JordanD
Chinese Food Enthusiast
I usually tell them "I like flying... but I also don't like being cooped up in an airplane any longer than I have to be."
The LAX commute, three month redux
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GypsyPilot
Mohawk Town
Nothing worse than idiots that make this job harder than it needs to be. Fortunately I never had to deal with this particular brand of idiocy from a right seater, but yeah that’s definitely something that would need to be dealt with PRONTO.
Where do those guys come from anyway?! I’m in the right seat again, and I cannot even remotely imagine saying something like that to a captain. Unbelievable.
SlumTodd_Millionaire
Most Hated Member
That's my thinking. I spent most of my career in the right seat, and my MO was to cooperate to graduate unless the guy in the left seat was trying to get me killed or violated. Trying to tell him how things should be in his cockpit never would have occurred to me as an acceptable way to behave.
Jordan93
Well-Known Member
Yea. In my short time as a captain (just a little over a year and half) I’ve seen stuff that I’d never even think to do as an FO. New hires have been very pleasant. It’s the 2 year “senior” FOs that seem to give me the most issues. Thankfully it’s not the norm and 99% of the pilots, CAs and FOs have been an absolute pleasure to fly with.
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Skåning
Well-Known Member
I fly with a lot of captains that calculate the "out time + block". On legs where it'll be close I'll do the addition myself and they seem to appreciate it. Now that we're #MostWestCoast and fly through SEA a lot, there's ample opportunity to make some extra dough, but it happens on the ground and flying slower will only net a min or two. A few hours a month of over blocking is nice.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Recently-unearthed footage of me driving the CRJ as fast as the segment speed limits permitted:
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
Well, we use “pilot brains” to think about this stuff. I had a newer copilot that was flabbergasted how “over block“ ATL-LAX was scheduled and how in the world were we going to make money on that leg.
”Well, we’re departing ATL at ‘rush hour’ and we’ll end up # 5 billionty in line for departure. LAX is generally a cluster at night and we’ll be waiting for a gate for an extended period of time, lets just worry about flying the jet and not add any unnecessary operational stress because we’re looking into someone else’s room through a keyhole”.
Mind = Blown and I’m sure I ended up on his no fly list for my reluctance to run around with my hair on fire.
”Well, we’re departing ATL at ‘rush hour’ and we’ll end up # 5 billionty in line for departure. LAX is generally a cluster at night and we’ll be waiting for a gate for an extended period of time, lets just worry about flying the jet and not add any unnecessary operational stress because we’re looking into someone else’s room through a keyhole”.
Mind = Blown and I’m sure I ended up on his no fly list for my reluctance to run around with my hair on fire.
And I had a jumpseater who knew @Cherokee_Cruiser fairly well. I drilled him for “deets” but it was going to require water boarding to get any gossip out of him about him. 
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
I mean, you guys are kinda into that...And I had a jumpseater who knew @Cherokee_Cruiser fairly well. I drilled him for “deets” but it was going to require water boarding to get any gossip out of him about him.
Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
If you’re relying on building your own bonus it’s time to reconsider a few things.
Granted, my expenses from this summer are Trump like levels of YOOJ, but they’re going to be well in hand in about a month or so.
water boarding and a little tap on the ass starts the party, Charles.
BigZ
Well-Known Member
Yup. Some genius got fired for time travelling after hi6s about it, alleged carpet dance when caught first time and mere months before flowing. It's like kleptomania.
Starbucks in Indy? Blasphemy! Copper Moon, something like buck eighty for any size coffee for crew.
“Stupid Pilot Tricks”.
You are under operational and data surveillance 24/7 at work and just because they haven’t said anything yet, doesn’t mean you’re not already busted and they’re casually collecting data. Teeeeeeeeeeeeer’ust me.
