XJT question...
 

I had a relative fly on XJT today, and he said that after the flight landed and taxied to the gate, the co-pilot made an announcement that the landing was the first landing for that particular captain as pilot-in-command. I thought that sounded weird since XJT has just recently furloughed 100+ guys. It didn't seem to me that there would be captains upgrading at this point in time. Are you all still upgrading captains even through the furloughs?

He had to have been joking.

The most recent upgraded captains finished UOE at least three to four months ago.

Maybe he just got back from Military service or a leave of absence? Just another thought.:cool:

Maybe the landing was just that bad....

Prankster LoL

That wouy question, did he slam the thing down and the FO decided to rag on him a little? I've never had a capt. do that to me! ;)

Nothin' like hitting pot holes on the runway!:D

Been into Boston? lol

Back when I was an FO, the CA made such a great landing...........the kind of landing where you never felt the mains touch........and afterwards he made this announcement to the passengers:

“Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for joining us on this short FLT into ATL this morning, we’ve arrived at gate B17 exactly 10 minutes early. This morning you’ve had the privilege of flying with one of SKW best FLT crews. At this time I’d like to send a special thanks to my FO for being such a great "passenger" on that landing. We hope that your day turns out to be as perfect as my landing was.”

A senior DAL CA (in his 50’s) waited and was the last passenger to de-plane and told the CA,”that was good; I think I’m going to steal that announcement for the next time I grease it on.”

If it's anything like SEA then I fully understand.