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12-12-2012 | 11:04 AM
#3482
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From: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
Heard a good story of a Delta captain that was a few months away from retiring and was just starting a trip in ATL. There were long delays and after an hour of waiting in line he turns to his FO and says tell ground we need to go back to the gate. The FO asks why, but he just repeats that they need to go back to the gate. Once they get back and he sets the parking brake he says, that's it, I'm done and am going home.
BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.
12-12-2012 | 11:20 AM
#3484
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I heard a similar story about an Eastern 727 Capt. in MIA, back when Lorenzo was taking them over.
BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.
BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.
12-13-2012 | 04:28 AM
#3488
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Your instincts were correct.
You might know the rules, but the TSA might not and the Airport Cops are usually the folks the local Police don't trust out on the street in uniform.
Then you find yourself in a situation where you have all the knowledge, but they have all the authority, a gun and an unlimited budget to prosecute you with. You may be right; you will lose. Hope you are in front of a camera because without physical evidence, they'll just make up the rest.
Pushing those guys at all, is really, really, dumb.
You might know the rules, but the TSA might not and the Airport Cops are usually the folks the local Police don't trust out on the street in uniform.
Then you find yourself in a situation where you have all the knowledge, but they have all the authority, a gun and an unlimited budget to prosecute you with. You may be right; you will lose. Hope you are in front of a camera because without physical evidence, they'll just make up the rest.
Pushing those guys at all, is really, really, dumb.
But does kow-towing to the TSA in every way make life better? The squeaky wheel gets the grease, like known-crewmember access and the like.
If there was any efficiency in the process at all, we'd have all had biometric ID's mailed to us within 6 months of 9-11 that can open any door in our system, and get is through airport security unscathed. AND, we'd have gotten trusted traveler as well.
12-13-2012 | 12:12 PM
#3489
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From: Road construction signholder
I heard a similar story about an Eastern 727 Capt. in MIA, back when Lorenzo was taking them over.
BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.
BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.
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