Work Slow-Down at AA???
10-22-2012 | 03:48 AM
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Stop posting with your hate for the regionals, you are a product of the regional airlines. You are a regional lifer you flowed to mainline without an interview aren't you? You are someone who was handed a job!
Yes, we have a large numbers of pilots at the regionals who don't want to move to other carriers because of how much they would be giving up in QOL and pay, remember these guys won't be walking into a major with 3-5 years of seniority and avoiding those first few years of low pay. These guys are wanting larger RJ. Then there is the SJS crowd, they are only hurting themselves. I don't agree with the speed that a substantial amount of RJ Captains taxi or the way a lot of guys handle themselves but I can only control my actions. The statement you just made is incorrect and you as a mainline pilot has more control over it than we do at the regional (and yes I understand BK ties your hands to a certain extent)
Many Captains that I fly with at Eagle believe you guys messed up by not accepting the TA, many FO in the regional industry understand what you guys at AA are doing and what you are standing up against and we stand behind you and have gotten creative as to not accept taxi instructions around you while ****ing off the captain we are flying with. It is easy to point out the guy taxing with his boards up but it is not easy to point out the regional FO who sat a few extra seconds to make that radio call so AA would call first, the FO who tells ramp on the radio that there is no enough room so the captain now can't try to race by AA. There are many of us out there trying to stand for our profession and not trying to cut corners. Everyones job when it comes to an airplane is to do their job as fast as possible and get the airplane going, it is our job as professional pilots to ensure it is done in a safe manner after all you are responsible for that aircraft, its crew and passengers. Some of us get it, but will probably be stuck in the right seat of an RJ for years as we have gone to the regionals that at the time had the better contracts and working conditions but now are shrinking as the regionals that have the lowest QOL and shortest upgrades grow.
Back to your statement above, this is inaccurate as Delta is reducing total number of airframes, some places will have their service adjusted but if the place can support 3 50 seat RJs a day I am certain they will be able to adapt to 2 65 seat Rj a day or face not having air service. United will likely follow with the RJ airframe reduction, US Airways and AA total will likely reduce RJ airframes as well as a whole either by a merger or separate with their new contracts. AA will likely gain some while US Airways will likely park some. The regional industry will shrink, it is up to mainline pilots again to decide how much they shrink and how big are the airplanes left.
Yes, we have a large numbers of pilots at the regionals who don't want to move to other carriers because of how much they would be giving up in QOL and pay, remember these guys won't be walking into a major with 3-5 years of seniority and avoiding those first few years of low pay. These guys are wanting larger RJ. Then there is the SJS crowd, they are only hurting themselves. I don't agree with the speed that a substantial amount of RJ Captains taxi or the way a lot of guys handle themselves but I can only control my actions. The statement you just made is incorrect and you as a mainline pilot has more control over it than we do at the regional (and yes I understand BK ties your hands to a certain extent)
Many Captains that I fly with at Eagle believe you guys messed up by not accepting the TA, many FO in the regional industry understand what you guys at AA are doing and what you are standing up against and we stand behind you and have gotten creative as to not accept taxi instructions around you while ****ing off the captain we are flying with. It is easy to point out the guy taxing with his boards up but it is not easy to point out the regional FO who sat a few extra seconds to make that radio call so AA would call first, the FO who tells ramp on the radio that there is no enough room so the captain now can't try to race by AA. There are many of us out there trying to stand for our profession and not trying to cut corners. Everyones job when it comes to an airplane is to do their job as fast as possible and get the airplane going, it is our job as professional pilots to ensure it is done in a safe manner after all you are responsible for that aircraft, its crew and passengers. Some of us get it, but will probably be stuck in the right seat of an RJ for years as we have gone to the regionals that at the time had the better contracts and working conditions but now are shrinking as the regionals that have the lowest QOL and shortest upgrades grow.
Back to your statement above, this is inaccurate as Delta is reducing total number of airframes, some places will have their service adjusted but if the place can support 3 50 seat RJs a day I am certain they will be able to adapt to 2 65 seat Rj a day or face not having air service. United will likely follow with the RJ airframe reduction, US Airways and AA total will likely reduce RJ airframes as well as a whole either by a merger or separate with their new contracts. AA will likely gain some while US Airways will likely park some. The regional industry will shrink, it is up to mainline pilots again to decide how much they shrink and how big are the airplanes left.
10-22-2012 | 04:30 AM
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Many say the same thing at the AA pilots for taking a stand and voting no, now the rest of the industry pilots are cheering and the rest of the workgroups are waiting to see how the me to clause works out.
10-22-2012 | 05:53 AM
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Apparently so. He implies I slipped through the cracks simply because I didn't interview at AA and then demonstrates the logic of............well, someone who slipped through the cracks of the interview process. 
We all know interview processes are flawed in many way allowing those who turn out to be not so great employees and/or pilots to make it through where many pilots who are don't make it through, yet are successful elsewhete. Its a fickle thing and always has been. If I wasn't qualified to be where I am, I would have washed out of initial training. I completed new-hire initial in the "footprint" and costed AA not one extra dime to qualify me and put me to work. In addition to that, 18,000 hours total time and 9,000 121 jet PIC with not even a scratch on any metal is more then this character can say yet, I'm sure, so his assessment of me without knowing the first thing about me indicates he's prone to wild and biased assumption.
Therefore, the remainder of that post should be filed under "M" for Malarkey.
We all know interview processes are flawed in many way allowing those who turn out to be not so great employees and/or pilots to make it through where many pilots who are don't make it through, yet are successful elsewhete. Its a fickle thing and always has been. If I wasn't qualified to be where I am, I would have washed out of initial training. I completed new-hire initial in the "footprint" and costed AA not one extra dime to qualify me and put me to work. In addition to that, 18,000 hours total time and 9,000 121 jet PIC with not even a scratch on any metal is more then this character can say yet, I'm sure, so his assessment of me without knowing the first thing about me indicates he's prone to wild and biased assumption.
Therefore, the remainder of that post should be filed under "M" for Malarkey.
10-22-2012 | 07:07 AM
#104
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Aviation Safety - Airplane Taxi Smack | Runway Taxi Accidents
Interesting article on ground accidients and incidents.
My average taxi speed is a safe and comfortable 15-20kts (turboprop). At night maybe a little slower. Thinking back to "personal minimums" and when I first started flying or had little or no time in type, my taxi speed was slow to begin and then increased to my normal 15-20kts.
Interesting article on ground accidients and incidents.
My average taxi speed is a safe and comfortable 15-20kts (turboprop). At night maybe a little slower. Thinking back to "personal minimums" and when I first started flying or had little or no time in type, my taxi speed was slow to begin and then increased to my normal 15-20kts.
11-10-2012 | 06:42 PM
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11-10-2012 | 07:31 PM
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Damn that's unfortunate. Just read the story. Looks like they had just landed on 35L and was exiting off on a high speed taxiway and slid into the grass. The good thing is that no one was injured. Conditions were 200ft ceiling, snow and fog.
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