Morbid curiosity. Upgrade times?

[Stone Cold]

Oh god. you were a GA guy? How much did you pay to do that?

You’re just NOW learning this?? Lol.

 

[Crockrocket94]

……have you missed the last 15 years of JC?

I don't really pay attention to him that much. Usually its just him bashing on SWA, American or another LCC.

Or maybe I just forgot.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

I don't really pay attention to him that much. Usually its just him bashing on SWA, American or another LCC.

Or maybe I just forgot.

In fairness, I don't bash Spirit.

 

[Crockrocket94]

In fairness, I don't bash Spirit.

How can you NOT bash spirit. What about Avelo?

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

How can you NOT bash spirit.

The Big Front Seat redeems them.

What about Avelo?

I've never had the "pleasure."

 

[Crockrocket94]

So you're telling me if SWA had a "big front seat" option.... you would... step foot on the LUV boat?

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

So you're telling me if SWA had a "big front seat" option.... you would... step foot on the LUV boat?

Hmm. Probably. Wouldn't be my first (or second, or third) choice, but it would be an option. Right now it's not even an option. I can't ride coach.

 

[Crockrocket94]

Hmm. Probably. Wouldn't be my first (or second, or third) choice, but it would be an option. Right now it's not even an option. I can't ride coach.

What happens if everything is sold out? You gonna spring for a G6?

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

What happens if everything is sold out? You gonna spring for a G6?

I did have to sit in whatever United calls their version of Economy Comfort last month. I was miserable.

 

[bLizZuE]

I did have to sit in whatever United calls their version of Economy Comfort last month. I was miserable.

First class full?

 

[roundout]

I once dutifully called the duty pilot (sorry, that construction is just horrid) whose exact words when neither I, nor a dispatch supervisor, nor the dispatcher could figure out if we were legal to go were “do whatever you want.”

Which is not why one calls the duty pilot. Granted, I wasn’t going to do anything dumb, but I wanted what we were doing to be legal. Which was why I was calling.

Should have called your Union rep.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Should have called your Union rep.

“Consider us notified”

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

First class full?

Yeah, last minute flight change, and flight was almost full. I was lucky I didn't get stuck in basic economy. I might have killed myself.

 

[bLizZuE]

Probably my best reason for being a line holder now is all deadheads are in first class.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Probably my best reason for being a line holder now is all deadheads are in first class.

When we were negotiating the 2010 contract, that was one of my "die on this hill" issues. We got it.

 

[bLizZuE]

Had it. Bankruptcy. It’s back.

 

[Kingairer]

One challenging airport ,TGU, is now no more for most carriers.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Yup when things are working great. Have a major issue and it gets hairy. And its not like you can just "declare and go land"

Im intimately aware, though I’ve got training wheels on my plane, so crossings are pretty uneventful even if they become eventful.

 

[Crockrocket94]

Does help having lots of engines. I remember a number of years back one of our Falcon 2000 LX was coming back at night from I think Hawaii, had an oil pressure issue right at the ETP. Decided to shut the engine down as it was about to stop running, drifted down and had to relay it all through other aircraft. (pre CPDLC stuff) . Talking with one of the pilots a few weeks later he said he still couldn't find the seat cushion that was sucked up his hole. He said it was a bit nerve wracking. Apparently owners wife slept through the entire thing and never knew anything happened haha.

 

[CoffeeIcePapers]

The flying I did at Silver (then called Gulfstream in the pre-9/11 days) was the hardest flying of my fourteen year airline career. Flying beat up turboprops at max gross with engines that temp out before the torque out while flying to "garden spots" like Havana and Haiti isn't exactly as leisurely as an Airbus trip to one of the world's largest airports.

Haha.