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IBPilot 06-28-2012 04:20 PM


Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1220582)
AA 2 was a 767-200 coming from LAX.

After a review, those guys got time off without pay.

They were not on fire, they simply could not accept the runway as is- that is not an emergency situation no matter how you try to skew it.

Think about the multitude of other aircraft landing on 22- I'd be willing to bet a few of those were 767s and 757s as well... why did they not conduct themselves in a similar manner, or did AA 2 get fixated?


You're ONLY an AIRBUS FO...and you're gonna tell Timbo the facts??? You don't have the guts!:roll eyes:

Tool of the day.....any pilot that ASSumes every RJ FO is 23 with 600 hours....

Gunga Galunga 06-28-2012 05:59 PM


Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1220578)
You are an RJ F/O, and you are going to tell the Captain of a Heavy, coming into JFK after an ocean crossing, what's prudent? How much EXPERIENCE do you have in his world?

Good luck with that.

And no, you don't know the whole story, obviously.

You don't know the whole story either just based off of a live atc recording. Low fuel on an airplane is low fuel whether you're in a 777 or a 172. The point he was trying to make is that you shouldn't let yourself get boxed into the emergency corner that easily. And since we don't know the whole story (or at least I don't) why did they accept vectors for 22r to begin with?

There's more than one way to get a message across. The pilot of aa2 didn't have much tact in doing so. It's one thing to be going in the Hudson and another to need a runway into the wind. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt since a delta 777 pilot should know better than to **** into the wind on apc like you did above

Timbo 06-28-2012 07:14 PM

Yeah, I can see your point, I was wrong, from now on, I will always jump to conclusions based on the last minute of tape from what might have been a longer conversation about their desire to -not- be vectored to that runway, with those winds.

I'm so glad you all clued me in, because I really have no experience, compared to you all. I mean, I've only been flying into and out of JFK for...34 years, in everything from an AC690 when I was 19, to Lear Jets to 777's.

Thanks for your valuable input. I will certainly divert before I get turned over to approach in the future, or better yet, never leave my bed, because, flying is Dangerous! And ATC is always right, why would anyone question them?? Just do as you're told!

There's not time to think up there, you think, You're DEAD!

YOU GUYS are Dangerous!

http://videosift.com/video/Iceman-The-Later-Years-SNL

Insert eye roll, Z snap and Delta-Lina finger wag...

Timbo 06-28-2012 07:35 PM


Originally Posted by IBPilot (Post 1220803)
You're ONLY an AIRBUS FO...and you're gonna tell Timbo the facts??? You don't have the guts!:roll eyes:

Tool of the day.....any pilot that ASSumes every RJ FO is 23 with 600 hours....


First off, you don't have 'The Facts'.

So the same could be said for every anyone who thinks an RJ F/O has as much experience, judgment and RESPONSIBILITY as any heavy Capt.

That knife cuts both ways, so be careful when you use that particular...tool.

Crazy Canuck 06-28-2012 07:39 PM

My nomination for TOTD are people who pull the "experience" card, or who think people who don't fly "heavies" are inferior pilots.

(This is not actually directed at you Timbo, your posts just made me think of it).

CriticalMach 06-28-2012 08:12 PM


Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1220951)
First off, you don't have 'The Facts'.

So the same could be said for every anyone who thinks an RJ F/O has as much experience, judgment and RESPONSIBILITY as any heavy Capt.

That knife cuts both ways, so be careful when you use that particular...tool.


The AA captain in Little rock was also an experienced one, wasn't he?

bcrosier 06-28-2012 09:06 PM


Originally Posted by CriticalMach (Post 1221003)
The AA captain in Little rock was also an experienced one, wasn't he?

Merciful heavens, he's right! We should immediately ban all experience pilots! Only pre-solo student's will now be permitted to act as PIC of all 121 and 135 flights.

Or maybe there's something else going on there...

Now to once again try and save this outstanding thread from our own toolishness (where's Timmay when we need him?):

TOTD - 1st nominee: People who make strawman arguments on bulletin boards (yep, that includes me).

TOTD - 2nd nominee: People who hijack the TOTD thread to debate a crew's actions (yep, guess I'm in on that one too).

TOTD - 3rd nominee: The guy who honked at me whilst I was riding my bike in the bike lane - I was going straight, he was turning right. I had the right of way, apparently he didn't want to wait three seconds. THAT's a tool of the day in my book.

Timbo 06-29-2012 02:09 AM

Thanks bcrosier, that was good.

You know...the more you know the more you'll come to realize, you just don't know.

As the old China man once said;

"You think you know? You No Know!"

Or in english; you won't know, until it's over, and by then, it's too late.

IBPilot 06-29-2012 05:48 AM


Originally Posted by Timbo (Post 1220951)
First off, you don't have 'The Facts'.

So the same could be said for every anyone who thinks an RJ F/O has as much experience, judgment and RESPONSIBILITY as any heavy Capt.

That knife cuts both ways, so be careful when you use that particular...tool.

I recently had a retired FEDEX MD-11 CA as my RJ FO, and a retired C5 driver, and other furloughed Heavy drivers.......so yes YOU be very very careful with that knife....not knowing what goes on in this industry besides in your own little bubble makes you a tool...

So it's ok for you to not have facts and make an argument, but if anyone else does they are wrong? that makes you a tool!

Senior Skipper 06-29-2012 10:23 AM

What did your ex-FedEx CA do to deserve a 90% pay cut?


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