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Originally Posted by deadseal (Post 2021510)

They are not of higher quality, but do have better training.

No need to be defensive. I've personally flown with great pilots from both sides. And crappy ones as well. Scully has a good point. In reality though it shouldn't be just 1500 hours, it should also be part 135 scheduled all weather flying as well. The straight from flight instructing types will never know how much aviation knowledge, experience, and skills they missed out on by skipping this step because they'll never have it. It can't be earned in a two pilot 121 cockpit.

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Originally Posted by N19906 (Post 2020693)

TOTD: to that OO flyboy who was lurking in the lounge last night at Roasters in SEA.
I was having dinner with my crew after they cx our last leg to the outstation because freezing rain was forecast. Another pair of FA's from our base showed up because of the same thing. This tool and his sidekick drifted over after they heard us talking about "work, work, work, overnights, work..."
"Hey, are you flightcrew?... Who do you work for?..."
TOTD:"I fly for "Delta". I fly jets" My lead FA tore into him, (bless her black heart, her hubby flies too), "Oh yeah, what type? CRJ, ERJ, Embraers, what?"
TOTD: "All of them." (Smirk.) "I even let a flight attendant do a landing once." FA: "Bull****! I won't even land the plane if I'm flying in a -172."
He was making a play for one of the other girls. They were ok, they knew how to handle this douche.
It was amazing, (appalling). The frozen permanent smirk. The perma-tan. The *********g ducktail hairdoo. (I hate those.) It was straight back to 1986 and "Top Gun". It was the Iceman. He walks the earth again. I wanted to wring his neck for the damage his stereotype does to our profession. The girls just laughed at him. I just wondered how in the hell he got hired; I'm sure his apps are out all over. The pool for the regionals must be pretty well drained dry.

It was so cliché it was unbelieveable.
Ok, rant over.:rolleyes:

Trolling at Sharp's Roaster?! What a loser. Half the people in there are airline crew or play with spreadsheets at a certain carrier's HQ several blocks away. Last time I was in there, a VP of Flight Ops and a base Chief Pilot for that airline came in.

I eat there when I'm in town for AQP, and I just want to go in, get my pulled pork sandwich and a Manhattan at happy hour, and relax after a day in the sim...and not have clown walking around making our profession look bad. And given who dines there as well, I'm sure the day will come where his face won't come with a positive association...

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Originally Posted by thevagabond (Post 2021547)

I'm not being defensive dude. Just stating facts. I've been through commercial before military, military, Skywest, and delta. Met all kinds of great people and dumbasses. Military by far and away is the best training because of a lot of factors. I would say the number one being years of complete immersion in flying. Everyday is training. Every mission is debriefed. Every EP is discussed on a revolving basis. That's not a knock on 121 training. The military can afford to do that. Obviously it's not realistic for private companies to be able to follow suit.

Sorry brother, I read more than there was into what you wrote.

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Originally Posted by LNL76 (Post 2021360)

You gentlemen gave me my morning laugh! I'm headed off to work, but will be sure to dispense some Italian mom advice to Crazy Canuck when I return.... :)

Wait does that mean I get a healthy helping of spaghetti being mailed my way??

Damnit LNL, I'm already having a hard enough time fitting into my new hire uniform.

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Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck (Post 2022232)

Wait does that mean I get a healthy helping of spaghetti being mailed my way??

Damnit LNL, I'm already having a hard enough time fitting into my new hire uniform.

I don't think spaghetti ships well. :p

....aaaaand, "new hire uniform?" Congrats, and which airline? :)

(edit: it looks like Atlas 767). I know a few pilots and FAs over there.)

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Originally Posted by Captain Carrot (Post 2021319)

Sorry if you've seen it before but I think it's time to dig it back up!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1BzU1sYPjzo

Thanks, man! That was F-ing fantastically funny!!!!
One of our FA's reported back that the next morning Iceman and his wingman were downstairs for breakfast at the Coast in their OO uniforms. They were for real, (losers).
Our FA's had left them the night before almost on our heels, giving up on the whole Top-Gun experience before they had had a chance to sample it individually. (Ick!!!):eek:

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Originally Posted by LNL76 (Post 2020914)

Maybe they were irresistable! (or maybe a male organ has no conscience?!) :p

A couple of them are nearly irresistable.:D

I would like to nominate the drunk AA CA on my flight non-reving to SAN last week. He patted one of my FA's on the ass, handed her his non-official business card that said AA on it and told her that he has a boat and wealthy friends and for the FA's to call him if they want to party.

Guess I can't blame him for trying.

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Originally Posted by Maingear (Post 2025021)

Definite tool!

Although are you sure the card was non-official? We have the option of ordering business cards from the company, although I'm of the opinion that it's a dorky thing to do.