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07-30-2019, 10:06 AM
#61
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Originally Posted by rightside02
Agree , just ask the (new to the Airbus) captain first trip off OE that lost an engine in pour weather also with a brand new FO. Also did a go around on the first attempted landing .(uncertain of why on the last part)
07-30-2019, 12:30 PM
#62
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Originally Posted by rightside02
Agree , just ask the (new to the Airbus) captain first trip off OE that lost an engine in pour weather also with a brand new FO. Also did a go around on the first attempted landing .(uncertain of why on the last part)
07-31-2019, 03:40 AM
#64
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Posts: 621
Originally Posted by Aquaticus
As a new captain your also finding your feet as a leader and your first couple trips off ioe are usually Murphy's law in action. Flying is the easy part compared to the odd drama that comes up. When your stressed, late, and all these external forces are pushing you to go faster faster ...
The number of hours is arbitrary but it is a big job and anything that gives a buffer should be welcomed IMO. The adding distance to minimums is dumb but I see it as them recognizing a situation that takes skill to do tactfully.
The number of hours is arbitrary but it is a big job and anything that gives a buffer should be welcomed IMO. The adding distance to minimums is dumb but I see it as them recognizing a situation that takes skill to do tactfully.
If the increase in minimums were only a dispatch issue, then sure, it makes sense to increase mins. However, once airborne, it is completely nonsensical and counter to safety. While a new Captain has a lot to learn, flying a cat III autoland isn’t one of them. Much more tasking on a new captain to force them to hold/divert for low visibility then to have them just shoot an approach that they have recently practiced in the sim a dozen or so times.
If you want to task saturate a new captain, fly him to houston and force him to go around because he is high mins. Then put him in a hold so he can calculate bingo fuel, contact dispatch, and then divert to Austin. I would much rather shot the approach that I had been trained to fly.
07-31-2019, 08:05 AM
#67
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Joined APC: May 2007
Position: A320 Captain
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Originally Posted by CALFO
If you want to task saturate a new captain, fly him to houston and force him to go around because he is high mins. Then put him in a hold so he can calculate bingo fuel, contact dispatch, and then divert to Austin. I would much rather shot the approach that I had been trained to fly.
07-31-2019, 09:27 AM
#68
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Joined APC: Feb 2018
Position: B-737 Captain
Posts: 649
Originally Posted by KonaJoe
Late 2015 early 2016.
07-31-2019, 11:59 AM
#70
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Position: On "Some Beach"
Posts: 175
Originally Posted by guppie
How can y'all tell? The $#$@ seniority list doesn't have a DOH!! WTH? How silly is that. The CCS staffing report doesn't have DOH, either. Not even the United Seniority Progression website. I'm at a loss.
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