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11-19-2021 | 08:36 AM
#31
Line Holder
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From: 737 FO
What would you call it when a corporation knows it can't cover the schedule it published without working people on their days off, and then does it anyway?
11-19-2021 | 06:21 PM
#32
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And tell them you aren't stepping foot on property without a seniority number. Because until they do that, they are spinning their wheels.
11-19-2021 | 09:51 PM
#33
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11-20-2021 | 05:26 AM
#34
Furloughed Again?!
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Boeing 737
I did find it funny that they were having a discussion about normalization of deviance in a building with signs everywhere that say 'wearing a mask is required' but where nobody was wearing a mask. 
11-20-2021 | 05:33 AM
#35
Spikes the Koolaid
Joined: Jul 2015
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From: 737
. VNAV=that's just how the system works. Scheduling meltdowns=that's just a one time occurrence. Manuals suck=manuals and the FAA are complicated, you wouldn't understand despite having worked at multiple airlines where manuals didn't suck. Unable to be on time=Continue to let ground ops take care of it. Tech debt=swa is unique so we can't use programs that every other airline uses. 1980s contract language=the language we've had in there hasn't hurt us yet, TFP is unique and different because we're swa!The list goes on and on, but I agree with the company that none of those things I mentioned are nearly as dangerous as us saying "nines and twos". (/sarcasm)
11-20-2021 | 05:51 AM
#36
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From: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
this company's motto should be "normalization of drift" (they even had to out-do nasa and find a better term 🙄. VNAV=that's just how the system works. Scheduling meltdowns=that's just a one time occurrence. Manuals suck=manuals and the FAA are complicated, you wouldn't understand despite having worked at multiple airlines where manuals didn't suck. Unable to be on time=Continue to let ground ops take care of it. Tech debt=swa is unique so we can't use programs that every other airline uses. 1980s contract language=the language we've had in there hasn't hurt us yet, TFP is unique and different because we're swa!
The list goes on and on, but I agree with the company that none of those things I mentioned are nearly as dangerous as us saying "nines and twos". (/sarcasm)
. VNAV=that's just how the system works. Scheduling meltdowns=that's just a one time occurrence. Manuals suck=manuals and the FAA are complicated, you wouldn't understand despite having worked at multiple airlines where manuals didn't suck. Unable to be on time=Continue to let ground ops take care of it. Tech debt=swa is unique so we can't use programs that every other airline uses. 1980s contract language=the language we've had in there hasn't hurt us yet, TFP is unique and different because we're swa!The list goes on and on, but I agree with the company that none of those things I mentioned are nearly as dangerous as us saying "nines and twos". (/sarcasm)
11-20-2021 | 08:39 AM
#38
Furloughed Again?!
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From: Boeing 737
I was corrected because before I started reading a checklist, I would state the name of the checklist I was about to begin reading.
So if the Captain said "before start originating checklist" I would repeat, "Before start originating checklist... logbook.."
That was apparently worth a debrief after we were done.
Naturally, being a believer in safety I thanked him for correcting me and said I'll work to correct it.
11-20-2021 | 08:44 AM
#39
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I hope the Air Force F-15 Kernal that designed this year's training steps on a Lego.
What a waste of 3 precious days. They have the opportunity once a year to bring us in and really make a difference and they wasted it on discussing proper call out verbiage and north face jackets.
And yeah, the company who, by all accounts, is perfectly imitating Morton Thiakol lecturing us?! That's pretty rich.
What a waste of 3 precious days. They have the opportunity once a year to bring us in and really make a difference and they wasted it on discussing proper call out verbiage and north face jackets.
And yeah, the company who, by all accounts, is perfectly imitating Morton Thiakol lecturing us?! That's pretty rich.
