Q. for Doug

Aussie

Aussie

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hey Doug,

Just a question due to curiosity. Where do you intend to go with your career at Delta? Do you want to fly International? DO you want your Captains on your current aircraft type?

Thanks mate

Aussie
 
Doug,

If I may answer for you....I think it goes something like this....

"I have this strong desire to fly huge chunks of metal across the ocean for a few years."

Did I get it right.
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Doug,

If I may answer for you....I think it goes something like this....

"I have this strong desire to fly huge chunks of metal across the ocean for a few years."

Did I get it right.
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Correct. I'm approaching domestic burn out and I really can't see how the SWA guys do it their entire career.

But actually in my perfect world I'd find that million dollar invention and quit altogether!
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With the domestic routes do the apts start to look the same? AN airport is an airport is an airport. What are the big changes flying internationally, other than flying over the water with limited options should an emergency arise?
 
Well, internationally, you're going to a layover in a different country and with the length of time you have on layovers, you could have a good time shopping, hopping on the metro and exploring, looking for interesting food and doing a little tourism.

Most people that I know that went to the international operation really aren't too happy to come back to domestic ops.
 
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With the domestic routes do the apts start to look the same? AN airport is an airport is an airport. What are the big changes flying internationally, other than flying over the water with limited options should an emergency arise?

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The layovers would be a big benefit for me. Imagine landing in Rio/Sao Paulo/Santiago one morning and being there until the next evening...you've got a long time for sightseeing! (unless you're an AA flight attendant
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) Going to Europe you'd land in the morning and not be back at the airport until the following late morning/afternoon. Getting to Honolulu in the late afternoon and not leaving until the next evening? Sweeeet....
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and with the length of time you have on layovers, you could have a good time shopping, hopping on the metro and exploring, looking for interesting food and doing a little tourism.


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Last time I flew to AMS I remember chatting with an FA who told me she had tickets to the Opera that night. Far flung cities all over the globe, nice hotels, etc., it's like a vacation every time you work. I just hope I make it there someday!
 
Thanks for that Doug...fellas.

So in an airline that hires direct first officers, whats the go? You start out on one of the airlines smaller aircraft, and what are you choices? Should you choose to stay on, you would go for Captains, and if you want to change to another aircraft, you can change over as an FO and start all over again (seniority) as an FO on the new Aircraft type? When can you apply to change the aircraft type you fly? At a certain seniority position?

What would happen if you were a 777 Captain, and wanted to now fly domestically...go back to FO on 737 (or equivilent) or once you have captain, you keep them?

Thanks again!!

Aussie
 
Man, my head is spinning like I've got an inner ear infection!
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The layovers would be a big benefit for me.

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When that happens, I'm taking either part time work on my own schedule or I'll have already figured out how to get my Million Dollars!!
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Everything is based on "seniority" and "seniority relative to others in that particular aircraft/seat".

That's probably the easiest way to explain.
 
ok, ill keep this one simple then.

If you became a captain on you current aircraft...MD88...i think you said you fly?
Well, if you went international on say the 777, would you revert back to FO?

Cheers

AUssie
 
Well, if you're an MD-88 captain, you most likely have the seniority to hold 777 FO. Or if you're a senior -88 captain, you might have the seniority to hold 777 captain.

You are allowed to bid whatever your seniority can get you. There were, back in the good old days, 727 flight engineers that were upgrading to 737 captain...
 
Ohh, ok. Roger, so it depends on how long youve been with the company, sort-of thing, regardless what you fly.

Cheers Doug

Aussie
 
Doug, those MDs are an interesting bird. I was on 906DA last week and was in awe of the engineering (or lack there of) of that center console. The whole flight deck seems to be a hodge-podge placement of stuff plus that beautiful pink-brown primer color. Anyway, I was just curious how is it to fly compared to a boeing? Thanks.
 
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Doug, those MDs are an interesting bird. I was on 906DA last week and was in awe of the engineering (or lack there of) of that center console. The whole flight deck seems to be a hodge-podge placement of stuff plus that beautiful pink-brown primer color. Anyway, I was just curious how is it to fly compared to a boeing? Thanks.

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Boeings fly wonderfully. McDonnell-Douglas flies like a truck with a flat tire.

Actually, the type rating says it all "DC9".

It's more or less a EFIS-equipped DC9 with a better autopilot.
 
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McDonnell-Douglas flies like a truck with a flat tire.


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Figures with that huge yoke, it's like they borrowed it from the movie Airplane or something. Now, if we could just get a honest comparision between an airbus and a boeing.
 
I think the yoke may have been bigger on the 737, but I may be wrong though!
 
Doug became a pilot so he could work the minimum hours possible and get paid the most possible. The american dream.

By the Doug any word on the negotiations with the contract and Gerry?
 
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