caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot lounge?

[contactground.9]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

Too bad Duncan just laid off a bunch of people..

 

[TXaviator]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

well, extending my story on out.... the 'wiseguy' lineman who wanted to crack on me for sleeping in the pilots lounge at 0300, he also was the first to pass on the idea of driving me over to my hotel a couple blocks away....

the guy who did offer to drive me, and also stopped at a convenience store for me to get cigs and redbull, earned a 10 spot from me for his understanding attitude and willingness to help.

im still astounded that ANY employee at the facility would think its ok to belittle customers...

 

[screennamie]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

Were you snoring? Current line guy myself. He was prolly just giving you a hard time for the sake of it.

 

[jrh]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

Too bad Duncan just laid off a bunch of people..

I'm not sure, but I think the layoffs were only on the maintenance side of the company. I think their line service department is doing ok.

 

[Stomp16]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

I have had pretty good Luck with Duncan Aviation people in KBTL and Lincoln, NE

Duncan is a really top notch organization.

I will third that. I stop at Duncan every time when in LNK. Very professional and speedy. Always have a courtesy car ready to go and are very attentive to any need you may have.

 

[RICHARD5]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

im still astounded that ANY employee at the facility would think its ok to belittle customers...

That's because you have the gall to hold to a minimum standard. See, you're the problem.

Customer service aint nearly what it should be but beware to he who dares to point that out.

 

[RICHARD5]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

I was a line guy for 10 years, and I was amazed at how stupid some pilots are.

Examples:

1. Totally ignoring my marshaling instructions and running your King Air's wingtip into a fence, then trying to blame me
2. Not paying attention to my marshaling instructions and ending up in a position blocking the whole ramp then yelling at me for being an idiot.
3. Acting like you are the most important person on the ramp when there are about 15 other airplanes, and expecting instant service. It won't hurt you to get your own ice, especially when you are standing right next to the ice machine.
4. Not calling ahead of time with a pull up time, then bitching when it takes longer than 5 min to have your airplane up front.
5. Throwing a temper tantrum when we won't fuel your airplane in the middle of a level 5 thunderstorm.
6. Not opening the scissor valve on the pull out lav in your brand new Citation Encore, then not even saying thank you, let alone tip me, after I clean the mess up and give you Lav 101.

Now that I am a line pilot, I try to treat the line guys with respect, cause I was in their shoes for a long time. I fly with people like JRH that treat the line guys like scum, then bitch about the service. Well maybe if you treated them with respect, and gave them the benefit of the doubt, you might get better service.

I kept a list in my head of the a-holes, and lets just say I didn't go the extra mile for them. I DID go the extra mile for the guys that treated me well, and even tipped now and then.

I'd say you still have your knickers in a twist.

How about this:

--your idea of marshalling will result in an incident for which the pilot will take the rap.

--don't get all snooty with me because I saw that your 'marshalling' was gonna' ground my plane and that King Air so I decided to do my own parking. And you didn't seem at all interested when I tried to calmly and privately talk with you about how fragile wing tips are yet the are so important.

--when I said Jet A I meant it, no matter what you thought the insignia on the meant meant.

--when I said, Don't touch the wings, I'll tie-down myself, you surprised me by acting like a whiney bitch feeling dissed. Hey, this is an expensive ragwing, OKAY?

--when I accepted your offer to drive me out to the ramp but then I said, Please don't try to bring the golf cart under the wing, you acted so put out. And you drove into the wing! And you ing tried to pawn it off when you said, That's why you have insurance!

--when I said you can't tug this aircraft in that tight of a turn you acted like I was belittling you. Yet you did it anyway because you thought I wasn't looking. But more so, you thought I was just being uppity.

--and my favorite which repeats too often:
"How many gallons?"
"What you told me."
(Repeat the question.)
(Response is a quantity more than I said.)
"Now I'm overweight."
"But you can fly farther without refueling, right?"
"Grrrrrrrrrr."
"Hey, what's your problem?"


Yeah, everyone of these I had the pleasure to endure. I swear, I'm gonna' knock a lineman on his ass someday.

 

[Bandit_Driver]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

Too bad Duncan just laid off a bunch of people..

Sad to hear that...

 

[trafficinsight]

Re: caught flak for sleeping in a.... snoozeroom/pilot loung

I'd say you still have your knickers in a twist.

How about this:

--your idea of marshalling will result in an incident for which the pilot will take the rap.

--don't get all snooty with me because I saw that your 'marshalling' was gonna' ground my plane and that King Air so I decided to do my own parking. And you didn't seem at all interested when I tried to calmly and privately talk with you about how fragile wing tips are yet the are so important.

--when I said Jet A I meant it, no matter what you thought the insignia on the meant meant.

--when I said, Don't touch the wings, I'll tie-down myself, you surprised me by acting like a whiney bitch feeling dissed. Hey, this is an expensive ragwing, OKAY?

--when I accepted your offer to drive me out to the ramp but then I said, Please don't try to bring the golf cart under the wing, you acted so put out. And you drove into the wing! And you ing tried to pawn it off when you said, That's why you have insurance!

--when I said you can't tug this aircraft in that tight of a turn you acted like I was belittling you. Yet you did it anyway because you thought I wasn't looking. But more so, you thought I was just being uppity.

--and my favorite which repeats too often:
"How many gallons?"
"What you told me."
(Repeat the question.)
(Response is a quantity more than I said.)
"Now I'm overweight."
"But you can fly farther without refueling, right?"
"Grrrrrrrrrr."
"Hey, what's your problem?"


Yeah, everyone of these I had the pleasure to endure. I swear, I'm gonna' knock a lineman on his ass someday.

Did you actually say "Grrrrrrrrrr." to him?