Originally Posted by FLowpayFO (Post 1235937)

Does DTW count as third world? :confused:

Originally Posted by FLowpayFO (Post 1235937)

Does DTW count as third world? :confused:

Originally Posted by ShyGuy (Post 1236159)

Huh? How's DTW third-world? DTW tracon and tower are probably the best, most predictable, easy flow type operation I've seen. Sure, a 23 mile final sucks. But it sure as hell beats GDPs and 1 hr holds.

Originally Posted by gloopy (Post 1236095)

I've never worn long sleeves because I don't like them, but what's the rage against them? We drop lile flies from melanoma compared to the general population yet anyone daring to wear sleeves is taken to task for it for no real reason. What gives?

Originally Posted by Left Handed (Post 1236150)

When someone has to tell you they're laid back that's a big red flag.

Originally Posted by DeadHead (Post 1235942)

Personally I can barely tell or hear a difference between five/fife or three/tree....never really wasted enough grey matter trying to pick apart the verbiage while laneling the communicator as a tool.

As an FO, it's particularly annoying when you fly with a captain one week who gives you the old eye roll for saying fife/tree/niner, and then fly with another captain a week later who gives you the same old eye roll for not saying that way.


I imagine the guys who pinch a loaf with the way you say the numbers 3-5-9 in an ATC transmission probably have a problem with the way their first officers do everything else.

Originally Posted by EMBFlyer (Post 1236225)

When I was an FO, I had a Captain tell me he was laid back. My first reaction without thinking was to say, "Oh sh**!!", out loud. I didn't mean to, but it just happened. He looked at me and with kind of a puppy dog face said, "No, really, I am." He wasn't.

Originally Posted by D B Cooper (Post 1236172)

Terminals and tower are great, the taxi and runways however, have as many patches and pot holes as the Van Wyck Expwy.

Originally Posted by D B Cooper (Post 1236185)

Have no problem with the long sleeves. I'm more concerned with the pilots that wear their sunglasses in the terminal, or while jump seating in a pax seat.

Originally Posted by crewdawg (Post 1236260)

Or anyone who wears sunglasses inside, anywhere!

Originally Posted by MoarAlpha (Post 1236292)

Hey hey hey!

I wear my glasses while deadheading during the day to reduce glare. Surely *duh-duh-tiss* that can't count!