Tool of the day
04-14-2015 | 01:06 PM
#6081
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Notice how no other company has followed WN's model for rampers doing walkarounds. If you're the only one doing it, there's a reason why.
I am friends with a WN ramper... I get texts fairly frequently with a picture of what he saw on the walkaround not understanding what he's looking at and if it's a problem (yes he does bring it to the crew's attention- usually they blow him off).
Letting non-pilots or mechanics inspect something that they don't really know how to inspect? Awful idea.
Sure, some guys just go through the motions, but the majority understand that they have skin in the game.
I am friends with a WN ramper... I get texts fairly frequently with a picture of what he saw on the walkaround not understanding what he's looking at and if it's a problem (yes he does bring it to the crew's attention- usually they blow him off).
Letting non-pilots or mechanics inspect something that they don't really know how to inspect? Awful idea.
Sure, some guys just go through the motions, but the majority understand that they have skin in the game.
That is "Toolish" statement if I have ever heard one.
04-14-2015 | 02:03 PM
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I think 80 may have meant that only Pilots or mechanics should be doing walkarounds, and not ramp personnel or station managers.
04-14-2015 | 03:32 PM
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The more, the merrier. The passenger pointing out that the wing bolt needs tightening is annoying and sometimes right. Like I said, I had a ramper catch something we had overlooked. I've also blown off rampers that point something out that's already on a MEL or CDL. 80 just doesn't like the fact that chicks dig SWA pilots.
04-14-2015 | 03:55 PM
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From: RJ right-seat warmer
I was jumpseating on a DL 757 a few weeks back and as we were boarding, a passenger stops just inside the entry door, rolls his eyes and says in as loud a voice as he can muster, "God I hate these little tiny airplanes, why can't Delta give us a real god**** airplane."
Seriously?
A 757?
What is wrong with you, sir?
On a separate note, yesterday while working a trip from YVR to LAX in a CRJ-700, a lady got on board and would not stop complaining to the FA during boarding (I could hear all this since the cockpit door was open) that "this airplane is just a puddlejumper. Just a puddlejumper! I paid so much money for my ticket, I want a real airplane" et cetera.
I could not help myself. On the descent into LAX I made the following PA, which sent my captain into fits of laughter:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our descent into LA. It's a nice sunny day, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. We'll be on the ground in 20 minutes. Oh, and as we boarded our flight today, we overheard someone calling this aircraft a puddlejumper. However, this puddlejumper got us to our destination a full 35 minutes early, which we think is pretty nifty. Once again, thanks for flying with us and we'll see you on the ground."
The nice part was that as everyone deplaned I caught the lady's eye and she actually smiled, a bit sheepishly.
Seriously?
A 757?
What is wrong with you, sir?
On a separate note, yesterday while working a trip from YVR to LAX in a CRJ-700, a lady got on board and would not stop complaining to the FA during boarding (I could hear all this since the cockpit door was open) that "this airplane is just a puddlejumper. Just a puddlejumper! I paid so much money for my ticket, I want a real airplane" et cetera.
I could not help myself. On the descent into LAX I made the following PA, which sent my captain into fits of laughter:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our descent into LA. It's a nice sunny day, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. We'll be on the ground in 20 minutes. Oh, and as we boarded our flight today, we overheard someone calling this aircraft a puddlejumper. However, this puddlejumper got us to our destination a full 35 minutes early, which we think is pretty nifty. Once again, thanks for flying with us and we'll see you on the ground."
The nice part was that as everyone deplaned I caught the lady's eye and she actually smiled, a bit sheepishly.
04-14-2015 | 05:38 PM
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I was jumpseating on a DL 757 a few weeks back and as we were boarding, a passenger stops just inside the entry door, rolls his eyes and says in as loud a voice as he can muster, "God I hate these little tiny airplanes, why can't Delta give us a real god**** airplane."
Seriously?
A 757?
What is wrong with you, sir?
On a separate note, yesterday while working a trip from YVR to LAX in a CRJ-700, a lady got on board and would not stop complaining to the FA during boarding (I could hear all this since the cockpit door was open) that "this airplane is just a puddlejumper. Just a puddlejumper! I paid so much money for my ticket, I want a real airplane" et cetera.
I could not help myself. On the descent into LAX I made the following PA, which sent my captain into fits of laughter:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our descent into LA. It's a nice sunny day, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. We'll be on the ground in 20 minutes. Oh, and as we boarded our flight today, we overheard someone calling this aircraft a puddlejumper. However, this puddlejumper got us to our destination a full 35 minutes early, which we think is pretty nifty. Once again, thanks for flying with us and we'll see you on the ground."
The nice part was that as everyone deplaned I caught the lady's eye and she actually smiled, a bit sheepishly.
Seriously?
A 757?
What is wrong with you, sir?
On a separate note, yesterday while working a trip from YVR to LAX in a CRJ-700, a lady got on board and would not stop complaining to the FA during boarding (I could hear all this since the cockpit door was open) that "this airplane is just a puddlejumper. Just a puddlejumper! I paid so much money for my ticket, I want a real airplane" et cetera.
I could not help myself. On the descent into LAX I made the following PA, which sent my captain into fits of laughter:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our descent into LA. It's a nice sunny day, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. We'll be on the ground in 20 minutes. Oh, and as we boarded our flight today, we overheard someone calling this aircraft a puddlejumper. However, this puddlejumper got us to our destination a full 35 minutes early, which we think is pretty nifty. Once again, thanks for flying with us and we'll see you on the ground."
The nice part was that as everyone deplaned I caught the lady's eye and she actually smiled, a bit sheepishly.
04-14-2015 | 06:09 PM
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From: doggy style
I could not help myself. On the descent into LAX I made the following PA, which sent my captain into fits of laughter:
"Ladies and gentlemen, we've started our descent into LA. It's a nice sunny day, with a temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit. We'll be on the ground in 20 minutes. Oh, and as we boarded our flight today, we overheard someone calling this aircraft a puddlejumper. However, this puddlejumper got us to our destination a full 35 minutes early, which we think is pretty nifty. Once again, thanks for flying with us and we'll see you on the ground."
The nice part was that as everyone deplaned I caught the lady's eye and she actually smiled, a bit sheepishly.
Sounds like there was more than one tool on board that day...
04-15-2015 | 08:25 AM
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