airline captains

Hollywood

Hollywood

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question for all you guys at the majors. can captains/or copilots fly more than one type of aircraft at the same time? i just recently flew on a northwest 757 and i had the same captain of few months ago on a dc-9. i'm almost 100% positive it was the same guy. i thought you were assigned one aircraft at a time but why would he switch from a 757 to a dc-9?
 
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I think it was probably a different pilot - remember most captains are 40+, white, male, some grey, 5 foot 8 to 6 foot tall and 160-180 lbs.
 
When people ask me what my husband looks like, I just say "he looks like a pilot". I swear even I have trouble picking him out of his class pictures. Class pictures are rows of guys (mostly), wearing dark suits with red or blue ties. They're usually of medium build, with trim haircuts, no facial hair, and the same 'I'm so happy I have a job' smile.
 
I even shaved mine for the interview. Then most of us grew them back during ground school! Looked like high school because we all were 'mid-growth' facial hair wise after the first week of ground school.
 
R2F, small moustaches like Doug's are fine. If the moustache extends beyond the ends of your mouth it can be a problem, and goatees and full beards are pretty much verboten at most airlines because of the oxygen mask seal deal.
 
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R2F, small moustaches like Doug's are fine. If the moustache extends beyond the ends of your mouth it can be a problem, and goatees and full beards are pretty much verboten at most airlines because of the oxygen mask seal deal.

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Correcto.
 
Doug do you fly with the same Captain all the time? When you bid do you try to bid a route with a certain pilot? Just curious as to how long you can keep a team together.
I am a Police Officer and have worked with the same partner for two years, staring to think alike, anticipate moves etc..Just curious as to how it works at the airlines.
 
SWEET! Personally, I stay away from the moustaches by themselves because it makes me look like a 49 year old porn star who's WAY past his prime.
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Now... throw a Goatee on there and you're talkin'!
 
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Doug do you fly with the same Captain all the time?

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Rarely. But I occasionally do an entire month with the same captain, but it's usually because we were awarded the same line-of-time and didn't swap any trips.

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When you bid do you try to bid a route with a certain pilot?

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Nope.

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Just curious as to how long you can keep a team together.

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At least for an entire trip. But sometimes I've changed captains three times.
 
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....But sometimes I've changed captains three times.

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Do captains use Depends?
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R2F, small moustaches like Doug's are fine. If the moustache extends beyond the ends of your mouth it can be a problem, and goatees and full beards are pretty much verboten at most airlines because of the oxygen mask seal deal.

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What about a soul patch? Can I grow mine back after the interview?
 
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R2F, small moustaches like Doug's are fine. If the moustache extends beyond the ends of your mouth it can be a problem, and goatees and full beards are pretty much verboten at most airlines because of the oxygen mask seal deal.

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I always thought the same thing. But a while back I was overnighting in CYUL and was in the customs line behind a British Airways 777 crew. The captain looked like he was straight out of the grand old days of sailing - a full, big, bushy beard. I have since seen some other foreign pilots with the beards as well. I even saw a Continental captain in CLE yesterday with a Rollie Fingers mustache!
 
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