Room rates go from $99 to $170-plus for NJC if...

[BobDDuck]

One of the hallmarks of an effective leader is to train your replacement. You should be doing that with your FOs, especially the NHs. I;m sure there are a bunch of these younger guys who you can delegate the day to day to, and just be the figurehead, with no more pressing schedule than the "Grip and Grin!"

I flew with a captain today who tried to do that... or so I thought. We had a maintenance issue and he had me call MX, talk to the FAs, talk to the passengers, and call dispatch. I was trying to explain to him that while I appreciated the vote of confidence, I'd been doing all of this stuff as a captain (with a whole lot fewer resources to call on) for 6+ years my prior job. Then I noticed he'd just spent the entire time browsing ebay and craigslist on his phone and we wasn't really trying to empower an FO at all.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

I flew with a captain today who tried to do that... or so I thought. We had a maintenance issue and he had me call MX, talk to the FAs, talk to the passengers, and call dispatch. I was trying to explain to him that while I appreciated the vote of confidence, I'd been doing all of this stuff as a captain (with a whole lot fewer resources to call on) for 6+ years my prior job. Then I noticed he'd just spent the entire time browsing ebay and craigslist on his phone and we wasn't really trying to empower an FO at all.

That's the perfect opportunity for "I'll be in the back not giving a (expletive) give me a holler when you get all this sorted.

 

[Patrick]

May have to finally make this event this year.....

 

[derg]

Less than three days to go until you're on your own for a room and registration fees go up so now's the time!

And crap, I'm on-the-hook for unsold rooms too.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

That's the perfect opportunity for "I'll be in the back not giving a (expletive) give me a holler when you get all this sorted.

Surely, you can't be serious.

(I had one guy just park in 1A when we had an "OPEN WRITE UP - CONTACT DISPATCH - DO NOT DEPART" message come in. After we'd flown one leg. Nothing happened, but it was an example of How Not To Behave from the left. "Well, okay, guess I'll call...")

 

[Screaming_Emu]

Surely, you can't be serious.

(I had one guy just park in 1A when we had an "OPEN WRITE UP - CONTACT DISPATCH - DO NOT DEPART" message come in. After we'd flown one leg. Nothing happened, but it was an example of How Not To Behave from the left. "Well, okay, guess I'll call...")

If the cap'n wants help, I'll gladly do whatever needs to be done. But when it's obvious that he doesn't want it, I'll be in the back. Unless I think he needs supervision.