Your turn: The best captain I ever flew with...
12-14-2007 | 08:05 PM
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"Capt. Happy", M.J., he made all the trips I flew with him a blast, always wore a smile. GAR, he was a former Vietnam POW, and to me a hero, and I often told him so. Gavin, and most of my former Wings West buddies, and some others that I might have forgotten on my way north of 10,000 accident, incident, and violation free hours.
Thanks for all your knowledge and wisdom guys, thanks for your humor and understanding, for your patience. I wont ever for get ya'll and I tried to pass that on to my first officers while I was in the left seat.
Thanks for all your knowledge and wisdom guys, thanks for your humor and understanding, for your patience. I wont ever for get ya'll and I tried to pass that on to my first officers while I was in the left seat.
12-22-2007 | 05:37 AM
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(But seriously, don't you know that everything in the cockpit is mine... I just let you borrow stuff from time to time...)
12-22-2007 | 01:45 PM
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12-22-2007 | 03:45 PM
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12-22-2007 | 04:50 PM
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Three more sayings I'll never forget from awesome captains:
"This ain't no moon shot",
"You can make this job as hard or as easy as you want to" and
"Your leg, so your decisions on deviating, climbing to higher altitudes, etc"
"This ain't no moon shot",
"You can make this job as hard or as easy as you want to" and
"Your leg, so your decisions on deviating, climbing to higher altitudes, etc"
12-22-2007 | 04:59 PM
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From: Capt: Lav Truck
12-22-2007 | 05:32 PM
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One of my favorite briefings included:
"If it comes time to make a decision, both of us will be involved. If we disagree, we'll go with the more conservative option. If it's not clear which is more conservative/safe, then we go with my idea."
I just like how it set the tone for a crew environment, but laid out the rules in the event of a disagreement at the same time, and not in a "it's my ship" kind of tone.
That same captain involved me in nearly everything, I did the "welcome aboard" PAs on my legs, etc. It was a very positive, enjoyable environment.
"If it comes time to make a decision, both of us will be involved. If we disagree, we'll go with the more conservative option. If it's not clear which is more conservative/safe, then we go with my idea."
I just like how it set the tone for a crew environment, but laid out the rules in the event of a disagreement at the same time, and not in a "it's my ship" kind of tone.
That same captain involved me in nearly everything, I did the "welcome aboard" PAs on my legs, etc. It was a very positive, enjoyable environment.
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