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Old 06-30-2014 | 01:55 PM
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[QUOTE=Airhoss;1675146]
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You tell me in an earlier post that I need to "grow a pair" if I was to refuse a non APU airplane and that I don't belong in this industry for asking what a CAL guy will refuse a plane for, then come back with this? REALLY? Lets go back to your original reply. If I feel it is unsafe to take a no APU airplane you claim it's because I don't have the balls, how unbelievably adolescent and immature can you get? You the you go on to brag about your big sweaty, hairy, low hanging pair because "I flew turbine airplanes with no APU" BS!

This isn't about who's got the biggest balls and who is willing to take the greatest risks QUITE the opposite. It's about making sensible safe decisions even when some management weenie is pressuring you to go.

Now as far as the juvenile response to my comments on CRM which are very clearly written and right there in black and white and were predictably taken out of context, disregarding your crew wholesale is a CRM nightmare waiting to happen. let me copy it and put it in bold for thereading comprehension challenged people who somehow misread it. Here it is one more time for the slow people. "A captain who disregards his crew and takes an airplane with complete disregard for the concerns of his F/O is a complete CRM nightmare and an accident waiting to happen."

Having a disagreement with a crew member then coming to a logical safe conclusion obviously is not a CRM issue that is what CRM is all about. Leaving that F/O on the dock means to me that the F/O had some serious concerns that we are not hearing about here and the captain completely disregarded them. Until we have the whole unaltered story we won't know.
Well I got news. If the Captain wants to take an airplane and I don't agree I'm walking.

No one can force you to fly a jet you don't want to. Just get up and walk out.
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Old 06-30-2014 | 01:56 PM
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Since this thread has wandered from the original "throwing gas on embers theme" I'll comment with a useful experience. I had a 757 last summer with inop APU air. It was well over 90 outside and cabin was in the mid 80's when I got on 40 min before push and no pax on board yet. Ground air was on, but as anyone knows, ground air is worthless on a 757 in the south during summer. I approached my FO and F/A's and ramp superv. with a plan to which they agreed. I told the agent to collect every carry-on they might possibly need to gate check- and send them to the ramp. Once that was done, and the belly doors were closed, we started the left engine at the gate and boarded. Cost me like 18 minutes gas at idle, the temperature was comfortable and we got everyone to SFO within DOT. A little common sense and can do attitude made those passengers day, as opposed to taking the opportunity to shove it up mgt's &@#^$. So long as it is safe, I always like to look at these things as if I were riding in back to my granny's 90th birthday reunion.
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Old 06-30-2014 | 02:09 PM
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Well I got news. If the Captain wants to take an airplane and I don't agree I'm walking.

No one can force you to fly a jet you don't want to. Just get up and walk out.
Emacactically......
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Old 06-30-2014 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Airhoss

You tell me in an earlier post that I need to "grow a pair" if I was to refuse a non APU airplane and that I don't belong in this industry for asking what a CAL guy will refuse a plane for, then come back with this? REALLY? Lets go back to your original reply. If I feel it is unsafe to take a no APU airplane you claim it's because I don't have the balls, how unbelievably adolescent and immature can you get? You the you go on to brag about your big sweaty, hairy, low hanging pair because "I flew turbine airplanes with no APU" BS!

This isn't about who's got the biggest balls and who is willing to take the greatest risks QUITE the opposite. It's about making sensible safe decisions even when some management weenie is pressuring you to go.

Now as far as the juvenile response to my comments on CRM which are very clearly written and right there in black and white and were predictably taken out of context, disregarding your crew wholesale is a CRM nightmare waiting to happen. let me copy it and put it in bold for thereading comprehension challenged people who somehow misread it. Here it is one more time for the slow people. "A captain who disregards his crew and takes an airplane with complete disregard for the concerns of his F/O is a complete CRM nightmare and an accident waiting to happen."

Having a disagreement with a crew member then coming to a logical safe conclusion obviously is not a CRM issue that is what CRM is all about. Leaving that F/O on the dock means to me that the F/O had some serious concerns that we are not hearing about here and the captain completely disregarded them. Until we have the whole unaltered story we won't know.
You say that we dont have the story but conclude the FO was disregarded...makes sense.

Again, having "serious" concerns is meaningless. Doesn't make them legitimate or right. For the "stick it to management" crowd, no realistic level of safety is high enough.

And what is juvenile is to take a broad swipe at CAL CRM culture which you clearly know nothing about.
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Old 06-30-2014 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100
Since this thread has wandered from the original "throwing gas on embers theme" I'll comment with a useful experience. I had a 757 last summer with inop APU air. It was well over 90 outside and cabin was in the mid 80's when I got on 40 min before push and no pax on board yet. Ground air was on, but as anyone knows, ground air is worthless on a 757 in the south during summer. I approached my FO and F/A's and ramp superv. with a plan to which they agreed. I told the agent to collect every carry-on they might possibly need to gate check- and send them to the ramp. Once that was done, and the belly doors were closed, we started the left engine at the gate and boarded. Cost me like 18 minutes gas at idle, the temperature was comfortable and we got everyone to SFO within DOT. A little common sense and can do attitude made those passengers day, as opposed to taking the opportunity to shove it up mgt's &@#^$. So long as it is safe, I always like to look at these things as if I were riding in back to my granny's 90th birthday reunion.
Nothing wrong with that ^^^^^.
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Old 06-30-2014 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Knotcher
You say that we dont have the story but conclude the FO was disregarded...makes sense.

