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Originally Posted by VIRotate (Post 2977869)

It wasn’t meant to come off as I don’t look at notams. Sorry if it did. I don’t mark closed taxiways though. Never have. IMO that's just your own technique. I make a mental note and use the MKI eyeball. Unless it’s an airport I’m unfamiliar with like I said.

Its not a technique, it’s policy. Read your FOM and spend a little less time on APC.

Discuss your logic with your IOE instructors and see what they think

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Originally Posted by Halon1211 (Post 2977872)

lets hope we never fly together...not reading a closed taxiway NOTAM because there is a control tower is a false sense of security.

If you are coming into land and it’s snowing and you turn off the runway before tower gives you instructions and you turn off into a closed taxiway (just because a taxiway is closed doesn’t mean it will barricaded) you just made a violation. I have heard of people being violated for this. Just one example.

Your probably the kinda of person I hear on the radio ask for the ILS to a runway at the last minute and the control says “it’s NOTAMED out of service” then there’s an awkward silence.

Ah we’d get along great! But you’re right guys. Always room for self improvement especially for safety. Thanks for the insight. I’ll take a closer look at the FOM.

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Originally Posted by Macjet (Post 2976941)

You must be the guy who always misses things that I thankfully found and corrected. The professionalism of our FO's is abysmal. I love flying 1.5 pilot.

I haven't found that to be the case.

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Notices to Airmen... if you a women are they still valid?

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Originally Posted by Macjet (Post 2976941)

You must be the guy who always misses things that I thankfully found and corrected. The professionalism of our FO's is abysmal. I love flying 1.5 pilot.

This sounds like something one of our infamous DFW guys has said before.... followed by “why am I always flying with reserve FO’s?”

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Originally Posted by FlyGuy2002 (Post 2989787)

Notices to Airmen... if you a women are they still valid?

I identify a non-binary, gender X. Where are my notices?

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Originally Posted by Omniscient (Post 2989901)

I identify a non-binary, gender X. Where are my notices?

Better recheck those FLL notams that you already checked 3 hours ago when you left... honestly it’s like watching Fox News and MSNBC on here have a discussion. Do you think I read through every unlit tower and mark it on my iPad every time I go into Chicago? No. Do I scan through them to see if there’s anything runway or approach specific? Sure. The really pertinent safety related stuff is in the ATIS anyways. If you taxi over cones and flashers because you didn’t read the notams about a taxiway closure or you land on a closed runway because you didn’t read them you’re the weak link not to FO for not telling you.

Most of you guys spouting off on here need to take it easy. This job isn’t that hard. Take the stick out of your butt, find the strengths of your FOs, buy a few beers and an appetizer on the overnight, and do a good job without being an unbearable wanker and you’ll be just fine. Know the pertinent info and fly the airplane safely. No need to start bashing FOs and Captains and ruining CRM when 99% of ours do a great job. This forum may be anonymous but I don’t want the FOs that I’m working with me to show up thinking all our captains are like this.

I can’t think of another profession where we bash and partake in name calling of our fellow colleagues on a public web forum....

doctors, CEO’s, lawyers...just don’t think they do that.