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Do you check in with the crew when non-reving
01-30-2012 | 04:08 PM
#21
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Huh, I always say hi regardless of whether it's leisure travel or I am commuting to work.
Jumpseating: "Hey, guys if it is ok I was hoping to ride along in the back/up front here with you guys"
Non-revving: "Hey guys, I am non-revving on this flight if it's ok with you"
Everyone has always been nice and usually say "Thanks a lot for saying hi"
I feel thta always speaking to the pilots helps to foster the fraternity which I feel is unique to our profession. It's nice to shoot the **** for a few seconds too.
Furthermore, as far as I am concerned, if I am flying for free my presence on the airplane is entirely at the discretion of the captain.
I have been doing it for less than a year though, so I am still comparatively new, but I always feel more comfortable knowing I said hi to the flight crew.
Jumpseating: "Hey, guys if it is ok I was hoping to ride along in the back/up front here with you guys"
Non-revving: "Hey guys, I am non-revving on this flight if it's ok with you"
Everyone has always been nice and usually say "Thanks a lot for saying hi"
I feel thta always speaking to the pilots helps to foster the fraternity which I feel is unique to our profession. It's nice to shoot the **** for a few seconds too.
Furthermore, as far as I am concerned, if I am flying for free my presence on the airplane is entirely at the discretion of the captain.
I have been doing it for less than a year though, so I am still comparatively new, but I always feel more comfortable knowing I said hi to the flight crew.
Do what you feel is right, but you might be going over the top.
01-30-2012 | 04:09 PM
#23
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Do you ask him if its OK that you get a paycheck on the 1st and 15th, or that you get on the company's healthcare plan? Seriously, why the F are you asking someone to use your benefits? Checking in is one thing (Weak but debatable), asking to ride on a pass is just...wow.
01-30-2012 | 04:19 PM
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Wow indeed. Sorry to get you heated. As I said, I am relatively new and still trying figure it all out. It seems appropriate to ask the captain permission regardless. I hope if I ever ask you I don't get "Why the F are you asking me?!" in front of everyone. I also didn't know it was an issue which got anyone's blood boiling.
Know your contract, know what you're worth. Don't grovel for things that you've earned.
Frankly I had never heard of anyone "asking" to non-rev...ever, so if it happened face-to-face I probably would have said "welcome" and proceeded to try to figure out what just happened for the next hour. "Hey guys I'm a non-rev" should suffice...or as stated earlier, throw on a polo shirt and say nothing.
People (maybe just me) get heated about such things because we want you to stop being a starry-eyed newbie and become a grizzled veteran as fast as possible to reduce your chance of becoming a lap dog for management.
01-30-2012 | 05:03 PM
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01-30-2012 | 05:20 PM
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I'm not "starry-eyed". For me, asking to non-rev I feel is showing respect to the captain. How does this make me a pawn to management? Who said I was calling the CEO and begging to non-rev? You don't know anything about me except that I am new and trying to be polite. Thanks to you guys I now see how asking to non-rev is kind of silly, but don't insinuate that doing it will make me some kind of management fan boy. But damn, I wasn't expecting a barrage of "LOL n00b that is retarded why the F would you ever do that?".
01-30-2012 | 05:30 PM
#29
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From: A320 CA
That would actually make more sense than asking the Captain.
You say something silly on this board you will get slammed. Happens to everyone. I think you're taking it too hard. Have a beer. Relax. And stop asking the CA to non-rev. And stop trying to defend it as "respecting the CA" :rolleyes
You say something silly on this board you will get slammed. Happens to everyone. I think you're taking it too hard. Have a beer. Relax. And stop asking the CA to non-rev. And stop trying to defend it as "respecting the CA" :rolleyes
Last edited by blastoff; 01-30-2012 at 05:46 PM.
01-30-2012 | 05:41 PM
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Fine, geez, point taken. Wish I hadn't said anything to begin with.
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