Again, having "serious" concerns is meaningless. Doesn't make them legitimate or right. For the "stick it to management" crowd, no realistic level of safety is high enough.

And what is juvenile is to take a broad swipe at CAL CRM culture which you clearly know nothing about.
Vs taking a broad swipe at UAL safety culture which you obviously know nothing about. Are we going to compare ball size now which seem to be of utmost importance when making a safety related decision here apparently?
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Old 06-30-2014 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BMEP100
Since this thread has wandered from the original "throwing gas on embers theme" I'll comment with a useful experience. I had a 757 last summer with inop APU air. It was well over 90 outside and cabin was in the mid 80's when I got on 40 min before push and no pax on board yet. Ground air was on, but as anyone knows, ground air is worthless on a 757 in the south during summer. I approached my FO and F/A's and ramp superv. with a plan to which they agreed. I told the agent to collect every carry-on they might possibly need to gate check- and send them to the ramp. Once that was done, and the belly doors were closed, we started the left engine at the gate and boarded. Cost me like 18 minutes gas at idle, the temperature was comfortable and we got everyone to SFO within DOT. A little common sense and can do attitude made those passengers day, as opposed to taking the opportunity to shove it up mgt's &@#^$. So long as it is safe, I always like to look at these things as if I were riding in back to my granny's 90th birthday reunion.
Good planning. I am hesitant about running an engine at the gate for a prolonged period of time though. All it takes is for one person to lose SA out on the ramp. Remember this? Not the first time, won't be the last.

LiveLeak.com - Engineer sucked into engine aftermath - Warning Graphic
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Old 06-30-2014 | 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by CousinEddie
Good planning. I am hesitant about running an engine at the gate for a prolonged period of time though. All it takes is for one person to lose SA out on the ramp. Remember this? Not the first time, won't be the last.

LiveLeak.com - Engineer sucked into engine aftermath - Warning Graphic
Thanks for the reference.

May he rest in peace. Could be a good reason to use a book procedure or at least a SOP to follow in these situations. And maybe something like not doing engine runs with pax onboard comes to mind.

What caught my eye was this comment "A spokeswoman said Monday's incident is not the first such accident. "It doesn't happen very often," spokeswoman Liz Verdier said. "It has happened in the past."
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Old 06-30-2014 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Moombabeach

You tell me in an earlier post that I need to "grow a pair" if I was to refuse a non APU airplane and that I don't belong in this industry for asking what a CAL guy will refuse a plane for, then come back with this? REALLY? Lets go back to your original reply. If I feel it is unsafe to take a no APU airplane you claim it's because I don't have the balls, how unbelievably adolescent and immature can you get? You then go on to brag about your big sweaty, hairy, low hanging pair because "I flew turbine airplanes with no APU" BS!

This isn't about who's got the biggest balls and who is willing to take the greatest risks QUITE the opposite. It's about making sensible safe decisions even when some management weenie is pressuring you to go.

Now as far as the juvenile response to my comments on CRM which are very clearly written and right there in black and white and were predictably taken out of context, disregarding your crew wholesale is a CRM nightmare waiting to happen. let me copy it and put it in bold for thereading comprehension challenged people who somehow misread it. Here it is one more time for the slow people. "A captain who disregards his crew and takes an airplane with complete disregard for the concerns of his F/O is a complete CRM nightmare and an accident waiting to happen."

Having a disagreement with a crew member then coming to a logical safe conclusion obviously is not a CRM issue that is what CRM is all about. Leaving that F/O on the dock means to me that the F/O had some serious concerns that we are not hearing about here and the captain completely disregarded them. Until we have the whole unaltered story we won't know.

You know that's not what I meant, and you know you meant to belittle CAL pilots, like you always do, inferring an inferior CAL guy would take any broken aircraft. Give it up, the mergers over we are all just airline pilots, nobody cares about the old UAL, it's gone....I don't disregard someone else's opinion when it's valid but this trying to f$@k the company stuff guys like you cling to has got to go, we have a contract, have a senority list, move on and DO your job, provide safe and excellent service and let the crap go......
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Old 07-01-2014 | 05:55 AM
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You know that's not what I meant,
No I don't know that's not what you meant because that is what you said! I'm not a mind reader and since there is no body language available with the written word I can't tell what meant to say verses what you wrote.

and you know you meant to belittle CAL pilots, like you always do, inferring an inferior CAL guy would take any broken aircraft.
Complete and total BS! Go back and read some of my stuff. I have defended and tried to talk sense into folks about this more often than not. But when I get attacked I fight back. You accuse me of needing to "grow a pair" and then try and dazzle me with your juvenile I flew a turbine no APU schtick. I'll happily return fire.

Don't make assumptions, don't attack me and I won't attack you. It's really that simple.
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