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Position And Hold My Beer
I may have made dirt for money, but I'll be damned if I ever went near anyone else's food. That's a cardinal sin.
Toughest things in a dispatchers shift
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I may have made dirt for money, but I'll be damned if I ever went near anyone else's food. That's a cardinal sin.
who'swho
Don't hesitate. Penetrate!
It got so bad where I was at they had to put security cameras in. The offender solved that by turning the cameras to the corner.
manniax
Well-met in the Ka-tet
Did they ever catch them?
who'swho
Don't hesitate. Penetrate!
Nope. Pretty sure the airline never bothered to check the tapes and the cameras were never turned away from the wall.
bbmikej
Well-Known Member
Does it matter? If you didn't bring it, don't eat it.
who'swho
Don't hesitate. Penetrate!
LOL! Having your name on something doesn't deter identity theft so I doubt it would make a difference with food theft.
R2D
ACK
While this went off the rails early, for me it would be any combination of:
-Reroutes after push
-En route holding
-2+ hour taxi delays
-Having enough time to think up inappropriate jokes
-Terminal constraints
-Wondering how long the line is at Wendy's
-Knowing how long the line is at LGA
-Reroutes after push
-En route holding
-2+ hour taxi delays
-Having enough time to think up inappropriate jokes
-Terminal constraints
-Wondering how long the line is at Wendy's
-Knowing how long the line is at LGA
CPZ9900
Well-Known Member
What would deter you from posting a bunch of useless threads?
Altimeter
Well-Known Member
Maybe He can’t be stopped.
METARd
Well-Known Member
I recently discovered DoorDash. Big leap up from GrubHub.
When someone from scheduling volunteers to pick up something that’s outside of the inner circle of regular delivery places, it’s a good day.
4EngineETOPS
Well-Known Member
R2D
ACK
"You're on your own, I'm hungry" gas.
Thunderbird718
Well-Known Member
Taking a morning shift passdown....
"it's only 200..."
"it's only 200..."
dispatchguy
Well-Known Member
Worst thing - Flight Planning System failure.
How do you get stuff done when that happens? Do you have to reboot and hope it fixes it?
Kev
RNP 2112
I think he means when it happens for everyone and not just on his computer.
But... you don't get stuff done. You're sunk. Depending on the source of the failure, someone has to fix it before you can send a flight plan or an amended release (depending on the nature of the amendment) if a flight has blocked out but did not take off. Unless specifically authorized by the FAA (very very very rare anymore for scheduled commercial passenger operators, if any at all) you're not allowed to operate by a flight plan calculated by hand.
You rely on the remaining resources you have to maintain operational control where you can and if it stays down long enough, your airline makes the nightly news because of delays throughout your entire flight network since they can't get a flight release.
You take calls from everyone, everywhere who can't pull up release information and tell them all the same thing. They may ask if you've rebooted your computer. They want you to tell them when it's going to be fixed when you have no idea. As more and more calls come in asking the same thing, you try not to berate them for asking questions you can't possibly answer.
Then your relief shows up. You've never been so happy to give a passdown. Then you go home and drink after your shift ends.
But... you don't get stuff done. You're sunk. Depending on the source of the failure, someone has to fix it before you can send a flight plan or an amended release (depending on the nature of the amendment) if a flight has blocked out but did not take off. Unless specifically authorized by the FAA (very very very rare anymore for scheduled commercial passenger operators, if any at all) you're not allowed to operate by a flight plan calculated by hand.
You rely on the remaining resources you have to maintain operational control where you can and if it stays down long enough, your airline makes the nightly news because of delays throughout your entire flight network since they can't get a flight release.
You take calls from everyone, everywhere who can't pull up release information and tell them all the same thing. They may ask if you've rebooted your computer. They want you to tell them when it's going to be fixed when you have no idea. As more and more calls come in asking the same thing, you try not to berate them for asking questions you can't possibly answer.
Then your relief shows up. You've never been so happy to give a passdown. Then you go home and drink after your shift ends.
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