KCM

MikeFavinger said:
As the newest of all the newest airline pilots, I have to say KCM is the best thing ever. My thanks to those who advocated for this awesome, awesome, thing.
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I had to go without it recently for the first time in two years because my ID's didn't match.... Full on normal security.

I heart KCM.


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Screaming_Emu said:
Though my experience is limited, 121 is the best flying job there is. It's the t-ball of aviation. Other people do all the hard work, you just show up, look it over, and swing. Enjoy!
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Good lord no kidding. My fo on this trip is prior Alaska 135. He was telling me a lot of his Alaska buddies are giving him crap for not being a real pilot anymore. If that crap is real flying I don't want to be a pilot. This 121 thing has its problems, sure, but as a job it's pretty darn cush.
 
poser765 said:
Good lord no kidding. My fo on this trip is prior Alaska 135. He was telling me a lot of his Alaska buddies are giving him crap for not being a real pilot anymore. If that crap is real flying I don't want to be a pilot. This 121 thing has its problems, sure, but as a job it's pretty darn cush.
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Yeah. I'll keep my bunk and coffee maker thanks.
 
poser765 said:
Good lord no kidding. My fo on this trip is prior Alaska 135. He was telling me a lot of his Alaska buddies are giving him crap for not being a real pilot anymore. If that crap is real flying I don't want to be a pilot. This 121 thing has its problems, sure, but as a job it's pretty darn cush.
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Those that haven't had severe black marks on their record are mostly now at 121.

Let me clarify, of the people that aren't "stuck" at Alaska 135, I'd say 70-80% are at 121 carriers. (This anecdotal from the dudes I flew with in 2010/2011).

Ask@seggy what he thinks of non-ALPA bubba's utilizing KCM.
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Nark said:
Those that haven't had severe black marks on their record are mostly now at 121.

Let me clarify, of the people that aren't "stuck" at Alaska 135, I'd say 70-80% are at 121 carriers. (This anecdotal from the dudes I flew with in 2010/2011).

Ask@seggy what he thinks of non-ALPA bubba's utilizing KCM.
This should be good.
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I disagree with the idea that only ALPA members can enjoy a systemic improvement. If a non-ALPA group developed an improvement in aviation, should they be able to limit it to non-ALPA carriers/people?

It's about the common good, not good just for one category of people.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Though my experience is limited, 121 is the best flying job there is. It's the t-ball of aviation. Other people do all the hard work, you just show up, look it over, and swing. Enjoy!
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That's about all we do... hardest part is usually picking the hotel, or where to have dinner...

The variable schedule can suck, but a busy month for us is 14 days of work. Last month I flew on the 7th and 31st. The mechanics saw the plane for database updates more than we flew it :)
 
I love KCM. I used to get airlined all over the US non KCM and well it sucked. It really sucked that every trip started with a security check that meant I had to leave a lot of important things behind for 15 days on the road.
 
Interesting that Natacs handles it. Given I did fingerprints for AFSP I'd be interested to know what level this could drop down to. Part 121,125,135 all covered.
 
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