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If they want us to check in at the FPA, thats fine. But in the last 2 months as a lineholder, I've never, ever flown with the same Captain for an entire trip. I've normally seen 2-3 and even as many as 4 different guys on a 4 day trip. I'm starting to think its me??
In over a dozen years I've never met, been told to meet by a captain, or told to meet an FO in the planning room. On the 737. It isn't practical or doable. If they want to enforce this rule on the narrow body fleet with different pilot pairing on each of the four legs that day with 45 min between flights then they'll see their off the gate times plummet. Fine.Originally Posted by pilotgolfer
As far as the one hour prior thing of meeting in Ops. I was told that made it into the FOM because a mgt pilot flew a line trip and couldn't figure out why he was all alone in the FPA at show time. I don't have much time at either carrier, but the only time I was critiqued on the L-UAL side for not waiting around OPs for the Captain...came from a new Captain who was coming off a widebody. That was the norm for the larger planes to brief everything to death and disect every little notam. It was not the norm on the NB fleet. If the weather was bad...who cares...you were still going. Put on more gas.If they want us to check in at the FPA, thats fine. But in the last 2 months as a lineholder, I've never, ever flown with the same Captain for an entire trip. I've normally seen 2-3 and even as many as 4 different guys on a 4 day trip. I'm starting to think its me??
Have you notice the difference in FPAs? LUAL has tables, where pilots sit, go over the paperwork, establish a rapport (the start of CRM). LCAL removed tables a long time ago, drywalled that space off, and made it a break room for any non-pilot group.