Life at Compass

poser765 said:
What, you expect line pilots to pass up a chance to give a management pilot crap for something inconsequential?
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One less thing to carry on a 5 day, whilst commuting across the country, with a bag already packed to the gills, is slightly less than inconsequential. Especially when said item must be worn and sweat in, or stuffed in a bag to get irreparably wrinkled...neither good. Thanks for your constructive input!
 
melltimejr said:
Haha. Yes. If there's a way to iron out a blazer on the road, I haven't figured it out. Probably would require too much effort to do so anyway. :)
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I'm far from domesticated. I think I've turned on an oven maybe 5 times in my life, white and darks all go in one laundry load, if something needs to be sewn it gets thrown away; but even I figured out that if you just hold the iron near your blazer the steam does all the work.

I can't believe this is an issue that warrants discussion. Someone should get it added to the QRH I guess. Apparently we need a nice flowchart to help people decide when to wear the blazer, and if you do how to make it look nice.
 
melltimejr said:
Haha. Yes. If there's a way to iron out a blazer on the road, I haven't figured it out. Probably would require too much effort to do so anyway. :)
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Turn on hot shower in hotel and steam up the bathroom. Use said steam to remove wrinkles from blazer/shirt/pants. Easy solution.

Even a short overnight is plenty of time to do this.
 
ctab5060X said:
Turn on hot shower in hotel and steam up the bathroom. Use said steam to remove wrinkles from blazer/shirt/pants. Easy solution.

Even a short overnight is plenty of time to do this.
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Unfortunately, this also takes a well-ironed, creased shirt and makes it look like a limp noodle.
 
melltimejr said:
One less thing to carry on a 5 day, whilst commuting across the country, with a bag already packed to the gills, is slightly less than inconsequential. Especially when said item must be worn and sweat in, or stuffed in a bag to get irreparably wrinkled...neither good. Thanks for your constructive input!
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Um, ok. I was referring to middies post which I assumed was in regards to the where the cheif pilot got his date to stop wearing the hat from. lol, not "who cares if you can or can't leave the coat at home.

PS. Are we calling people out on nonconstructive posts now? That's going to get tiring really quick around here...well, and just about every internet forum ever.
 
MikeD said:
Using this standard, I may as well shatcan the entire Lav........as well as many posts/threads elsewhere too.
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No kidding...and feel free to axe about 2700 of my recorded posts...for not meeting some strict definition of acceptable contribution.
 
MusketeerMan said:
At least we're getting a QRH procedure on how to get towed into a gate.

"Stand by while we run a checklist"

This place and QRH checklists is maddening.
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Can't wait for the hat wearing, harness through the epaulettes, overbearing nerd, UND alum to chime in here and tell me "it's actually a pretty good idea." (Based on his previous 6 months in the industry)
 
Pachong said:
Can't wait for the hat wearing, harness through the epaulettes, overbearing nerd, UND alum to chime in here and tell me "it's actually a pretty good idea." (Based on his previous 6 months in the industry)
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If it's a non-normal situation (not done every day or even every leg), then it actually is a good idea to have something written down in a Quick Reference Handbook.

We used to joke that US Airways had flow charts for our flow charts. But as some of those charts and non-normal procedures were taken away or moved from the QRH during the merger, you realize just how convenient they were to all be located in one place.
 
ctab5060X said:
If it's a non-normal situation (not done every day or even every leg), then it actually is a good idea to have something written down in a Quick Reference Handbook.

We used to joke that US Airways had flow charts for our flow charts. But as some of those charts and non-normal procedures were taken away or moved from the QRH during the merger, you realize just how convenient they were to all be located in one place.
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I'm all for convenient referencing. Just not checklists on how to be a pilot. We detach from a tug everyday. This is the same exact thing.
 
Pachong said:
I'm all for convenient referencing. Just not checklists on how to be a pilot. We detach from a tug everyday. This is the same exact thing.
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Sometimes we need to move past the "being told how to be a pilot" mentality and see the bigger picture. When things go sideways it is nice to point to a checklist or procedure and show you were following the procedure. Takes a lot of heat off of the crew.


Lots of reasons for changes. Have you contacted check airmen/base CP to find out why the new checklist?
 
ctab5060X said:
Sometimes we need to move past the "being told how to be a pilot" mentality and see the bigger picture. When things go sideways it is nice to point to a checklist or procedure and show you were following the procedure. Takes a lot of heat off of the crew.


Lots of reasons for changes. Have you contacted check airmen/base CP to find out why the new checklist?
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I agree with you in part, but we're talking specifically about a checklist to get towed into the gate. There's just not a whole lot that can go wrong. We don't have a procedure for a crosswind landing. I don't do one of those everyday. Is it similar enough to a normal landing to not require a checklist? I'd say so.

I haven't asked anyone anything because I don't really care if they want to pay me to do more checklists, stop on a taxiway for a crossbleed start, brief flight attendants on possibly not having atropine or dextrose every first leg. This place does some bizarre things. That's all I'm saying. Do I do them? Of course.
 
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