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08-12-2012 | 04:20 PM
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From: ATL717A
I recently flew with a CA that told me to put away my schedule as I perused it.
"Ahh, okay," I replied.
"That's bad for my profession," he said.
"Your profession, you're a Delta pilot, right?" I asked.
"No, my line check pilot profession," he said.
I just rolled my eyes and put my schedule back in my bag.
Tool.
"Ahh, okay," I replied.
"That's bad for my profession," he said.
"Your profession, you're a Delta pilot, right?" I asked.
"No, my line check pilot profession," he said.
I just rolled my eyes and put my schedule back in my bag.
Tool.
Do you all see why I upgraded as soon as humanly possible? Do you? Five years on reserve has been worth every second. No regrets, as crappy as this summer has been. None.
08-12-2012 | 05:02 PM
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From: FO
Buzz - I know you are joking here for the sake of forum enhancement, and this didn't really happen. Please tell me that someone didn't actually say this to you, and ask you to put away your schedule. How, in the name of everything holy, do you even make that request?
Do you all see why I upgraded as soon as humanly possible? Do you? Five years on reserve has been worth every second. No regrets, as crappy as this summer has been. None.
Do you all see why I upgraded as soon as humanly possible? Do you? Five years on reserve has been worth every second. No regrets, as crappy as this summer has been. None.
The nicest thing about being captain?
You get to fly with your favorite captain every leg.
It's tough as an FO to figure out and adapt to who you are flying with every leg if you respect the position.
08-12-2012 | 05:05 PM
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
Buzz - I know you are joking here for the sake of forum enhancement, and this didn't really happen. Please tell me that someone didn't actually say this to you, and ask you to put away your schedule. How, in the name of everything holy, do you even make that request?
Do you all see why I upgraded as soon as humanly possible? Do you? Five years on reserve has been worth every second. No regrets, as crappy as this summer has been. None.
Do you all see why I upgraded as soon as humanly possible? Do you? Five years on reserve has been worth every second. No regrets, as crappy as this summer has been. None.
Nope, true story. I wish it had never happened. I've been flying for 31 years and, honestly, have never had a true personality conflict in the cockpit, left seat or right. This guy set a precedent. Never again. Life's too short to fly with a-holes.
08-12-2012 | 05:13 PM
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
I agree completely. I've got much more time in the left vs. the right so I get it. Some guys make it way harder then it has to be.
08-12-2012 | 05:29 PM
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Somehow I couldn't see hanging out on the layover being any more exciting. The bonus is when you bump in to them by accident on the layover.
08-12-2012 | 05:34 PM
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
The funniest thing about it is, you get a guy like that in the cockpit that seems to get all surprised when you tell him that "your kind of tired" or "not really in the mood to grab dinner" on the layover.
Somehow I couldn't see hanging out on the layover being any more exciting. The bonus is when you bump in to them by accident on the layover.
Somehow I couldn't see hanging out on the layover being any more exciting. The bonus is when you bump in to them by accident on the layover.
08-12-2012 | 05:57 PM
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I flew with a guy that fit that mold, and was chronically late for the van every morning as well. Had to call up to his room 3 out of 3 mornings, and every morning was a new excuse.
Weird that someone so obsessed over the details can suck so hard at actually keeping track of them.
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08-12-2012 | 06:13 PM
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From: blueJet
But if the van driver says "the other crew will be here in five minutes", it means the same as "the van will be there in five minutes" which is likely half an hour.
08-12-2012 | 06:28 PM
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
I remember one time that we held the van and the Comair crew got there and announced, "do you guys mind if we spin through McDonalds on the way to the hotel?"
Ah, yeah, kind of. Could you guys just walk there when we get to the hotel?
08-12-2012 | 06:59 PM
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From: blueJet
Scientific fact.
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