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Originally Posted by shadyops
(Post 601747)
another pilot who gets it.
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Originally Posted by shadyops
(Post 601735)
OK! Let's do it. ;)
Dear Compass Flight Ops, Me and the rest of the pilots are more than willing to sacrifice customer comfort to help keep the costs down but we are not going to do it for free. I suggest the following incentive program so that we can all prosper together: Cost saving action ...... incentive pay in credit hour per leg. Never use APU ....... .1 Plan all descents at 5000 fpm ... .2 Never request to change course to avoid thunderstorms ..... .2 Start doing single engine takeoffs ... .3 I have lots of other good ideas if you are interested. Just let me know. Thanks. Sincerely, ShadyOps P.S. Oh, and could you please tell all the Captains that I'm right. Thanks again. |
Originally Posted by schone
(Post 601734)
Best of all is coming back from a walk around while there's a snow blizzard outside and the head nacho asks you in a giggly fashion ... "It's cold out there isn't it?" while the APU is STILL OFF. CRM :) I feel for ya . Maybe if you bothered to clear your CA on 3 it would be started by the time you got to the cockpit. But no you'd rather him start it when you're in the aft equipment bay I guess so you can whine about that too! If you want it warm after your preflight, preflight the tail area first, then come clear the CA on 3 and continue your walkaround..... |
Originally Posted by laserman2431
(Post 601842)
OK. Here goes. But, I caution that I'm not really that good at this sort of thing.
Dear Compass Flight Ops, Me and the rest of the pilots are more than willing to sacrifice customer comfort to help keep the costs down but we are not going to do it for free. I suggest the following incentive program so that we can all prosper together: Cost saving action ...... incentive pay in credit hour per leg. Never use APU ....... .1 Plan all descents at 5000 fpm ... .2 Never request to change course to avoid thunderstorms ..... .2 Start doing single engine takeoffs ... .3 I have lots of other good ideas if you are interested. Just let me know. Thanks. Sincerely, ShadyOps P.S. Oh, and could you please tell all the Captains that I'm right. Thanks again. |
Some will score very high
Originally Posted by laserman2431
(Post 601837)
I think the way it's supposed to work is we get to upgrade at about the time when we can no longer stand sitting in the right seat.
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman
(Post 601866)
Right. Scientists have almost perfected the "curmudge-o-meter" which will detect those who are ready for the left seat. :p
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Originally Posted by shadyops
(Post 601804)
If both are available why not. But is there any hesitation if the aircraft is stuffy and warm to start the APU?
At Skywest, it was different. Very few of the gates had ground air and those that did were barely ever used. Skywest was pretty dang good about hooking up power, though. The United ground crews in Chicago were horrible about hooking up power and sometimes the GPU's didn't even work. But that's United for you. Delta ground crews are RELIGIOUS about hooking up power and air. In CVG and ATL, they hook up the ground power before we can even get the seat belt sign off! It's a huge change from DCI. |
Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot
(Post 601899)
As an F.O., one of the first things I do is walk the cabin when I get on to check the temperature. If the temperature is inadequate, I try to correct the situation by working with the ground crew to fix the ground air. If the ground air is broken, we have an 800 number we can call to give the gate number of the broken air unit. They'll send somebody out to repair it, and they're pretty dang good about it! Once we start boarding, if the flight attendants start complaining about the temp, we don't hesitate to start the APU. Passenger comfort comes first then fuel savings. But if there's a way to keep the pax comfortable without using the APU, we obviously use that first.
At Skywest, it was different. Very few of the gates had ground air and those that did were barely ever used. Skywest was pretty dang good about hooking up power, though. The United ground crews in Chicago were horrible about hooking up power and sometimes the GPU's didn't even work. But that's United for you. Delta ground crews are RELIGIOUS about hooking up power and air. In CVG and ATL, they hook up the ground power before we can even get the seat belt sign off! It's a huge change from DCI. |
Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot
(Post 601899)
As an F.O., one of the first things I do is walk the cabin when I get on to check the temperature. If the temperature is inadequate, I try to correct the situation by working with the ground crew to fix the ground air. If the ground air is broken, we have an 800 number we can call to give the gate number of the broken air unit. They'll send somebody out to repair it, and they're pretty dang good about it! Once we start boarding, if the flight attendants start complaining about the temp, we don't hesitate to start the APU. Passenger comfort comes first then fuel savings. But if there's a way to keep the pax comfortable without using the APU, we obviously use that first.
At Skywest, it was different. Very few of the gates had ground air and those that did were barely ever used. Skywest was pretty dang good about hooking up power, though. The United ground crews in Chicago were horrible about hooking up power and sometimes the GPU's didn't even work. But that's United for you. Delta ground crews are RELIGIOUS about hooking up power and air. In CVG and ATL, they hook up the ground power before we can even get the seat belt sign off! It's a huge change from DCI. |
Accept no imitations
Originally Posted by laserman2431
(Post 601874)
Sounds like something for Billy Mays to sell. How about the Turbo Curmudge-O-Meter 2000? It's new and improved.
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