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Mayhap.That bag is sexy. But will it fit my rainbow loom materials?
EFB flight bag
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ERfly
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My Contrails bag cost about the same. The guy that makes it is a PHX-based pilot and gives substantial discounts to flight crew. Looks pretty rugged and it looks like it'll fit alongside the seat in the 757 no problem (probably the same with the Bus when I get to go back to it...and it helps that the Bus QRH is about 1/8 the size of the Boeing QRH I carry for an airplane I don't even fly).
Child-free and loving it.
I had no idea what it was either, then my 330 sim partner and the instructor reacted like they just saw a Sasquatch walk into the room.
You have to carry a QRH? I get the checklist thing because people can't be adults, but a QRH?
ERfly
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That's the wAAy we did it on the Electra.
Yes, we have to carry a paper QRH. On the 757/767, Captains carry the 757 QRH and f/os (proper capitalization) carry the 767 QRH. The problem is, the LUS 767s have been gone for almost a year now, yet I still carry it and the paper checklist. Never had to as USAir.
However, since the merger I've been wondering how these damn things weren't falling out of the sky for the past 30 years, because clearly we were doing it wrong!
We have a couple "experts" on the Bus who apparently know more than Airbus and the Company that apparently, even though they were in junior high school when they were designed, knew exactly what the manufacturer really meant to do.
"NO no no, the procedure reads this, but you really want to… CRAP, why is it doing that. Wait. I don't know why that didn't work. GAH! They must have modified the… WTF"
SHUT YOWER MOUF!
"NO no no, the procedure reads this, but you really want to… CRAP, why is it doing that. Wait. I don't know why that didn't work. GAH! They must have modified the… WTF"
SHUT YOWER MOUF!
ERfly
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We have a couple "experts" on the Bus who apparently know more than Airbus and the Company that apparently, even though they were in junior high school when they were designed, knew exactly what the manufacturer really meant to do.
"NO no no, the procedure reads this, but you really want to… CRAP, why is it doing that. Wait. I don't know why that didn't work. GAH! They must have modified the… WTF"
SHUT YOWER MOUF!
Luckily, the nAAtives went to the LUS way of flying the Airbus. They hate it and bitch constantly, but at least it'll be familiar to me when I come back to it.
The biggest source of heartburn is that the LUS way allows the f/o (again, proper capitalization) to manipulate the lights and seat belt sign to signal Sterile. The horror...
ERfly
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Do they allow the… THE… FO to do PA's?
Are you freaking kidding?! f/os (see the pattern) cannot be trusted with PA announcements.
Lots of LUS folks still let us lowly subhuman, only here for insurance purposes crew members do PAs. In fact, many LUS Captains have the IRO do all the PAs. On a recent IRO trip, I was corrected by a Check Airman when I asked him if he wanted me to get the PAs. He said, "Captains really need to be doing these." He paused for a moment and then continued, "Yes, I know how ridiculous that sounds."
Ha!
I didn't know my fourth stripe came with an "infallibility upgrade". They never told us that in "Charm School"!
wheelsup
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Weren't you on property like six months prior to the merger? Not like you are a '99 hire bitching about the "old ways"...(they're too concerned about being stapled below the AmWest guys to even think about bitching about procedure).ERfly said:
At my commuter the CA did lights and the seatbelt sign too.
wheelsup
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I just got the Aerocoast cooler + EFB combo and it's too cumbersome. Was looking at trading it for what you got. I do bring food however (although not much these days) is there a place for it at all or would I be asking for trouble? Normally the food is kept in the atlas chillers while on the plane so really I just need a way to get it from my house to the plane. Now that we get crew meals I have much less need for a bunch of food.Ended up buying the Aerocoast Pro Crew. I'll post a few pictures. It's almost TOO big, I/E it's too fat to sit in the well next to the seat in the he NG the seat moves back and then out, so it squishes the bag when it moves out. Makes it tough to get in and out. That said, it's cavernous inside and I've liked having the extra room. I also like the heavy duty magnetic handles.
The things I miss is a place to hang my car keys and a dedicated spot for a bottle of water (my previous bag had a pocket on the side with elastic netting in it to hold a bottle and little lanyard in the side pocket that was designed to loop over the neck of the water bottle)
This does the trick, but I don't love it.
ERfly
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Trust me, I went backwards 20 years on CRM when I went to the Boeing.
It's alright. When I first got the bus in DTW, I wasn't aware I'd have a whole new list of acronyms and words I'd have to learn in order to understand what in the world the copilot was bitching about. NATCO, SOPA, SMAK, block, felch (the non-sexual definition), red/green/blue book, Chinese Football, Pizza Box, birdie.
And "Yes, I am going back to brief the cabin crew after I walk around. Notice how they always feed me if there's food available?"
ERfly
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It's alright. When I first got the bus in DTW, I wasn't aware I'd have a whole new list of acronyms and words I'd have to learn in order to understand what in the world the copilot was bitching about. NATCO, SOPA, SMAK, block, felch (the non-sexual definition), red/green/blue book, Chinese Football, Pizza Box, birdie.
And "Yes, I am going back to brief the cabin crew after I walk around. Notice how they always feed me if there's food available?"
I feel your pain. When you ask a nAAtive something, they always start speaking SABRE. "Check your HI2. You can find that on the HIHTL. Make sure you pull the NS. Always check your G*/PALL!"
Now keep in mind, as LUS pilots, we have no access to that whatsoever!
And we're the opposite, we're only supposed to brief the "Number 1" (We still call it the A). Most guys I fly with still brief the whole crew.
Dexter
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SABRE-speak was always obnoxious. And the fact that guys knew how to check every little iota of the operation was always odd. "We've had 4 delays today due to APUs being inop! It's DFW in the summer! AND they just ran out of FO RSVs in JFK. Today is going to be a cluster!" "Alright well I'm gonna go walk around now."
Strange they can't figure out an iPhone but are PH.D. level coders in 1980s MS Dos looking software.
Strange they can't figure out an iPhone but are PH.D. level coders in 1980s MS Dos looking software.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
Anybody know anything about this bag?
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trafficinsight
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CFIscare
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That skill came in handy when the station would unjustly code the delay on the crew. I really don't miss the culture at AMR. Hopefully the merger brings a change, as slow as it might be, to that company.
ERfly
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Not looking promising.