Or try FarmersOnly.com (yes, it's a real dating site).

 

Not to distract from the sli bashing, but the talk of non_normal landings has me wondering: since in the CRM classes I have attended it has been noted that bad things hapoen three times as often when the ca is pf, wouldn't it be wiser to have the fo flying? Just an armchair question.

Feel free to return to sli bashing. Bonus points for calling Colgan a bottom feeder.

 

He is too cheap to tip the van driver yet alone take a woman out on a date.

 

WOW! ........