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Originally Posted by OnMyWay
(Post 320725)
Good stuff, I didn't know that the CP was such a bad guy. I wouldn't want the guy to lose his job, I was thinking along the lines of someone other than the FO telling him to shut it. Obviously the wrong way to approach this. Glad this came up.
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Tell him you're totally in touch with your feminine side and that theres no other pilots that you feel sooooo comfortable talking about everything! God, I can totally talk to you about all of it. I can let my guard down and show men my feminine side, what are you doing when we get to the layover hotel, maybe we can get adjoining rooms. What kind of cologne are you wearing. You're better than my sister.
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awful lot of homoeroticism up in this piece.
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 320337)
Howdy all,
I fly for a regional but wanted the insight of those with a few more gray hairs. I need advice with a touchy problem: I am flying with a CA who will NOT shut up. He talks continuously (non-flight related) from engine start to shut down. It is to the point I am missing radio calls and getting distracted during critical phases of flight. Ironically, during checklists, the one time I DO want him to speak up, he rifles through them so fast I have don't know when to reply or what I am replying to. In my 40s, I am no spring chicken and have ten years 135 time; he is in his 30s at his first non CFI job. I have politely and privately asked him to go easy on the chatter when I am flying hoping he would curb the chatter. It worked for the next couple legs, but his old ways soon returned. On one leg, we were empty and the FA came up to the jump seat to watch. My CA started listening to his iPod. He decided the FA needed to hear a couple songs, so he placed one of the ear buds against his mic. At the time, I was talking to center trying to keep us out of the worst weather and still make some time. Center gave us a choice of long and smooth or short and choppy. Had I been CA, I would have answered immediately, but as I was not PIC, I asked my CA for his preference. After not hearing the reply after two attempts, I yelled "Turn that G.. D... thing OFF!" A few minutes later, he asked me if the iPod really bothered me that much, "Yeah, when I can't hear a D... thing you are saying, it does." So, I have another long trip with him. I do NOT want this to get hostile nor do I want it to affect my work. So what do you all suggest? Thanks for the help, j |
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 320337)
Howdy all,
I fly for a regional but wanted the insight of those with a few more gray hairs. I need advice with a touchy problem: I am flying with a CA who will NOT shut up. He talks continuously (non-flight related) from engine start to shut down. It is to the point I am missing radio calls and getting distracted during critical phases of flight. Ironically, during checklists, the one time I DO want him to speak up, he rifles through them so fast I have don't know when to reply or what I am replying to. In my 40s, I am no spring chicken and have ten years 135 time; he is in his 30s at his first non CFI job. I have politely and privately asked him to go easy on the chatter when I am flying hoping he would curb the chatter. It worked for the next couple legs, but his old ways soon returned. On one leg, we were empty and the FA came up to the jump seat to watch. My CA started listening to his iPod. He decided the FA needed to hear a couple songs, so he placed one of the ear buds against his mic. At the time, I was talking to center trying to keep us out of the worst weather and still make some time. Center gave us a choice of long and smooth or short and choppy. Had I been CA, I would have answered immediately, but as I was not PIC, I asked my CA for his preference. After not hearing the reply after two attempts, I yelled "Turn that G.. D... thing OFF!" A few minutes later, he asked me if the iPod really bothered me that much, "Yeah, when I can't hear a D... thing you are saying, it does." So, I have another long trip with him. I do NOT want this to get hostile nor do I want it to affect my work. So what do you all suggest? Thanks for the help, j fbh |
Originally Posted by PMeyer
(Post 320789)
Become less of a pansy, and be more social?
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Originally Posted by blastoff
(Post 320799)
Do you know anything about sterile cockpit, student pilot?:rolleyes:
No Lord of the Right Seat on the 135 & ERJ, I haven't but a clue. Come on, I was giving the CA the benefit of always being professional, and it just seems this guy is whining! Parking brake set! I did however just pick up on the iPod, that is pretty lame. |
Make no mistake, the chief pilot is an advocate for the company not the pilots. Yes, there are some you can have a casual conversation with and receive advice from but most hours of the week they are performing disciplinary duties. I have NEVER received a call from the chief for anything positive in my entire career. I have gotten calls from the CP about 7 minute delays in PHL though (my response? It's Philly!).
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Put him on your "no fly" list.
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
(Post 320337)
Howdy all,
I fly for a regional but wanted the insight of those with a few more gray hairs. I need advice with a touchy problem: I am flying with a CA who will NOT shut up. He talks continuously (non-flight related) from engine start to shut down. It is to the point I am missing radio calls and getting distracted during critical phases of flight. Ironically, during checklists, the one time I DO want him to speak up, he rifles through them so fast I have don't know when to reply or what I am replying to. In my 40s, I am no spring chicken and have ten years 135 time; he is in his 30s at his first non CFI job. I have politely and privately asked him to go easy on the chatter when I am flying hoping he would curb the chatter. It worked for the next couple legs, but his old ways soon returned. On one leg, we were empty and the FA came up to the jump seat to watch. My CA started listening to his iPod. He decided the FA needed to hear a couple songs, so he placed one of the ear buds against his mic. At the time, I was talking to center trying to keep us out of the worst weather and still make some time. Center gave us a choice of long and smooth or short and choppy. Had I been CA, I would have answered immediately, but as I was not PIC, I asked my CA for his preference. After not hearing the reply after two attempts, I yelled "Turn that G.. D... thing OFF!" A few minutes later, he asked me if the iPod really bothered me that much, "Yeah, when I can't hear a D... thing you are saying, it does." So, I have another long trip with him. I do NOT want this to get hostile nor do I want it to affect my work. So what do you all suggest? Thanks for the help, j "I like flying with you, however in light of some recent cvr transcripts in runway accidents, I'm asking you to observe sterile cockpit and to not use the i-pod through the intercom system, so if something stupid happens, like a tug bumps into this aircraft and the company or FAA pulls the tapes, I don't want to have to hire an attorney to defend me in court because the plantiff's lawyer (for the injured tug tug driver) says I, through my silent complicity, wasn't safely operating the aircraft." |
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