F-18 Crash Near Mt. Rainier

[derg]

Man, I haven't afforded a good 'clean day off' for a while. I don't actually work that much but when my schedule is 'green' I get bombarded with everything from Flight Standards stuff to the other project I'm working on to "Oh hey, I got a buddy looking for something, I hope you didn't mind that I BROADCAST YOUR NUMBER ON THEIR COMPANIES FACEBOOK GROUP"

Yes, I'm getting a burner phone.

 

[JordanD]

I appreciate that life at your airline/seat/seniority is a different ballgame, but when it comes to showing up to work and doing the job, I’ve gotta disagree with you a little here. I’m sure part of it is because it’s built on the foundation of 25ish years of experience, but where I sit 121 is stupid easy compared to any other flying job I’ve done. I’m not, at all, any kind of super pilot, and I didn’t fly stealth fighters, but I show up every leg taking the job seriously, trying to go above the minimum, and do my best, and that’s enough to get comments like “thanks for making it easy for me today” “thanks for not being a •up” “finally an FO who knows how to fly” etc.

Outside of the cockpit, with commuting, trying to stay rested and fit on the road, filling time on layovers with something more productive than doomscrolling, bidding, training events that are actually just checking events, etc… no doubt the hardest. 100% with you there. Like not even close. Well, maybe being a 135 director of maintenance was close in that I was never truly off the clock.

I get what both of you are saying but having worked at her shop and several others it can be almost night and day. It’s funny because I almost expect a “fight” or having to justify myself for every little thing because that was everyday at the regionals. You’re so much more “on your own” with almost every aspect of the job. It’s weird when you point out something isn’t going to work at other places and they go “oh yeah you’re totally right, we’re gonna recrew it.”

 

[Roger Roger]

I get what both of you are saying but having worked at her shop and several others it can be almost night and day. It’s funny because I almost expect a “fight” or having to justify myself for every little thing because that was everyday at the regionals. You’re so much more “on your own” with almost every aspect of the job. It’s weird when you point out something isn’t going to work at other places and they go “oh yeah you’re totally right, we’re gonna recrew it.”

Totally fair. Thats why I led with that.

 

[///AMG]

I get what both of you are saying but having worked at her shop and several others it can be almost night and day. It’s funny because I almost expect a “fight” or having to justify myself for every little thing because that was everyday at the regionals. You’re so much more “on your own” with almost every aspect of the job. It’s weird when you point out something isn’t going to work at other places and they go “oh yeah you’re totally right, we’re gonna recrew it.”

Yeah this is a great point. I haven't lived that experience, but I have heard so many stories relating to that type of company mentality at people's previous regional or wherever else. So I completely have sympathy for fox (and all of you who did), doing months (years now, again?) of endless reserve in that environment. I've found our back office folks to be pretty friendly and helpful when their help is needed, or something of theirs needs to be fixed, at least if you don't come at them like nobody would want to be come at.