DCA - Airbus or 737?
06-07-2020 | 11:34 AM
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06-07-2020 | 03:47 PM
#33
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I would say the 737 FO position has to be the hardest working one at this company. The level of automation, and the lack of it when you compare the two, is quite comical.
Let's say you are flying out of Vegas next month, middle of the afternoon with a heavy, bleeds off takeoff. There are about 17 steps the FO on the 73 has to do to make that happen. On the bus? It's negative 1 step. That's right, all you have to do is forget to turn off the APU.
Yes, some of our older busses are getting louder, but just the noise level differences really add up when it comes to fatigue. Or having room for two jumpseats? I could go on, but then more people would want to take my (soon to be furloughed) seat.
Let's say you are flying out of Vegas next month, middle of the afternoon with a heavy, bleeds off takeoff. There are about 17 steps the FO on the 73 has to do to make that happen. On the bus? It's negative 1 step. That's right, all you have to do is forget to turn off the APU.
Yes, some of our older busses are getting louder, but just the noise level differences really add up when it comes to fatigue. Or having room for two jumpseats? I could go on, but then more people would want to take my (soon to be furloughed) seat.
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06-08-2020 | 05:37 AM
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I would say the 737 FO position has to be the hardest working one at this company. The level of automation, and the lack of it when you compare the two, is quite comical.
Let's say you are flying out of Vegas next month, middle of the afternoon with a heavy, bleeds off takeoff. There are about 17 steps the FO on the 73 has to do to make that happen. On the bus? It's negative 1 step. That's right, all you have to do is forget to turn off the APU.
Yes, some of our older busses are getting louder, but just the noise level differences really add up when it comes to fatigue. Or having room for two jumpseats? I could go on, but then more people would want to take my (soon to be furloughed) seat.
Let's say you are flying out of Vegas next month, middle of the afternoon with a heavy, bleeds off takeoff. There are about 17 steps the FO on the 73 has to do to make that happen. On the bus? It's negative 1 step. That's right, all you have to do is forget to turn off the APU.
Yes, some of our older busses are getting louder, but just the noise level differences really add up when it comes to fatigue. Or having room for two jumpseats? I could go on, but then more people would want to take my (soon to be furloughed) seat.
06-08-2020 | 07:22 AM
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06-08-2020 | 07:48 AM
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.....What is an electrically powered seat worth? After wearing my nice new watch in the 320 with no problems for over a year, I scratched the crap out of it the first week flying the 737 and switched back to my $20 casio after that. Multiply that times 20 minor annoyances between the two. I wouldn't commute to fly the 320 if I could live in base and fly the 737, but at the same base I'd be hard pressed to choose the 737.
06-08-2020 | 07:52 AM
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With potentially thousands of people about to lose their jobs and thousands more having their lives turned upside down, maybe asking about which Captain seat to go to isn't the most appropriate thing to be posting here. If you are a left seat anything and have the seniority to go left seat on the guppy, you have been around long enough to have flown/jumpseated on fifi and the guppy and should know all you need to know without throwing salt into open wounds. Have some couth
06-08-2020 | 08:06 AM
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With potentially thousands of people about to lose their jobs and thousands more having their lives turned upside down, maybe asking about which Captain seat to go to isn't the most appropriate thing to be posting here. If you are a left seat anything and have the seniority to go left seat on the guppy, you have been around long enough to have flown/jumpseated on fifi and the guppy and should know all you need to know without throwing salt into open wounds. Have some couth
06-08-2020 | 09:17 AM
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With potentially thousands of people about to lose their jobs and thousands more having their lives turned upside down, maybe asking about which Captain seat to go to isn't the most appropriate thing to be posting here. If you are a left seat anything and have the seniority to go left seat on the guppy, you have been around long enough to have flown/jumpseated on fifi and the guppy and should know all you need to know without throwing salt into open wounds. Have some couth
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