Best and Worst Airlines

mtsu_av8er said:
That's where you're wrong, Kell. I love ya like a brother, bu behavior is taught. Even if it is a problem with a whole generation.

U.S. Marines don't go to recruit training knowing how to square their uniforms away. It's taught.

If crews are going to be held to a standard, that standard needs to be explained and taught. Otherwise, they're being set up for failure.
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Man, you know you can't compare the behavior of a US Marine to even the starchiest airline pilot. There's no comparison, the Marine would win hands down, even if he couldn't kick the guy's ass. :)

Like I said, management won't care unless it hurts the bottom line. They couldn't care less if the guys flying the planes cursed like sailors in front of passengers and walked around with their shirts untucked, just as long as the plane was on time. To them, taking time to teach this stuff would be extending ground school for another day or two, which means they'd have to pay the instructor for an extra day or two. Instead, they put guidelines in the manuals saying what you should and shouldn't do, then choose not to enforce them.....unless you rock the boat and they want you gone, which has happened to a lot of FAs in the past.

I still say it has a lot to do with the youth coming up now. I agree that behavior is taught, and the parents chose not to teach personal grooming, manners or professionalism. Yet, they'll scream about respect and how they don't receive any after dropping F bombs in front of guests while working at a theme park, shoes untied and their shirt hanging out. BTW, that last one is straight up true from my previous life as a theme park supervisor.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
How would you pack food for a 3-5 day trip without it going bad? :confused:
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I downsized from my post before about "how to eat like a regional pilot" and now carry an actual cooler. If I bring food that needs to be kept cold (really only on the first day) I either use one of those ice pack things and refreeze it on an overnight if I have leftovers or put the Tupperware in the ice compartment on the plane. Works nicely. But before I downsized I could go 4 days without buying a single item, all of it was "dry" or non-refrigerated food.
 
No matter what has gone on in the time previous to when you report for duty, it is the moral and legal obligation of a professional flight crew to conduct themselves as such. This includes wearing the uniform properly, addressing customers, peers and other workers with absolute courtesy. This is sometimes difficult in LGA I know, but still try!
 
kellwolf said:
Well, you could be like most of the regionals out there and not get crew meals. Then you'd have to spend $$$ on the food in the airport. There are plenty of days I'd kill to have crew meals instead of attempting to sprint to Subway and make it back without delaying the flight.
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Steve, do NOT sprint and risk falling to get a meal. Part of the Regs clearly state that we are to be physically fit for flight. If the airlines do not want to make time for you to get food, or you are delayed tough cookies. Be professional, but if you need to delay a flight for ten minutes while you get nourishment then so be it.
 
BE19Pilot said:
No matter what has gone on in the time previous to when you report for duty, it is the moral and legal obligation of a professional flight crew to conduct themselves as such. This includes wearing the uniform properly, addressing customers, peers and other workers with absolute courtesy. This is sometimes difficult in LGA I know, but still try!
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Thats a little tough when the TSA guy that has no education, no respect, and no mannors, just reemed at you in front of 150+ passengers because you failed to "properly" show your id badge to the security guy.
 
Seggy said:
Steve, do NOT sprint and risk falling to get a meal. Part of the Regs clearly state that we are to be physically fit for flight.
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And if he is sprinting to get some food then aren't they making sure he is physically fit for the flight?:D
 
BillH said:
I'll tell you something about being fat, It is human nature to look at fat people and think they are not professional because they don't take care of themselves. You ARE discriminated against, especially by anyone who wants to hire you.
I know it all too well, I was able to lose over 250 lbs with diet and exercise, I am now 270 something. The really messed up part is that people are shocked to hear I weigh 270-280, they say I look like I weigh more like 220 or 210. I look at myself and have to constantly remind myself that I weigh under 400lbs much less under 300.
I don't blame people for thinking that way, they are genetically programmed to think that and they can't comprehend it unless they've been there. Survival of the fittest and all that. Well I'm about to start my cross countries for my private pilot, one more semester and off to ATP!
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Congrats on loosing the weight. I know a thing or two about being discriminated against because of my weight. I was not hired by a few companies because of my weight. I also had a bad time in training because an instructor wanted to get rid of me. I stood up for myself and was professional in the way I did that. I also demonstrated my skills were better than standard. Because of my professionalism and skill, I just finished IOE. Discrimination of any kind should not be tolerated and you should stand up for yourself when and if it happens too you.
 
BCTAv8r said:
And if he is sprinting to get some food then aren't they making sure he is physically fit for the flight?:D
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That's part of the pilot exercise program in ATL. Arrive at T2, switch aircraft to a jet sitting at B36 on a 48 minute turn.
 
Do a search on this. Wheels posted a great one a few months back about how he packed that much food and what he packed.

Y'know, I actually LIKED the few MREs I've tried. And, if you buy them in bulk, they aren't too expensive. Hmmm....
 
Doug Taylor said:
Don't eat the biscuit else you won't crap for days.
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Of course, those things have enough preservatives in them to stop you up for weeks.

They only give you 1 small piece of toilet paper in each MRE. That's because after 6 weeks when you finally have to go, you'll have enough toilet paper stocked up.

Stay away from the Chicken A La King! Oh, and the "Ham Meal" comes out with this slab of ham with that spam jelly all over it. That one is pretty nasty as well.

I remember working in the chow hall during Desert Storm when they ran out of MREs and bought bulk loads of "Top Shelf" meals as a substitute. We handed those out for years afterwards.

As to stay on topic, however, I think there is something to be said about airline quality. I have flown six flights on NWA in the past year since the maintenance workers went on strike and FIVE of them have been delayed for hours due to maintenance issues. Is it just a coincidence, or is there really a maintenance quality issue at NWA? People keep telling me it's the former, but I can't help but think there might be something to the latter...
 
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