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09-26-2015 | 07:55 AM
#6941
Gets Weekends Off
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First of all it was a SWA pilot so a 3 in 4 chance of them being ex-AF. Second, someone with prior 121 carrier experience is not going to say something that stupid. Third, no ex-regional guy is going to say something that stupid. So where does the probablity lie?
The VAST majority of the avoidance bid list systemwide is PHX Cptns even though it's but one in ten of our bases. Again, what does that tell you about PHX/the Lukewaffa as that base has so unaffectionately come to be know?
There's another thread on here where FOs are b!7ching about having to deal with the PHX Cptns and how miserable life can be for them in that base.
Sorry you got all butt hurt, but the facts are the facts and they do it to themselves. The vast majority of the issues and problems at SWA are because they've hired so many people straight out of AF single pilot aircraft and the accompanying attitudes that tend to go with that.
The VAST majority of the avoidance bid list systemwide is PHX Cptns even though it's but one in ten of our bases. Again, what does that tell you about PHX/the Lukewaffa as that base has so unaffectionately come to be know?
There's another thread on here where FOs are b!7ching about having to deal with the PHX Cptns and how miserable life can be for them in that base.
Sorry you got all butt hurt, but the facts are the facts and they do it to themselves. The vast majority of the issues and problems at SWA are because they've hired so many people straight out of AF single pilot aircraft and the accompanying attitudes that tend to go with that.
09-26-2015 | 08:26 AM
#6943
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
Lmao! Dude. I mean no disrespect but you really have to be immersed in the CULTure at this airline for a little while to fully understands just how [caffeinated] up it is and exactly why it is that way. This problem is WAAAAAY beyond Pro Standards.
Seriously, we're either running one off a taxiway or runway, or hitting a catering truck or light pole or another aircraft, or any other myriad of incidents or accidents ON A MONTHLY BASIS!
Anyone with any bit of experience in "the real 121 world" would understand why this is so. It's because the "get the mission done/hurry up/rush" culture has permeated this company for literally decades now.
Yet, they have the audacity to make fun of those that operate at a sensible and SAFE pace. Sorry for the thread hijack but I needed to vent.
Seriously, we're either running one off a taxiway or runway, or hitting a catering truck or light pole or another aircraft, or any other myriad of incidents or accidents ON A MONTHLY BASIS!
Anyone with any bit of experience in "the real 121 world" would understand why this is so. It's because the "get the mission done/hurry up/rush" culture has permeated this company for literally decades now.
Yet, they have the audacity to make fun of those that operate at a sensible and SAFE pace. Sorry for the thread hijack but I needed to vent.
Last edited by vagabond; 09-26-2015 at 11:34 AM. Reason: edited profanity. C'mon Whack, ease up, will you?
09-26-2015 | 08:46 AM
#6944
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Joined: Jan 2015
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Lmao! Dude. I mean no disrespect but you really have to be immersed in the CULTure at this airline for a little while to fully understands just how ****ed up it is and exactly why it is that way. This problem is WAAAAAY beyond Pro Standards.
Seriously, we're either running one off a taxiway or runway, or hitting a catering truck or light pole or another aircraft, or any other myriad of incidents or accidents ON A MONTHLY BASIS!
Anyone with any bit of experience in "the real 121 world" would understand why this is so. It's because the "get the mission done/hurry up/rush" culture has permeated this company for literally decades now.
Yet, they have the audacity to make fun of those that operate at a sensible and SAFE pace. Sorry for the thread hijack but I needed to vent.
Seriously, we're either running one off a taxiway or runway, or hitting a catering truck or light pole or another aircraft, or any other myriad of incidents or accidents ON A MONTHLY BASIS!
Anyone with any bit of experience in "the real 121 world" would understand why this is so. It's because the "get the mission done/hurry up/rush" culture has permeated this company for literally decades now.
Yet, they have the audacity to make fun of those that operate at a sensible and SAFE pace. Sorry for the thread hijack but I needed to vent.
09-26-2015 | 02:33 PM
#6945
Otto
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Turkish Pile Driver
Yeah, because I'm sure if we searched your 1200 previous posts we wouldn't find any venting. I'm sure you're young and full of vigor, if you hate your company so much just leave. Assuming you could fake your way past the psych eval, you could get hired at a major, taxi as slow as you like and still be top 10% of the seniority list when you retire.
09-26-2015 | 02:39 PM
#6946
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,503
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From: Fairly local
Yeah, because I'm sure if we searched your 1200 previous posts we wouldn't find any venting. I'm sure you're young and full of vigor, if you hate your company so much just leave. Assuming you could fake your way past the psych eval, you could get hired at a major, taxi as slow as you like and still be top 10% of the seniority list when you retire.
09-26-2015 | 03:53 PM
#6947
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Joined: Jun 2010
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From: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
Yeah, because I'm sure if we searched your 1200 previous posts we wouldn't find any venting. I'm sure you're young and full of vigor, if you hate your company so much just leave. Assuming you could fake your way past the psych eval, you could get hired at a major, taxi as slow as you like and still be top 10% of the seniority list when you retire.
09-26-2015 | 05:48 PM
#6948
Otto
Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Turkish Pile Driver
Hey don't hate on the noob tube! Maybe that was me on the radio calling the Embraer a little guy since poop rolls down hill and I'm pretty much at the bottom. I try to make all my FNG radio calls with the SWA callsign.
And for the record, almost all NYC 717 captains are brand new, they taxi slower than molasses; mostly because neither one of us knows where the eff we're going. Whack would love it.
And for the record, almost all NYC 717 captains are brand new, they taxi slower than molasses; mostly because neither one of us knows where the eff we're going. Whack would love it.
09-26-2015 | 06:47 PM
#6949
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,503
Likes: 2
From: Fairly local
Hey don't hate on the noob tube! Maybe that was me on the radio calling the Embraer a little guy since poop rolls down hill and I'm pretty much at the bottom. I try to make all my FNG radio calls with the SWA callsign.
And for the record, almost all NYC 717 captains are brand new, they taxi slower than molasses; mostly because neither one of us knows where the eff we're going. Whack would love it.
And for the record, almost all NYC 717 captains are brand new, they taxi slower than molasses; mostly because neither one of us knows where the eff we're going. Whack would love it.
And I'm cool on the radio too; I make practice ramp calls on Guard. Gotta keep the Guard Nazis in business. Boy are they fast!
I'm not NY-based and glad about that for sure...last rotation I had to go through JFK and LGA. Everything you've written about them is true!
09-26-2015 | 07:31 PM
#6950
Line Holder
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 495
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From: A320 CA
I suppose this is old news to more experienced captains, but I sure had a rude awakening the first time we landed and it became evident that the FO wasn't ready for the process. Lesson learned on my part.
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