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hercretired 09-06-2023 06:39 PM

just another example of saving every single penny. the only person getting Biffle Bucks is Biffle.

nice how the company "worked with" the union and the safety committee to socialize this with the ENTIRE Pilot group and get feedback.

Lido charts used by exactly no other 121 airline in the US.

nice. once again, Frontier is setting "firsts" in every category

ToddChavez 09-06-2023 07:00 PM


Originally Posted by hercretired (Post 3693629)
Lido charts used by exactly no other 121 airline in the US.

GoJet does.

zerolimayankee 09-06-2023 07:15 PM


Originally Posted by Mugatu (Post 3693081)
Lack of training? Geez. Three legs and I was comfortable with it. I would be embarrassed, both professionally and personally, to call the FAA safety hotline over something like this.

It's not a matter of comfort. There are multiple features not available or hard to get to that significantly decrease safety. I am heads down trying to find things on these charts that I can find in 3 seconds on FD Pro. You have to have 3 different ground charts to get the same info you have on the FD Pro AMM. God forbid you forget to put one in the clipboard then can't find a ramp freq. Are you embarrassed to call Ground at an unfamiliar airport and ask for progressive because there are no spots on any of the Lido ground charts? I'll talk about the NOTAMS in my next reply. Lido is LESS safe period.

hercretired 09-06-2023 07:17 PM


Originally Posted by hercretired (Post 3693629)
just another example of saving every single penny. the only person getting Biffle Bucks is Biffle.

nice how the company "worked with" the union and the safety committee to socialize this with the ENTIRE Pilot group and get feedback.

Lido charts used by exactly no other non-regional, non-commuter, 121 airline in the US.

nice. once again, Frontier is setting "firsts" in every category

fixed it...

zerolimayankee 09-06-2023 07:27 PM


Originally Posted by ToddChavez (Post 3693243)
I believe the correct adjectives to describe Lido are; annoying, inferior, and clumsy.

Unsafe? No.

Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes. Multiple times I have referenced the WX/ NOTAMS page in the release and found NOTAMS that are not in Lido. You where they are? In FD Pro, right where they are supposed to be. And I'm not talking unlit towers. I'm talking about for example two days ago a significant MDA and VIS change on a LOC due to a crane. I'm talking about closed and modified taxiways. These are things that need to be in the app. But that's ok, I'll just make every block out late while I bury myself reading 20 pages of unlit towers and 10 ft tall obstacles 150 left of the DER to find the flight critical info like this is 1975.

Not to mention as above the time spent heads down swapping between 3 different ground charts for situational awareness and trying to find a ramp freq or an airport spot that isn't there. You know where I can find them in 5 seconds without losing any situational awareness or distraction from the already high workload, inherently dangerous environment? FD Pro.
Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes.

DontStahl320 09-06-2023 08:54 PM


Originally Posted by fivebyfive (Post 3693467)
Really? 99% of US airlines can afford Jepps. You fly a 100+ million dollar airplane. Your LCA's weren't given the respect to weigh in on the decision to move towards an inferior product. They were only asked to implement it. It is surprising so many LCA's decided to help mgmt.

Someone gets it.

madmax757 09-06-2023 09:01 PM


Originally Posted by zerolimayankee (Post 3693656)
Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes. Multiple times I have referenced the WX/ NOTAMS page in the release and found NOTAMS that are not in Lido. You where they are? In FD Pro, right where they are supposed to be. And I'm not talking unlit towers. I'm talking about for example two days ago a significant MDA and VIS change on a LOC due to a crane. I'm talking about closed and modified taxiways. These are things that need to be in the app. But that's ok, I'll just make every block out late while I bury myself reading 20 pages of unlit towers and 10 ft tall obstacles 150 left of the DER to find the flight critical info like this is 1975.

Not to mention as above the time spent heads down swapping between 3 different ground charts for situational awareness and trying to find a ramp freq or an airport spot that isn't there. You know where I can find them in 5 seconds without losing any situational awareness or distraction from the already high workload, inherently dangerous environment? FD Pro.
Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes.

I’ve found myself hunting and pecking after landing to get to the chart. So far most airports
i know all the “spots” since I go there a lot. Did have to completely rely on my FO to navigate to a certain spot the other day. Otherwise I would have had to stop, or ask for progressive. I think the potential is there for someone to leave a taxi way while they’re pecking away to get the right chart. What you guys think ?

dracir1 09-07-2023 11:08 AM


Originally Posted by zerolimayankee (Post 3693656)
Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes. Multiple times I have referenced the WX/ NOTAMS page in the release and found NOTAMS that are not in Lido. You where they are? In FD Pro, right where they are supposed to be. And I'm not talking unlit towers. I'm talking about for example two days ago a significant MDA and VIS change on a LOC due to a crane.
Unsafe? Yes. Less safe? Yes.

ok, I’m not sure if you meant to admit this but…

You are supposed to read the NOTAMs BEFORE you take off. If they’re landing NOTAMs then at least in flight. You think the charts are unsafe because of a NOTAM isn’t depicted while on approach? So everything was unsafe before FD Pro? Paper charts?

The only chart SYSTEM that is unsafe is one that doesn’t contain complete information. In that case, sure. But if it’s all there just not well organized . . . Unsafe? No. And I’m unsure of stats, but I’ve yet to hear about a flight that blocked out late due to NOTAMs. It wasn’t that long ago we didn’t have Jepp. The NOTAMs are in every release.

Im hardly one to make excuses for the company but if I ever read a safety report that told me a crew flew an aircraft into a crane they didn’t know was there or flew below LOC mins because LIDO charts didn’t depict it, I will laugh my arse off.

LIDO has been certified for use. That’s it. It’s sucks as a platform but it is summarily NOT unsafe. This over the top thinking is unnecessary.

dracir1 09-07-2023 12:54 PM

Holy crap!!!!

100% completion factor yesterday? 79.7% on time Dept? Made all the goal areas except for mishandled bag rate?

Do we all get like 100,000 miles to add to our F9 mileage perks accounts? And a free oven mitt?

JoeFever1 09-07-2023 12:59 PM


Originally Posted by dracir1 (Post 3693996)
Holy crap!!!!

100% completion factor yesterday? 79.7% on time Dept? Made all the goal areas except for mishandled bag rate?

Do we all get like 100,000 miles to add to our F9 mileage perks accounts? And a free oven mitt?

It seems insane to me that we can’t hit the baggage metric. We hardly have any connections! Where are these bags going from check in to destination???


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