I forgot how nice it is to fly on a fleet where the out time is triggered off the brake rather than the beacon (hopefully soon all DL fleets will be like this).

The real tool is the one that set the out time to the beacon which is one of the stupidest possible out triggers.

How about guys asking controllers "any chance going direct" in a whiny voice? What ever happened to "request direct"?

Even better is to be paid at "L1 Door closed". . . . . Sometimes, it pays to be a Tranny. :D

EXACTLY. I feel like I get a lot more things to happen by simple saying "Xxx request direct OJAYY".. Short and simple.

I don't have an issue with long sleeves personally but it does seem that a higher percentage of guys who wear them are tools.

I can't believe some of you judge someone on whether they wear long-sleeve shirts. Holy crap---and they say WOMEN are petty!

(I think some of you are forgetting some guys HAVE to wear them to cover up tattoos.)

No, try an out time with doors closed and wheel movement (pushback)! Closed up 10 prior, ready for pushback, but alley jammed? Yeah, you'll be out late.

Brian Regan on Flying - YouTube

The whole thing is funny, but you can just fast-forward to 6:25.

I have to judge...I'm Baptist :D I keed I keed!

ICEMAN1 plates on the truck, JET-A ONLY sticker on the fuel door. Tool.

Did you oblige and put in some Jet A? :cool:

Try an airline that uses the EFB's GPS to determine a 50ft movement before 'OUT" time is triggered. Stations where you still spin out of the gate and de-ice at the gate...try very late and not getting paid.

:mad:

I wonder what the FAA would think about that method. It sounds like a systematic way to underreport block time. Maybe a phone call is in order...

wouldnt their on time performance be god awful?

at 70.4%? Better than United at 37.9%.

These figures are D:0 for July 1-27th.

By the way I'm pretty sure he is referring to Horizon unless there is some other airline using EFBs for ACARS times with 50' of movement.

Some people just like to hear their own voice:

"Center, Big Airline 123, request"

"Big Airline 123, go ahead"

"Big Airline 123 request FL360"


Two completely unnecessary transmissions.

TTOD:

CA today who had me ask every single controller for a ride report. I don't get it. If it's smooth, shut up and enjoy it. If it's bumpy, listen out on the frequency, because the controller invariably ends up giving the same information to everybody on frequency.

Sometimes (radio) silence is golden.

I've done that as a courtesy when the controller is busy, but not when it's quite. Figure the controller would respond to a low priority pilot request/question when his/her workload permits.

Doing it on ever radio request is somewhat cumbersome and toolish though.

Some people just like to hear their own voice:

"Center, Big Airline 123, request"

"Big Airline 123, go ahead"

"Big Airline 123 request FL360"


Two completely unnecessary transmissions.


Yeah, just leave your call sign off...no biggie.

Just say, "360" and see how that works for ya'. :rolleyes:

Writers of "Destroyed in Seconds"
 

(Well, all reporters who purport to be aviation experts.)

First boo boo was calling two planes "aircrafts".

Second was in describing a Russian jump jet as a break thru in avionics since they were trying to be the first supersonic VTOL aircraft.

Toll of the year goes to all the reporters who keep publishing these "Pilot Shortage" articles. Really toolish.

Put 'em all in the same Tool Box.

Couple days ago center asks a couple different crews to please monitor for an ELT.
Couple moments go by and one of them comes on and asks for the freq for the elt.

Now this is funny.

Crews who answer their phone and complain about being reassigned or getting their day rolled, and they want you to feel bad for them! Honestly, HOW long have you been working here? Do you even look at the caller ID? This is something you should have learned in the very beginning: Don't answer your phone!

Are you serious?! Where is this?

....EVER....

Even if I'm on RSV, calls ALWAYS go to voice mail. ;)

I don't get the problem. If they call me on my day off, I just say "no". Next time I see the CP, I explain it was on my day off, and all is well.

Is this EFB mounted to the aircraft? The aircraft cabin is probably 50' long. The CRJ, EMB, and Q-400 are, anyways.

Take the EFB for a little stroll.

"Hey don't forget the money maker on your walk-around!"

Bro- some of us get in trouble for answering the phone but not being "available"... No joke!

TOTD: CA who "doses off" through the climb and the cruise but snickers quiet laughs when the FO expresses concern that they're off course when cleared direct to the airport. CA: "Yeah but we're only like, a mile, off (course)..." Apparently in all his hard work, same CA couldn't wait anymore at the hotel to hold the elevator for "his" crew...

TOTD round 2: Trumping all of the crew's vocally expressed discontent, a CA who decides to board the 92 degree airplane, inop APU, no PCAir, in the stale humidity of an afternoon deep south heat wave. But once half of the passengers are boarded, he calls dispatch (rudely to put it lightly) to complain about the heat inside and announces intent to deplane. Never deplaned and left early, even though the temp hit 96 degrees.

eek

That's really unfortunate. What's the point of a day off if the company can still require you to work? I hope you guys get that corrected.

The captain who sleeps PHL - SFO, with a 1800 departure, then sleeps on the red eye back, 0100 EST departure, wakes up in the descent, and complains that I am doing 340 kts. I eventually said suck my dick, and we had a jumpseater.

What airline? At DAL if scheduling is desperate for bodies and calls you on your day off...AND you are legal to fly the trip they "tagged" you for, then you really can't turn down the trip. That is an Inverse Assignment, and the company has a right to do it.

Of course there are a few considerations.

1. IAs pay double time.

2. IAs can only be pursued by the company after exhausting quite a few other, less onerous steps of trip coverage.

3. IAs are rare, if not nonexistent, for many categories for months and even years on end. However, they are NOT unheard of.

4. Most importantly, the company can't IA you if you don't answer your phone!! Ringmaster has been around for at least the 15+ years I have been on Delta property, and the ONLY entity that has my separate ringmaster number is crew scheduling. I never answer the ringmaster ring without first checking Caller ID (i.e. either Crew Scheduling, or some telemarketer). There simply is NO reason anyone can complain about being IA'd via a phone call. (I have heard of extreme situations where gate agents will meet a pilot in the jetway after he has finished a trip with his IA for the next day--that truly is a hose job, but again, extremely rare).

At DL you're on the hook for some things if you answer the phone unless you have a valid excuse such as alcohol (run to the fridge while answering the phone), no child care or a couple others...

Airline in the PacNW, should be easy to figure out from there :)

If it were only that easy...it's powered from the aircraft, so it has to stay in the cockpit in order work :(

Tool - the Hummer H3 with 737 ACE on the license plate.

It's tool on so many levels.

Nicely done!

The FO who was just on a company computer in the crew room who was wearing his sunglasses. It's not really that bright in here.