It's hot and my noggin hurts. Why?
03-29-2016 | 06:54 AM
#21
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I recently rode on a Mesa E175 and was one of the first to board the aircraft. The cabin was already warm. Nearing the end of boarding the cabin was a sweat box and multiple passengers were complaining. Ten minutes before departure the captain reached up, starts the apu, turns on the packs and walla, the cabin cools off.
So here are my questions to regional pilots across the board. Can you tell when YOUR cabin is uncomfortably warm? Do you brief your flight attendants to inform you if it's warm? If it is warm why do you wait to start the apu?
Summer is at our doorstep and our passengers deserve better.
So here are my questions to regional pilots across the board. Can you tell when YOUR cabin is uncomfortably warm? Do you brief your flight attendants to inform you if it's warm? If it is warm why do you wait to start the apu?
Summer is at our doorstep and our passengers deserve better.
Yep, pretty much.
03-29-2016 | 06:57 AM
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Once it gets above 70 outside the 200 is an oven even with the APU on. During the summer I start it on the decent and it stays on until after takeoff the next leg. And it still gets hot...only so much you can do.
03-29-2016 | 07:00 AM
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So you complain on an anonymous board instead of offering some helpful advice at the source? Who cares if it insinuates? That crew is going to spend the next 3 days pulling the same thing every leg. Put those CRM skills to work!
03-29-2016 | 08:17 AM
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Indeed they do. But almost 2 decades commuting now and 99% of it on mainline airplanes, it's NOT a regional thing. My favorite is when I'm commuting in uniform, getting wedged into my steerage middle seat, everyone is frantically turning their vents trying to get air. And it's my fault......
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03-29-2016 | 09:14 AM
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Big mainline airline management is imposing fines on regional partners if the APU is run on the ground for more then 30 minutes. Teams are on the ground standing around to monitor this.
The offending Captain then gets to explain to his CP why he did this.
Never mind the fact no pre-conditioned air will ever be routinely hooked up to an RJ when it pulls into the gate.
Enjoy your sweat box.
The offending Captain then gets to explain to his CP why he did this.
Never mind the fact no pre-conditioned air will ever be routinely hooked up to an RJ when it pulls into the gate.
Enjoy your sweat box.
03-29-2016 | 09:17 AM
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From: 6 Train - Panhandler
haha. sometimes the duct psi and pack psi are good but you can't feel sh17. Is that what a filter problem looks like?
03-29-2016 | 09:19 AM
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Big mainline airline management is imposing fines on regional partners if the APU is run on the ground for more then 30 minutes. Teams are on the ground standing around to monitor this.
The offending Captain then gets to explain to his CP why he did this.
Never mind the fact no pre-conditioned air will never be routinely hooked up to an RJ when it pulls into the gate.
Enjoy your sweat box.
The offending Captain then gets to explain to his CP why he did this.
Never mind the fact no pre-conditioned air will never be routinely hooked up to an RJ when it pulls into the gate.
Enjoy your sweat box.
03-29-2016 | 09:20 AM
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From: Downward-Facing Dog Pose
Simple solution to push back against corp. policies.
If/when you encounter a sweatbox, hit record on your cell phone and interview other pax. Shove your cell phone in the FA's face and ask her why the A/C isn't on when it's 85+ inside the cabin. Then upload to YouTube identifying the flight # and airline.
This practice will stop with a swiftness.
Note: don't do this while in uniform or if you can be identified. Better still is to simply suggest to some other pax to do this. The lemmings out there will be more than eager for the fame and attention it gets them.
If/when you encounter a sweatbox, hit record on your cell phone and interview other pax. Shove your cell phone in the FA's face and ask her why the A/C isn't on when it's 85+ inside the cabin. Then upload to YouTube identifying the flight # and airline.
This practice will stop with a swiftness.
Note: don't do this while in uniform or if you can be identified. Better still is to simply suggest to some other pax to do this. The lemmings out there will be more than eager for the fame and attention it gets them.
