Like a boss….

Damn Mandalorian gif wouldn’t upload

Im laughing as I read all these comments. You know whats scary? 18 year old A&Ps with zero prior experience performing your pre departure checks. Im pretty sure the younger pilots transitioning to the left seat will do just fine.

Get over yourself. You're the one who needs to lay off the media and go outside and take a breath.

I suppose this would be a case in point.

Username checks out.

I don’t know any millennial or Gen Z still using Facebook or Twitter. That’s so 2012.

Most of us are constantly having to tell our Gen X/ Boomer parents not to believe everything they read on Facebook....

That is not advisable. You as the Capt should never meet with the pax.

Our lawyers are very clear on the way to handle this situation, it is spelled out in the FOM as well.

Lead FA ---> Red Coat/CRO ---> meet with Capt in private ---> convene the SRT or CST. They will tell you what the course of action is. If you fervently are bent on not having them on your jet, yes then you can communicate that back to the ATL. They will respect you call.

As a captain, if you decide to interject yourself as you describe to meet the pax inperson; you've lost protection. The red coats/CRO/police will handle the removal, not you, if that is the direction of the company (thru their direction or yours)

Our lawyers will tell you this flat out: the judge will ask them one question "Did Capt Goggles follow company procedure?" Our lawyers will say either yes or no. If yes, you're GTG. If no, there's not much they can do to help you out.

This is directly from our head of legal at DAL.

So, "IF" you want to go your route Goggles, I would do it with much, much caution. You are effectively "off our reservation" at that time of the person to person meeting and hanging it out there to get whacked.

Crossed the pond in my early 20's both military and civilian. Easiest flying I've ever done. Takes a little more pre-flight preparation and reading on different procedures. As a PIC, it is fundamentally easier: You have an issue in the middle of the ocean? You got contingency plans already mapped out, less options so it's quantitatively easier to make a choice, and you have hours to run through procedures and plans for landing while you make it to your destination. As far as normal flying, you got 5+ hours over the ocean to read up on company pages and theatre-specific info if you absolutely didn't prepare at all. Stop trying to make it sound like rocket surgery in order to make yourself feel better/ more skilled. Plenty of great and garbage pilots in every age bracket.

They're licensed. They have the experience. Don't stress it.