Tool of the day
01-22-2015, 04:26 AM
#5891
Otto
Joined APC: Jul 2013
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Posts: 1,806
Originally Posted by John Carr
"a phone call is cheaper than a divorce........"
Sigh........now you TRULY are showing your newness/naivete. It's an OLD joke.
Just like when you're flying with a guy that lives around the airport, the flight path is over his house off. He points to his house and then says "I live in that house right th......WAIT, WHO'S TRUCK IS THAT IN MY DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!"
HE'S JOKING.
Sigh........now you TRULY are showing your newness/naivete. It's an OLD joke.
Just like when you're flying with a guy that lives around the airport, the flight path is over his house off. He points to his house and then says "I live in that house right th......WAIT, WHO'S TRUCK IS THAT IN MY DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!"
HE'S JOKING.
01-22-2015, 05:51 AM
#5893
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Posts: 8,898
01-22-2015, 06:51 AM
#5894
Get's Every Day Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Retired
Posts: 1,858
Originally Posted by Spoonman
Interesting reply. You're completely wrong, but interesting. Easy, no-tool/ good leadership decision would be to cut loose on the third day, yellow slip for one more day and let your FO get a good deal. As for easing me into the "civilian world", after retiring from the NAV and spending 8 years with the company, I think a) leadership matters and if it doesn't to you than maybe you're part of the problem. Whether you dump lavs, dig ditches, or command a crew it matters. And b) according to my FOM, yes there are "troops" to take care of. But thanks for your $.02
01-22-2015, 04:25 PM
#5895
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,670
Originally Posted by MikeF16
I'm aware it's an old joke, it runs in the mil as well, I've used it hundreds of times. Which is why I added the anecdote.
I'll bet you starch your flight suit.
01-22-2015, 04:31 PM
#5896
Straight QOL, homie
Joined APC: Feb 2012
Position: Record-Shattering Profit Facilitator
Posts: 4,202
Originally Posted by John Carr
I'll bet you starch your flight suit.
Mike. Accelerate your post-military assimilation (or just stop posting until you do). Please. You are becoming a worst-case scenario and giving your mil bubbas a bad name.
01-23-2015, 04:10 AM
#5897
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: 767 Pilot
Posts: 1,133
I was flying was a centerline nazi the day. I'm getting lined up for a visual in a pretty stiff crosswind. "You're off centerline" (still 3 miles out). Next landing same thing. If I was it was less than a quarter dot. 3rd landing at night. Nose wheel touches down on the turtles, because that's what I can see..."Umm you need to get centerline." Gee thanks.
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01-23-2015, 08:02 AM
#5898
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Position: retired 767(dl)
Posts: 5,724
Originally Posted by saxman66
I was flying was a centerline nazi the day. I'm getting lined up for a visual in a pretty stiff crosswind. "You're off centerline" (still 3 miles out). Next landing same thing. If I was it was less than a quarter dot. 3rd landing at night. Nose wheel touches down on the turtles, because that's what I can see..."Umm you need to get centerline." Gee thanks.
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01-24-2015, 07:36 AM
#5899
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Joined APC: Jun 2009
Posts: 786
Probably been done before but it still drives me nuts. Mid-field right down wind vector...
Me, "You got the airport?".
Him, "Yup."
Me, click, "If it helps, we got the field."
Approach, "Cleared to land."
5000'. 250 knots for the next 14 miles! Just like the chart...with me squirming like a toad. ZERO attempt to configure, slow, trim 15 or so miles off the pattern, by turning say...a 5 mille final? If I wanted it done differently I guess I should have said so. Does that make me the tool?
Me, "You got the airport?".
Him, "Yup."
Me, click, "If it helps, we got the field."
Approach, "Cleared to land."
5000'. 250 knots for the next 14 miles! Just like the chart...with me squirming like a toad. ZERO attempt to configure, slow, trim 15 or so miles off the pattern, by turning say...a 5 mille final? If I wanted it done differently I guess I should have said so. Does that make me the tool?
01-24-2015, 12:13 PM
#5900
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Joined APC: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,044
Originally Posted by Captain Bligh
Probably been done before but it still drives me nuts. Mid-field right down wind vector...
Me, "You got the airport?".
Him, "Yup."
Me, click, "If it helps, we got the field."
Approach, "Cleared to land."
5000'. 250 knots for the next 14 miles! Just like the chart...with me squirming like a toad. ZERO attempt to configure, slow, trim 15 or so miles off the pattern, by turning say...a 5 mille final? If I wanted it done differently I guess I should have said so. Does that make me the tool?
Me, "You got the airport?".
Him, "Yup."
Me, click, "If it helps, we got the field."
Approach, "Cleared to land."
5000'. 250 knots for the next 14 miles! Just like the chart...with me squirming like a toad. ZERO attempt to configure, slow, trim 15 or so miles off the pattern, by turning say...a 5 mille final? If I wanted it done differently I guess I should have said so. Does that make me the tool?
It seems like there are quite a few people that want to fly as fast as possible until the last possible moment and then leave the other guy wondering if its all gonna work out.
With all of the emphasis on stabilized approaches, it seems like we'd slow down just a bit instead of pushing it right to the limit. Whats the time difference, 15-20 seconds?
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