Do your job by the book of the company you work for. If it specifies how the apu is to be used... do it that way. If specifies single engine taxi... do it that way. etc... etc.. et al.....

And the economics of how we do our job DOES matter to pretend anything else is just putting your head in the sand.

You're just lucky to have a job.

This is the stupidest proposition I have ever heard.

Why would you intentionally make everything harder for yourself, passegers and management. This will only provide negative attention to yourself. Not to mention we are required by law to abide by our SOP's and doing anything outside of our SOP's would be illegal and potentially dangerous. If you are trying to start a revolution, do it smartly. By the way they already know how much "power" we have as pilots, which is exactly outlined in our company policies.

Don't be an idiot!

Sounds like someone has got a case of the Mondays!

I have had it ...
To all those who reply with "you are lucky to have a job" and "you are ridiculous to slow things down ...",
That is BS!!!
-Comair and ASA slowed things down when they were in contract negotiations and nobody ridiculed them.
-You haven't been exposed to Pinnacle's mismanagement and abuse of its flight crews and contract.
-There has to be a line drawn someplace, if not, there will be GoJets all over the place (Yes a big fight in the new Pinnacle Contract was SCOPE with Colgan ... I know it’s a hard concept for most pilots, especially Legacy Pilots ...)
-We ARE professional who AREN'T treated like professionals. There is a double standard here - how can we be treated like adolescents and be expected to act in a professional manner? How can we be expected to tolerate unprofessional behavior and return with only professionalism? Yes we are better people but we need to stick up for ourselves.
-Nobody is going to fight our battles; we need to win our own wars!
-On one hand you people pis$ and moan that Pinnacle is the next Mesa and a "bottom feeder" but on the other hand do not support us taking things into our own hands. Even NW slowed things down when they lost BoB <Block or Better>.
-DO NOT pretend that you wouldn’t be doing the same things if you were in our shoes. Do not talk down your nose to us. Do not judge if you aren’t or haven’t been in our position.

Fly SAFE

You don't have to screw your passengers in order to "stick it" to management.

Step #1 - Write up everything that breaks, when it breaks.

Step #2 - Call times as they really are (if no ACARS)

Step #3 - STOP USING YOUR CELL PHONE FOR COMPANY BUSINESS

Step #4 - see step #3

Step #5 - Get some unity

Step #6 - Repeat steps 1-5

#'s 6, 7, & 8 should be see step #5 ....

And yes if you did steps 1 & 3, you probably would screw your passengers. Is this a problem? Yes ... but not yours to worry about!! I do hope you all realize that every time you defer writting something up until you get to base, you risk you jobs!! The company would sell you out in an INSTANT! They dont pay for your cell either ... until the day they do, use the batphone ... or better yet, wait for them to contact you!!!
NOBODY is on probation anymore, ACT LIKE IT!

Railway Labor Act

An estimated 6,000 Americans died on D-day and you feel this equates?

If safety were the first priority, we would all be shutting the APU down as part of a climb check rather than trying to save a little money by shutting it down during taxi. Many of our aircraft, from the baby Emb's to the mighty B7XX's will all shut everything off except standby instruments in the event of a dual engine failure....
If safety were the top concern, APU's would be running for takeoff's and landings... especially around airports that advertise "heavy bird activity on and in vicinity of airport."