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jynxyjoe

jynxyjoe

Queso King
If you see a Mesaba CRJ-900 parked at a gas station looking for directions it's probably my fault because I screwed the FMS up.

Starting IOE today. Hope it's more eventful than the Sim. Missing my left seat but looking forward to trying out Trip7's, supposed, "jet world". I don't know if the jet and world are supposed to be capitalized when I write that, or if I should be genuflecting.

Debating: should I bring my clipboard and scarf? I don't really know this IOE instructor, I'm thinking I'll wait till I get back down here to MEM before I flip a bitch on the epaulets and wear the shades on my head.
 
jynxyjoe said:
Debating: should I bring my clipboard and scarf? I don't really know this IOE instructor, I'm thinking I'll wait till I get back down here to MEM before I flip a bitch on the epaulets and wear the shades on my head.
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Go with the scarf and a monocle. Carry an unlit cigarette in a lengthy gold plate holder and gesture with it. Affect some sort of accent but mumble so you are unintelligible and laugh heartily at the end of the mumbled sentence. Refer to the airplane as a 'kite'. That should do it.
 
Thanks everyone. I'll keep a running diary.

BTW, they've got us up at some rock star hotel. Apparently 10 hour duty days and 3 legs are too much for jet FO's so they brought me up a day early to stay in a hotel with a, I swear to God, leather ottoman in the room. There is a LCD TV next to me, that if it were to fall on me, it would kill me. If anyone is invested in Delta, sell now. They are trying to go bankrupt.
 
Orange Anchor said:
Go with the scarf and a monocle. Carry an unlit cigarette in a lengthy gold plate holder and gesture with it. Affect some sort of accent but mumble so you are unintelligible and laugh heartily at the end of the mumbled sentence. Refer to the airplane as a 'kite'. That should do it.
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You have just described Keith Richards as an RAF pilot...
 
jynxyjoe said:
Thanks everyone. I'll keep a running diary.

BTW, they've got us up at some rock star hotel. Apparently 10 hour duty days and 3 legs are too much for jet FO's so they brought me up a day early to stay in a hotel with a, I swear to God, leather ottoman in the room. There is a LCD TV next to me, that if it were to fall on me, it would kill me. If anyone is invested in Delta, sell now. They are trying to go bankrupt.
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That's how we jet pilots roll.

Just remember... you can't always slow down and go down at the same time now.
 
I'm a little tipsy but I don't feel like a congratz is in order because it sounds as if you were downgraded. At least you have a job though? IDK is this the correct response to this thread? :beer:
 
In COS for the night.

Today's summary of IOE:
I forgot how easy FO's have it.


The jet is fine, the flying is fine. I had my first "crew meal" (left over first class) and that was the highlight. Energy management would be a problem, i suppose, if it wasn't for the trend vector and all the FMS crap.

I don't know, so far it's just another airplane. The tires are surprisingly big, and it takes FOREVER to get everyone off the plane. The Lav is nicer.

By the way, this stupid hotel charges you money to use the fridge. Seriously? I bring my food with me to save money. Ice is in the sink, no biggy, just surprising... and infuriating. Hotel issue form? Nah.
 
jynxyjoe said:
If you see a Mesaba CRJ-900 parked at a gas station looking for directions it's probably my fault because I screwed the FMS up.

Starting IOE today. Hope it's more eventful than the Sim. Missing my left seat but looking forward to trying out Trip7's, supposed, "jet world". I don't know if the jet and world are supposed to be capitalized when I write that, or if I should be genuflecting.

Debating: should I bring my clipboard and scarf? I don't really know this IOE instructor, I'm thinking I'll wait till I get back down here to MEM before I flip a bitch on the epaulets and wear the shades on my head.
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Congrats on flying the jet! Just remember to turn your epaulettes around so everyone knows you fly the "9"!
 
Boris Badenov said:
I fear that there's a story behind this.
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Well a couple of our -900 FO's thought they were better than the Saab and -200 FO's so they started turning their stripes around. It wasn't very many of them, but their own pilot group (us) shunned them pretty bad online. Furthermore, a couple Saab FO's in Memphis decided to have even more fun at their expense and walked around to Lennys and Poppeys telling everyone they were on the -900.

Also, we've had some rather dumb FO's tell DC-9 guys that "I'm on the -9", to which the DC-9 captain or FO said something along lines of "Son I fly the -9, you fly the -900".

The stories have been very entertaining, but it's only been because of 4 or 5 guys from one class at Mesaba.
 
jynxyjoe said:
Also, we've had some rather dumb FO's tell DC-9 guys that "I'm on the -9".
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Yeah -- as a former DC9 driver I would find this profoundly offensive. Not because there's anything wrong with the CRJ-900, but because the CRJ (and ERJ, and 170, 190, etc) have literally become "replacement jets" as hundreds of narrowbody mainline metal has been parked in the desert -- along with their associated jobs. (high paying jobs with good benefits)

I don't anticipate Joe will have any problem with an RJ sized ego. Shiny-jet syndrome just doesn't seem to be in his DNA.

<shaking head> Kids today. <grumble>
 
jynxyjoe said:
Well a couple of our -900 FO's thought they were better than the Saab and -200 FO's so they started turning their stripes around.
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Wow.

Did they ever explain what they hoped to accomplish? I mean, it's douchy to think that anyone cares what you fly in the first place, but even to a Riddle Ace, I would think mutilating your uniform to point out how awesome you are would seem perhaps not the #1 strategy. PS. I'm totally writing "Mu-2 Driver" on my shirt in sharpee.

"See that guy over there? Yeah, him. Yeah, dude, he flies the -900!" "Wow!"
 
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