Originally Posted by CLE to IAH (Post 3106889)

ok, so here is my contribution to the RIP ExpressJet thread. jacburn

note - if you are reading this and you realize that you are the person that this post is about and you remember this happening....youre a POS.

Now....

Anyone that spent any time in Houston knows about the kindest and most friendly crewtracker in the world. "J"
Her office was always packed with pilots and she genuinely cared about your life, your family and your state of being. YEARS later, I still hear from her on occasion, which is crazy! If she ever got the task of reassigning someone, she came to you with absolute contrition and USUALLY had reworked your schedule on the back side in such a way that "made up" for it, so to speak. If not, she remembered that she "owed you one", which she was in no obligation to do.

She was great. Many will likely agree.

one day, during a nice long sit, we (the captain and I) dropped in her office to find her very upset...to the point of tears. Naturally, she didnt want to give up the information but eventually we gathered that some jerk FO from another base had just cussed her out and made an ass of himself over a reassignment. get this....it wasnt even an extension. It was "hey your overnight changed from lexington to Lubbock but youre still getting back to DEN early in the AM" (sort of thing) she wouldnt tell us who but it was easy enough to look up back then so we went to their gate (only with the intent to solicit an apology and hopefully embarrass him a bit....remind him to be professional etc) to find them already pushing back. According to their schedule, they were due into Denver about 1 hour after us the next day.

so the fun begins....

we hung around their gate the next am to put eyes on this little man and went down to the crew room (knowing they would be headed down there as well)....once they got down there (in the denver crew room there was a line of computers that you had to stand at) and we were already standing and browsing the computer (Doing nothing) as this guy logged onto his account and started browsing as well. So our conversation started.....just loud enough for him to overhear...

"man...i still cant believe that happened, can you?"

"no...thats just crazy. I bet he gets fired, right?"

"oh he has to....especially these days......thats almost harassment??"

(natural pilot curiosity kicks in and the culprit finally asks "what happened?")

"oh nothing....some a-hole cussed out the crew tracker in houston yesterday and made her cry"

[ silence....]

"w....when? what happened?"

"oh i dont know....someone got reassigned to Lubbock or something and cussed her out and when we left Jim (CPO) was in her office and they were calling HR....she had to go home, she was so upset"

dude snatched his phone out of his pocket and out the door he went. :D likely calling ALPA or who knows.....

anyway.....if youre reading this....i hope that ruined your day, even for a moment. stop being a jerk to people who are just doing their job and doing it with class. act like a professional next time!

Originally Posted by jacburn (Post 3106946)

Jen is still the best. She is so great with her personality and her "hey you" when she sees everyone, it always makes my day. One of the people that I never lost contact with and I always make sure I stop in to say hi on my way through.

I laughed my *** off reading what you guys did.

Originally Posted by jacburn (Post 3106798)

There was also the mexico beach run.

And before I arrived, the triple penetration.

Originally Posted by idlethrust (Post 3107034)

triple penetration ?? Wtf??
Dam I should have worked for xjt

sounds like I missed all the fun 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Originally Posted by ReadOnly7 (Post 3107041)

nah....some chick flew into the same prohibited airspace THREE times. Her punishment? Hired by a Major way before her peers.

Originally Posted by Rodviyr (Post 3107052)

Not totally accurate. Took off runway 1 at DCA, expected a vector heading because the prior aircraft got the unusual right turn to a heading of 090 which happens to people “in the know” who ask for it, if you’re headed to the southeast. Our crew didn’t get a heading of course, so they flew straight ahead, busting the prohibited. Turned to exit the prohibited and nailed the VP prohibited one also to the NW. So technically it was only a double penetration. Got hired by Alaska after that and I believe fired from them too for skipping on ARC, but that last part is rumor.

Originally Posted by Rodviyr (Post 3107052)

Not totally accurate. Took off runway 1 at DCA, expected a vector heading because the prior aircraft got the unusual right turn to a heading of 090 which happens to people “in the know” who ask for it, if you’re headed to the southeast. Our crew didn’t get a heading of course, so they flew straight ahead, busting the prohibited. Turned to exit the prohibited and nailed the VP prohibited one also to the NW. So technically it was only a double penetration. Got hired by Alaska after that and I believe fired from them too for skipping on ARC, but that last part is rumor.

Originally Posted by SeeYa (Post 3107175)

certain incompetent people getting hired at a major, i for one am shocked