A wise man once told me that "you can only be the captain of one airplane at one time." You dont know what was going on up there nor is it your place to ask. Fly your airplane safely.
Absolutely correct. Now, I wasn't riding in CalCapt's flight deck, but if I had the fuel, I might have even gone around before the tower directed it. Why? I get paid by the minute and every missed approach is worth about $100 extra dollars on my paycheck.
Thats what happens when a company is run by non-union scabs. I presume the same for VX and their shiney uniforms (I saw a crew of theirs at LAS the other day. They look "trendy".)
I think you'll find the answer to your premise later in this multi-quote. PCL_128 nailed it.
The FAs look like tomatoes...
Think like tomatoes, too! LOL!
I just went on to tell him that he has no place as one of the newest and most junoir pilot groups out there to call on us....I then closed with, "Try getting taken over by UA or DL then get back to me...." I'm not saying this tool bag represents B6, but it's typical scab manner.
Not so much scab, I think than SJS. Guys who eagerly jump on the B6/VX/AGT/SX bandwagons are just looking for an early upgrade to an Airbus/MD-80 left seat. And they're quite willing to work for substandard wages to get there.
What they don't appreciate is that by doing so, they stab every other pilot (particularly Unionized ones) in the back. They lower the bar by demonstrating to our managers what pay rate they can get pilots to fly for.
What amazes ME is that these throat slashers then turn around and want to use our jumpseats to get to and from work without batting an eye. Why? Because they're pilots and think the "brotherhood of the air" owes them a free ride.
Sorry, slick. Cut my throat and you can find another way to work. You want to ride my jet, BUY A TICKET.
They look like something out of Starship Troopers. Ridiculous.
I loved Starship Troopers. Especially when the Brain Bug sucks people's brains out. Its sort of the same feeling I get when I fly a 4 day trip!
...however, that authority should not spill over into playing games with other aircraft or being so caught up in yourself that you fail to realize there are other aircraft operating around you.
Absolutely. The technical term is situational awareness.
The whole point of this thread was to remind others not to knowingly put other aircraft in a similar situation if you have the option not to do so.
Once again, absolutely correct. I believe we have the responsibility as Captains not only to operate our aircraft safely, but for the small bit of the NAS we're currently occupying. If you NEED the whole runway, use it. However, if you get in the habit of USING the whole thing when you don't need it, one of these days you're going to draw one where the braking action is NIL at the end. Then, when you're off in the weeds how is "Well its Company policy to save on brake wear" going to sound at the NTSB hearing, especially if someone gets hurt?
Are they worse or better than the SkyBus uniforms?
Hesitant as I am to say ANYTHING complimentary about SX, their unis were head and shoulders above the "Johnny Cash" VX unis.
I'm saying it's a crappy practice and it's also one that nobody can control but the JB pilots themselves. And if profit sharing is indeed involved, I doubt it will change. And until it does, the rest of us just have to adapt. Potentially screwing up the inbound flow of traffic.
I'm sure we've often wondered why LUV gets "preferential" handling. I talked to an ATC specialist once on that topic. He said, "Well, we know that if we have a small hole, we can ask Southwest to do whatever is necessary to fill it."
Likewise, I had another ATC guy tell me about the MULE program.
Make
United
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Everytime. Why? Because United pilots have a bad habit of not answering ATC radio calls on the first try. Listen for it...its pretty true.
This is a perfect example of how things like profit sharing instead of base compensation negatively affect safety.
Right on! Just like when 27 B6 pilots participated in an unsanctioned "test" of flying transcon turns with passengers aboard violating the 8 in 24 rule. Another case of SJS screwing the rest of us. They wanted a waiver so they could get over the magic 70 hours and kick in their time and a half pay rate earlier in the month. Why? To compensate for their low Captain rate of pay.
Of course, now that UA, LCC and to a lesser extent DL have used the bankruptcy court to lower their pilot's wages to the B6 rate, B6 isn't looking that bad. How are we
AND B6 going to feel when the next round of cuts lowers the narrowbody Captain rate to VX's $95 an hour?
The giant sucking sound continues...