Agreed. #FDRFAIL is trending too. What, I have a switch to throw now?
Joking aside, we have both a memo and CFM guidance for a deferred FCC/FD takeoff; we just can't use it until the MEL is on the release? Under most circumstances i believe we should fly the airplane the way our employers tell us to, but his seems a step backwards. A no FD takeoff is about the easiest 'no automation' scenario we have, good god, it's pitch for an airspeed, and less of one if there's a big bang from behind.
This is tantamount to mandating autopilot engagement at 600' and clicking it off at 80' on an ILS.
When its appropriate we should have the discretion to fly raw data, and practice what may be required by an MEL.
I wonder if the company will revisit this once people start refusing FD inop metal because they have never Rotated into the Raw.
/PL

 

Having the FD up is good situational awareness. You don't have to follow it and can easily fly pitch/as or raw needles on an ILS with it on. Turning it off, especially on a complex RNAV SID or STAR is adding unnecessary risk. Why even bother to dial the altitude bug until you get to cruise? The reason these things exist is to add safety redundancies.

 

From reading the Envoy forum on here, if you have 121 time coming in expect a forced upgrade as soon as you are legal and reserve from then on out. All FOs are forced to upgrade as soon as they meet minimums, low time FOs are the only ones with a chance to get senior in that seat while higher time ones can expect to remain junior reserve captains for a long time as said low time FOs that were above them meet minimums and are forced to upgrade.

I never thought I'd be reading about FOs being forcibly displaced to CA. Or a contract that allowed it for that matter.

And judging by the amount of talk of wanting 9E pay rates, you don't have any worry about them making more. They want the work rules too FWIW.

With potential flow times reaching or exceeding 9-10 years now they aren't even happy with that at this point.

 

Where is the cancel flight report on the company website? Thanks in advance

 

Flight ops page under "Important pilot information"

 

Absolutely agree. Hence the use of the word 'Appropriate'

 

Trip is over and I already tried to get them to add it as extra credit on top of the 25:00. They sent me an email trying to explain how credit was calculated like I was in 5th grade. Needless to say I know how credit above guarantee works and it seemed they did not understand I was trying to explain that I would have been paid the same regardless if I had flown the extra segments.

 

Anyone heard anything new about that email regarding implementing a travel companion system?

 

I heard in recurrent this week that anything promised that involves Delta IT department will probably take the whole time to complete. So that and the better boarding priority was said to be changed in the first quarter so probably not actually completed till March 31st.

 

Wow, such fire and emotion!

First, I didn’t say anything negative about flip flops and a wristwatch, I’m actually very happy Delta looked past that one incident and took the whole person into account.

As for “earning” that job at Delta, I can rattle off 30 guys that got hired that couldn’t fly their way out of a paper bag and 50 that it’s absolutely mind boggling that someone wouldn’t want them flying for their airline.

Still doesn’t change the fact that it’s a funny a$$ story though!