Pilot Error to Blame in PHL Aborted T/O

jtrain609 said:
I hope Airbus captain goes junior and you end up bidding it.
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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll........in the interest of 'what I say online I say/do in person' I am seriously thinking of bidding the Airbus after April. I would be about 50% in base on the Airbus bidding compared to 80% on the 737.

I would also bid the Airbus Captain if that is more junior and I can hold much quicker compared to 737 Captain.
 
Seggy said:
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll........in the interest of 'what I say online I say/do in person' I am seriously thinking of bidding the Airbus after April. I would be about 50% in base on the Airbus bidding compared to 80% on the 737.
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Seggy said:
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll........in the interest of 'what I say online I say/do in person' I am seriously thinking of bidding the Airbus after April. I would be about 50% in base on the Airbus bidding compared to 80% on the 737.

I would also bid the Airbus Captain if that is more junior and I can hold much quicker compared to 737 Captain.
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When did they open an Airbus category in town?
 
Seggy said:
No idea, I think two years?
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Why such a large disparity between the 320 and 737 in the same base?

People not just wise up to the 320 being so junior yet? Or is the flying it does undesirable for some reason? I can't imagine the pay difference is that much.
 
Nick said:
Why such a large disparity between the 320 and 737 in the same base?

People not just wise up to the 320 being so junior yet? Or is the flying it does undesirable for some reason? I can't imagine the pay difference is that much.
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Good questions.

The Airbus in IAH was VERY popular with the L-UAL folks, but a small base of only about 60 and the 737 in IAH VERY popular with the L-CAL folks including the senior ones and had about 600. Today I flew with the number 2 guy in base on the 737 (can hold anything system wide but the 747) and he was a 1981 hire (upgraded a month after he was hired) at People's Express. The L-CAL folks on the 737 FO list are pretty much doing the same thing they were on the airplane pre-SLI (it was a base of about 600 on the FO list alone at the SLI) and the bottom 20% is the new hires. Both the flying on the Airbus and 737 (actually all the flying on all fleet types) in IAH is excellent.

So, now we are a year post SLI and crew planning is starting to shift flying around a little bit but they don't want to displace as it is mucho $$$$$$$. They are adding about 100 FO positions on the Airbus in IAH so as the L-CAL folks are doing the same thing on the 737 they were pre-SLI and don't really have a reason to move, the L-UAL folks are moving to some of the additional wide body FO slots around the system and upgrading to Captain on the 737, the Airbus in IAH all of a sudden got REALLY junior.

Yes, it does pay the same and the trips are similar.

My theory to answer your questions.

Truth be told, I will probably stay put on the 737 (we are getting a new one like every 10 days for the next 10 years) as the fleet is growing, provides an unbelievable amount of flexibility in the trips and wide variety of places to go from YYT to OGG out of the IAH base, and I don't feel like being an airplane chaser with the young kid(s) at home. I bid reserve last month and this month to get the holidays off and the QOL (at this point) is great on the 737. I don't see that changing drastically, but if does, will probably make a move to something else. Crew planning is still trying to tweak a lot of flying post merger (they announced they are upgrading a lot of the thinner European routes under L-CAL to wide bodies which is fantastic news) and don't want to make a decision based upon one data point as the QOL isn't that bad (so far) being 80% in such a large base. I could see the 757/767 base grow in a year and may make a move to that as well although that would also pay the same (thank you how we have pay set up here) as the 737.
 
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Baronman said:
Note to self.
1- Remember to set the flex temp.
2. Follow the screen instructions. Set Toga in case I forget step 1.
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As the Compassians say it, "check the boxed ten..."

Derg said:
Correct, just like a 76.

The plane will basically inhibit most nuisance ECAMS and lights through various phases except for the important stuff.
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The 175 is built the same way, but I would have to look and see where ENG TLA NOT TOGA starts to be inhibited. It's actually "important" since a lot of the airplane's logic (ATTCS!) depends on the thrust levers being in the detent.

Seggy said:
See why I think Boeing (even the 737) is FAAAAAAAR superior?
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You've never flown an E-Jet. Holy cow, man. Even my cables and bellcranks, "if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" father thinks it's cool. ;)
 
Autothrust Blue said:
You've never flown an E-Jet. Holy cow, man. Even my cables and bellcranks, "if it ain't Boeing, I ain't going" father thinks it's cool. ;)
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I've spent enough time in the jumpseats of the E-170/E-190 to know it's nothing special. A lot of borrowed stuff from the Airbus and 777.

Just out of curiosity how did SAPA handle the pay for that thing?
 
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Autothrust Blue said:
The 175 is built the same way, but I would have to look and see where ENG TLA NOT TOGA starts to be inhibited. It's actually "important" since a lot of the airplane's logic (ATTCS!) depends on the thrust levers being in the detent.
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ENG TLA NOT TOGA is actually "inhibited" below 60 kts IAS. You will only get the message if the auto throttles go into HOLD mode with the thrust levers not at TOGA.

If we get the message, our published procedure is to simply advance the thrust levers to the TOGA position and continue.
 
Seggy said:
I've spent enough time in the jumpseats of the E-170/E-190 to know it's nothing special. A lot of borrowed stuff from the Airbus and 777.

Just out of curiosity how did SAPA handle the pay for that thing?
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We basically got the -900 rate for it. It's actually a considerable raise for anyone coming from any of the SkiDoo Jets, because all soft time on the CRJ(-2/-7/-9) is paid at CRJ-200 rates, while all the soft time on the E175 is paid at, um, the 175 rate.

If you want my opinion as to how SAPA themselves handled it, you're going to have to buy me a beer first.

It's not quite raining Benjamins on me, but I'm also not terribly dissatisfied with what I'm making to fly the thing either. (My pay rate is in excess of that of Republic and Compass if the tables at Angry Pilot Central are to be believed.)

jtrain609 said:
Compass says what?
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"Verify and update, if necessary, ..." - the boxed items on your checklist for a runway change. I don't remember if it's actually ten items, but there's a box involved.

ctab5060X said:
ENG TLA NOT TOGA is actually "inhibited" below 60 kts IAS. You will only get the message if the auto throttles go into HOLD mode with the thrust levers not at TOGA.

If we get the message, our published procedure is to simply advance the thrust levers to the TOGA position and continue.
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Right on, thanks. We don't have that as our published 'procedure' but I would consider that one 'correcting the obvious.'
 
Autothrust Blue said:
We basically got the -900 rate for it. It's actually a considerable raise for anyone coming from any of the SkiDoo Jets, because all soft time on the CRJ(-2/-7/-9) is paid at CRJ-200 rates, while all the soft time on the E175 is paid at, um, the 175 rate.

If you want my opinion as to how SAPA themselves handled it, you're going to have to buy me a beer first.
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Thanks.

I think we are on the same page with the new SAPA regime....
 
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