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Old 04-20-2012, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Gunga Galunga View Post
anyone who gets upset and/or sues over porn being hidden in the cockpit
Yeah....the best defense to that is to plant some pix of fabulously naked men and/or some good ol' gay porn......
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:14 AM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp View Post
If you're just following the bars, you're doing it wrong. They are suggestions, not directions!

That was actually the one major bone I had to pick with the most recent training program I went through. They said if the FD is on, you strictly follow it. Not good.. not good at all. Scan first, then look at the bars, they should verify what you want to do.
I really hope that's not what they told you in fifi training. There are several reasons things could go wrong following that mentality.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:24 AM
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Sorry, I should have been more specific. The frosted tips, ipod wearing, oakley sporting, not shaving yet. If old, balding, gut hanging out guy like me I assume defunct airline refugee.

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Just a thought......but that guy could be a furloughee or a lost soul from ATA or any other defunct Boeing operator. Now if he's 20 and has those stickers, then yeah...probably a tool.

But, let's not be so quick to judge.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29 View Post
Did they commute from MKE?
No, but I think I may know who you're talking about.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:48 AM
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I think you misunderstood, or they were not clear. We, along with many other fifi operators have had some, lets just say interesting things happen to those that don't follow the FDs.


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I really hope that's not what they told you in fifi training. There are several reasons things could go wrong following that mentality.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29 View Post
I really hope that's not what they told you in fifi training. There are several reasons things could go wrong following that mentality.
Exactly. I prefer to verify what pink I'm sticking my nose into.

Nerd: while you are correct that things can happen, its better to have an understanding of what can happen rather than just blindly follow it exactly.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by NERD View Post
I think you misunderstood, or they were not clear. We, along with many other fifi operators have had some, lets just say interesting things happen to those that don't follow the FDs.
Absolutely. But they can (and sometimes should) be turned off. Sometimes you're just not goiing to find the exhaust port on the death star til you do.
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Old 04-20-2012, 07:59 AM
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Old 04-20-2012, 08:08 AM
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Okay, got it... of course no pro pilot blindly follows FD bars without verifying they are correct. Now, lets get back to some good tool stories.

Here's one. I'm flying with a "hair guy." You know the kind. Spends way too much time on his hair, never wears the hat, has two cell phones, one for the wife, one for the girlfriends, talks a lot about how much money he makes on his stock-broker side business, carries pics of his porshe...etc.

So it's my leg, just about clean-up altitude he says "Oh Sh!t"(just what you want to hear at clean-up altitude"), I say "***?", he comes back with "I forgot to comb the gel out of my hair!" 100% true
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Old 04-20-2012, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude View Post
Okay, got it... of course no pro pilot blindly follows FD bars without verifying they are correct. Now, lets get back to some good tool stories.

Here's one. I'm flying with a "hair guy." You know the kind. Spends way too much time on his hair, never wears the hat, has two cell phones, one for the wife, one for the girlfriends, talks a lot about how much money he makes on his stock-broker side business, carries pics of his porshe...etc.

So it's my leg, just about clean-up altitude he says "Oh Sh!t"(just what you want to hear at clean-up altitude"), I say "***?", he comes back with "I forgot to comb the gel out of my hair!" 100% true
I nominate myself for tool for more than one fd post.
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