ZapBrannigan
If it ain’t a Boeing, I’m not going. No choice.
Here’s one for the peanut gallery.
FO doesn’t show up until halfway through boarding. Thinking he had a late parking lot van, or there was traffic, or he got stuck at security, I did the walk around for him (I swap walk arounds anyway). I program the box. The whole enchilada. I finish both of our jobs, brief the FAs, etc.
He shows up halfway through boarding. No apology. No excuse or explanation (he parked in the terminal garage and did not get randomed at security), and no appreciation for the guy who did what is traditionally his job for him. He told me he was in the lounge having coffee and he doesn’t typically show up until 30 minutes prior to departure (he missed that by atround 10 minutes), because there isn’t typically an agent to let him down to the airplane until then.
Rest of the day went fine.. he flies fine, does good work in the cockpit, and is off probation.
If I were him I would have been mortified if I showed up and boarding had already started, I would have apologized and made an effort to prove to the other pilot that I’m a team player. But I’ve learned from having a teenager that not everyone does things like I do.
FO doesn’t show up until halfway through boarding. Thinking he had a late parking lot van, or there was traffic, or he got stuck at security, I did the walk around for him (I swap walk arounds anyway). I program the box. The whole enchilada. I finish both of our jobs, brief the FAs, etc.
He shows up halfway through boarding. No apology. No excuse or explanation (he parked in the terminal garage and did not get randomed at security), and no appreciation for the guy who did what is traditionally his job for him. He told me he was in the lounge having coffee and he doesn’t typically show up until 30 minutes prior to departure (he missed that by atround 10 minutes), because there isn’t typically an agent to let him down to the airplane until then.
Rest of the day went fine.. he flies fine, does good work in the cockpit, and is off probation.
If I were him I would have been mortified if I showed up and boarding had already started, I would have apologized and made an effort to prove to the other pilot that I’m a team player. But I’ve learned from having a teenager that not everyone does things like I do.