Hilarious Lego Airline satire video

BobDDuck said:
It seems to me that about 95% of all the stupid gotchas and verbage issues originate in departments that are full of people that never actually fly the line and as such all those above "real world" issues never happen to them so of course they have time to worry about pronunciation and phrasing.
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and @Richman
It's been in my experience that those that can't fly the way the company wants, to the T,/"just fly the airplane types" are also the same pilots filling out the most ASAPs/carpet dancing/don't like flying with.

You can comply with what the company wants just as easily as being a "just fly the airplane"/cowboy... Whatever I guess

Actually, not whatever. Pronunciation and phrasing DO matter. Especially in a critical situation.
 
UAL747400 said:
and @Richman
It's been in my experience that those that can't fly the way the company wants, to the T,/"just fly the airplane types" are also the same pilots filling out the most ASAPs/carpet dancing/don't like flying with.

You can comply with what the company wants just as easily as being a "just fly the airplane"/cowboy... Whatever I guess

Actually, not whatever. Pronunciation and phrasing DO matter. Especially in a critical situation.
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Hear that rumbling noise?

It's a whole flight of "you just missed the point" (the newest USAF acquisition) flying over your head.

I think most (ok, maybe many) people can fly the way the training/standards/whatever department dictates. That's why we all perform for line checks and feds. Sure, words mean things, but there are SO MANY other pressing issues that training departments could be addressing instead of phraseology. It's NOT something to get worked up over until every other major problem is solved, and I don't see that happening any time soon.
 
Eh, not really. Attention to the small things means there's attention being made to the big things.

Can't use a phrase correctly? Probably skimping on something that is a big deal...
 
UAL747400 said:
The statistics don't lie here and I highly doubt it's different anywhere else judging by what @PhilosopherPilot is saying. If you work EXACTLY like the company wants, you're just not as likely to have problems. The small things are a great indicator. You'd just have to see it for yourself someday I guess
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Missing small insignificant things and phraseology has in my experience had no indication whatsoever on the big picture. If anything the opposite.
It's the guys that are concerned with the missed word that don't see the crossing restriction or the mountain under it. Because they're far too hung up on rediculous things. Your thoughts on this make me think of eastern 401.
When a training department gets hung up on such things they usually miss far more important deficiencies that could be caught and trained in the sim.
You also need to remember threats are much harder to see when you don't have every route and frequency memorized. If you're spending thought capacity on irrelevant minutia you're missing something important.
 
UAL747400 said:
I hate this line with a passion, but we'll agree to disagree I guess. :)

Maybe pick this up tomorrow
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I agree it's a terrible line. It doesn't change the reality that I'd wager most of us have experienced. If most of your experience has been the opposite, lucky you, but in general, training departments hooked on solving the little problems are doing it to show progress while avoiding the big problems.
 
I guess what I'm trying to say is that we can have a 20 minute debate about a malfunction, or just write it up, call maintenance and go get a bagel in the terminal.
 
Derg said:
I guess what I'm trying to say is that we can have a 20 minute debate about a malfunction, or just write it up, call maintenance and go get a bagel in the terminal.
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Or do what a real pilot would do, and raid the free ones in BOS on the way up to the terminal...

@UAL747400 When a wide range of pilots, 121 and 135, are saying, "No, that's not quite the case," I think a slice of humble pie is in order.
 
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