Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Cargo > FedEx
Millennial 'oddity' thread: >

Millennial 'oddity' thread:

Notices

Millennial 'oddity' thread:

Old 04-18-2018, 07:31 AM
  #31  
All is fine at .79
 
TiredSoul's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,045
Default

Originally Posted by BigWatchPilot View Post
I think this speaks volumes about you. What a shining example of leadership...good thing you filed a complaint on the pilot. As you stand around bullsh!tting about you and your escapades on the layover, you see the 4th member of your crew and rather than bring them into the group and include them or form a team you stand there making cracks at her hair cut. Way to take care of your crew. Way to go mentoring and looking out for others.

I see you had no complaints on their performance on the flight deck.
I try not to judge others but you come across a a class a prick.
Thank you...+1
Diversity of any shape or form seems to be scary.
TiredSoul is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 08:22 AM
  #32  
Proponent of Hysteria
Thread Starter
 
skypine27's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: "Part of the problem." : JL
Posts: 1,052
Default

Originally Posted by busdriver12 View Post
So your other stories are kind of funny and demonstrate the snowflake mentality (if they happened as stated), but this one? The issue seems like you didn't like her haircut, her jacket, and the fact that she wasn't chatting with you three old guys?

Who's the snowflake here? Sounds like you.
Dude, that one was a joke.

Pretty sure no one would file a complaint about someone standing too far away from them at the front desk.
skypine27 is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 08:26 AM
  #33  
Line Holder
 
Joined APC: May 2016
Posts: 60
Default

Classy thread...This is a giant f**%ing tragedy and embarrassment that this is even being discussed on a public forum.
0617Ld is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 08:48 AM
  #34  
Gets Weekends Off
 
SonicFlyer's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,574
Default

Originally Posted by TiredSoul View Post
So the Instagram generation has made it to Fedex have they?



Enjoy!
You are missing the bigger picture here...

Everyone whines and complains about a lack of interest in aviation these days. But social media, go-pros, Instagram, YouTube, FB, cockpit selfies, etc are all helping to renew an interest in aviation.


20 years ago the only way to know exactly what went on in a cockpit was to actually ride in one. Now there are thousands of youtube videos of pilots flying all types of aircraft.

This is huge for the industry because it allows people who were previously unable to experience it to now be able to experience it. Many will attempt to make a career in aviation because of easy access to see what a pilot actually does.


Yes I know that many of my fellow millenials are snowflakes, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
SonicFlyer is online now  
Old 04-18-2018, 09:01 AM
  #35  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,756
Default

Originally Posted by skypine27 View Post
Dude, that one was a joke.

Pretty sure no one would file a complaint about someone standing too far away from them at the front desk.
I understood that filing the complaint was a joke. But I wasn't so sure what the point was about the bad haircut, jacket, and standing too far away. Was that a joke or a complaint? The way you wrote it, it sounded like a complaint. Probably would have been best to put a at the end of it, because it wasn't apparent that you were trying to be funny.
busdriver12 is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 09:24 AM
  #36  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Adlerdriver's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 767 Captain
Posts: 3,987
Default

Originally Posted by SonicFlyer View Post
Everyone whines and complains about a lack of interest in aviation these days. But social media, go-pros, Instagram, YouTube, FB, cockpit selfies, etc are all helping to renew an interest in aviation.
Really? I don't hear a lot of complaints about interest in aviation in my circles. Maybe you could link to a recent thread here that would support your premise. Airlines are hiring like crazy and plan to do so for the foreseeable future. Anyone lamenting lack of interest was doing so during the lost decade when pilots were working under bankruptcy contracts and RJ pilots were on food stamps. Of course there was a lack of interest - and for good reason. Now? Seems like folks are interested to me.... and I'm pretty sure it's not because they can watch an ILS on youtube or some goof takes of "look at me" selfie sitting in his shiny jet. It's because demand is driving wages up, the future looks pretty good and the job is once again worth pursuing.... i.e. $$Money$$.

Originally Posted by SonicFlyer View Post
20 years ago the only way to know exactly what went on in a cockpit was to actually ride in one. Now there are thousands of youtube videos of pilots flying all types of aircraft.
Many of which were filmed in direct violation of FARs or other country Regs and company policy.
Adlerdriver is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 09:53 AM
  #37  
Disinterested Third Party
 
Joined APC: Jun 2012
Posts: 5,925
Default

I recently heard a new hire struggle to figure out the cockpit prep flow. A hand-out had been given which showed the flow. The handout was on paper, an older composite material made from damaged fauna, which uses ink (a colored medium which stains the flattened wooden fiber sheets); this handout showed the flows step by step.

The new hire complained bitterly that this wasn't fair, that the company owed him a cockpit procedures trainer that lit up in steps to show him where his hand should go, one item at a time.

I heard a lot of millenial-style whining, the complete picture of which stopped just shy of "please take this ground school for me and notify me when it's done."

"I hear we actually have to go outside the airplane and walk around it. What's up with that?"

"We don't fly anywhere dangerous, do we?"

"This isn't fair. The autopilot didn't engage when I told it to."

"But on the RJ we had...[fill in the blank].

"Can I take my surfboard on trips?"

"The simulator works just like xbox."
JohnBurke is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 10:02 AM
  #38  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 200
Default

Originally Posted by BlackKnight View Post
You completely validated his point, and managed to miss the point entirely, with your response.

Well done.
It’ll be nice when you “bad to the bone” types retire and the culture here will start to resemble that of a Fortune 500 company with a diverse and inclusive workforce where you actually feel valued by our seasoned peers, and not that of a circa 1985 F-whatever military squadron that makes us feel as if we have to “earn” the right to call ourselves FedEx pilots.

Maybe then will young FO’s start to feel welcome at the company they’ve spent their whole life trying to get hired at.

Oh, and stop calling it at “jet.” It’s OK to go with the release just on the iPad, you don’t need all that paper anyway. Lay off the popcorn, those simple carbs are bad for you. Fox News is fake news and not everyone cares about your guns and Sean Hannity infatuation.

Rsv4lyfe is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 10:22 AM
  #39  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Position: Fetal in the hub
Posts: 404
Default

You know the original poster is absolutely right as many of you have also agreed.

I think we should all retire immediately en masse as a form of protest!

Who's with me?!!!!

Shaman is offline  
Old 04-18-2018, 10:30 AM
  #40  
Proponent of Hysteria
Thread Starter
 
skypine27's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: "Part of the problem." : JL
Posts: 1,052
Default

Hey does anyone have a PED left? David Hogg is looking for one, but I think you need to be on the Twitter to do it.
skypine27 is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Guard Dude
Delta
201720
04-06-2022 06:59 AM
forgot to bid
Major
4
05-23-2012 02:25 PM
757Driver
Major
0
10-13-2010 01:33 PM
Skygirl
Hangar Talk
2
06-29-2006 10:09 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices