Taxi Light Usage
01-21-2017 | 02:18 PM
#12
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You point and complaint are completely valid. We are experiencing quite an updraft in new positions. Often the smaller equipment will be sporting a new Captain who is just trying to keep all the balls in the air and may be missing the nuances of proper decorum and professional courtesy. They are motivated and talented and should pick up the finer points quickly. However, we also have our experienced lunkheads... sorry for whichever they have been.
01-21-2017 | 04:34 PM
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So we're all to believe that the Delta boys are so busy doing so much more in the cockpit than the rest of us peons, that taxi light management is 'just too much'???
While some of these posts are in fact pretty humorous to read...it's glaringly obvious that some are rather belittling and arrogant. Excuses, excuses, excuses...of course we should always give the benefit of the doubt to all of those 'low' time Delta Captains, new and old.
Not trying to start a flame war here, but just a friendly reply of 'good point, our guys should try to be more courteous' draws the ire of a few that are just plain clueless. Oh well, you can't fix stupid...(just repeated what was said earlier... ;-)
While some of these posts are in fact pretty humorous to read...it's glaringly obvious that some are rather belittling and arrogant. Excuses, excuses, excuses...of course we should always give the benefit of the doubt to all of those 'low' time Delta Captains, new and old.
Not trying to start a flame war here, but just a friendly reply of 'good point, our guys should try to be more courteous' draws the ire of a few that are just plain clueless. Oh well, you can't fix stupid...(just repeated what was said earlier... ;-)
NOT!
01-21-2017 | 06:36 PM
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If they were turning onto the runway, at least it didn't last long.Denny
01-21-2017 | 07:16 PM
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Do you think it's courteous to shine your light into the eyes of a taxiing aircraft because his light bothers you... when you're not even moving? I'd go so far as to call your action unprofessional. Just look away for chrissakes, don't blind someone who is trying to move an airplane safely.
01-21-2017 | 09:33 PM
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Do you think it's courteous to shine your light into the eyes of a taxiing aircraft because his light bothers you... when you're not even moving? I'd go so far as to call your action unprofessional. Just look away for chrissakes, don't blind someone who is trying to move an airplane safely.
I thought for a moment to really light him up in retaliation or even say something on the radio, but decided otherwise in the name of actual professionalism.
If you don't like the lights of the guy on the runway, look away. They are the ones in the line of fire, not you.
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