Goats...

The CVG Mesa/Freedom domicile is going to blow donkey ****

 

I wish it was that easy. Unfortunately i decided to try to the 70/90 and moved to CVG from JFK. Now, I am desperately hoping that Comair opens up a 70/90 base in JFK. That seat un-lock cant come fast enough.

 

Considering you're the one that made the totally retarded and unnecessary comment FIRST...

Aside the fact that I am not a new hire, you don't know me..you don't know how i fly and you must be absolutely SIMPLE if you think that i bust altitude and show an utter disregard for safety and regulations....

BUT i guess you can come to that conclusion by "our manual says 150 feet, so that's ok with me!" NOT knowing how i meant it (in a very sarcastic way)

YOU are the one that needs to grow the F up.

 

Allright kids! Do I need to separate you? Johnny quit touching your sister, and Suzie, quit egging your brother. Don't make me pull this car over!

 

But, But

But

He Started It!

 

Yeah, well, I'm ending it!! Ohh look kids, BIG Ben...Parliament.

 

I wouldn't, except this individual is not doing it exclusively in icing conditions. This individual has stretched that line you mentioned from the manual to cover all climbs at all altitudes, in all weather conditions. He/she is not doing it to comply with a technique (does it say "should", or "must", I don't recall) recommended to be used in icing conditions because a crew sometime in the past got themselves into trouble because they weren't paying attention, or were just poor airmen (the reason for at least half of what is written in the Flight Standards Manual). He/she is doing it as a standard operating procedure for all climbs, then telling their crewmembers that that is the way the book says the airplane should be climbed...all the time.

Even then I'd be hard pressed to make an issue of it...except I get tired of answering ATC's query "Comair XXX, what's your climb rate?"

If a crewmember has an issue with the way I operate the aircraft, they are welcome to voice that, and as long as safety is not compromised, I'll comply. On the other hand, when someone is spouting off b.s. as procedure, I'll pull out the manual and start looking for it...after all, I could well have missed a change somewhere. If I can't find the procedure in question, I'll ask the crewmember to help me find it.

If this particular individual refused to fly with me, I'd thank him/her profusely...and tell the Chief Pilot that I was obviously an idiot and I needed some time off from work as it was clear that I'm not competent. After nearly 6000 hours of RJ time at Comair, I've only on two or three occasions run across someone I considered calling Pro Standards about. This individual would have been the first, had he not told me inbound on the last leg of the trip "I like guys like you. You keep me straight."

This particular trip started with an issue to begin with. It's common courtesy, and required, to brief crewmembers when carrying a weapon as a FFDO. How this individual qualified for that level of responsibility is beyond my comprehension, but learning about it after I glanced over on the taxi out and noticed a weapon was not the ideal time for that conversation to take place.

 

Yes I might not know you, but I know of you. Remember this is a small industry and when you can make yourself known across carriers its not usually a good thing. You've been there less then a year your still a new hire in my book.

Back to my original statement. Captains that are nervous usually have a good excuse for being so. When you or if you ever upgrade, you will find out exactly what I mean the first time you take a number down because your FO did something retarded.

 

FLORIDA COMMUTERS! What are all of you doing. I guess scheduling is going to get alot of commuter calls on Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

A recent email stated the company is using a new tool to track APU usage problems. The memo says it is called APU.com

Has anyone actually tried using APU.com ?