Southwest tries to redecorate LGA tower

derg said:
And soon, maybe already, you won’t give a poop if you’re weird or not because it just ‘works’. :)
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I'm 51 years old. Its too late to change now.

I was raised to believe that early is on time. On time is late.

I was also raised to believe in servant leadership - meaning if there's work to be done, I'm not dismissing it as "someone else's job"

So I'm gonna get there early and if the FO isn't there I'm going to program the box and do the walkaround. If they don't like that, they should show up earlier. 🤪
 
bimmerphile said:
i dont think its the CA showing up early thats the problem, its usually when you show up on time and they make some stupid remark about timeliness- and I arrive to a box “done for me” that is full of booby traps because they only ever do it when the FO shows up 15 min after them and forget half of the things
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“I did the box”
5 hours later over Ohio…
“YOU FORGOT TO CHANGE THE DESCENT PROFILE SPEEDS”
*sighs, scrolls through hoodrat • Learjet pictures*
 
ASpilot2be said:
I have the opposite problem, we run such low CI numbers that our descent speeds are slow. The other day it was less than 250 knots.
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Lol, the box loads CI which is usually about .76/260 but we are always planned for .78/280 and what you actually fly? Dealers choice. I always put in at least /300 on the east coast. West coast half the time you’re throttled to 280 on the STAR anyway.
 
bimmerphile said:
though arguably an easier problem to fix late in the game
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That's true. Inevitably I forget to change it, and China asks why you're going so slow. They then ask for a much higher speed.
Roger Roger said:
Lol, the box loads CI which is usually about .76/260 but we are always planned for .78/280 and what you actually fly? Dealers choice. I always put in at least /300 on the east coast. West coast half the time you’re throttled to 280 on the STAR anyway.
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I wish more STARs put transition speeds in, so everybody is on the same page.
 
ASpilot2be said:
That's true. Inevitably I forget to change it, and China asks why you're going so slow. They then ask for a much higher speed.

I wish more STARs put transition speeds in, so everybody is on the same page.
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And then there’s the east coast where the stars are just sort of suggestions
“Plan to cross AAAAA at FLXXX…unless not….in which case don’t…
 
At a certAAin AAirline, it was common practice for the FO to do everything...inside, outside, box, etc. On the Super 80, it was rare for the Captain to show up more than 10 prior and the only thing missing was the brass band to play him aboard.

I got into my routine of how I did stuff and it got to the point that if the captain "helped", it just threw me off. I wasn't mad, but I double checked to make sure everything got done.

I remember a story of a 777 CA that got called down to Mecca Rednecka to work an HKG trip. It was the only "official" double-crewed trip at the time (2 CAs and 2 FOs). The out of base CA was flying as one of the relief pilots, who's crew position was coded as RC. Officially, it was Relief Captain, but it really stood for "Right Corner", as in go sit in the right corner.

He asked the FB (relief FO) if he wanted him (the RC) to go to the outside. The FB's response, "Nah, you don't know what you're looking at." The RC then replied, "Well, you want me to take care of things up here?" The FB replied, "No. You'll F that up, too!"
 
ZapBrannigan said:
I'm 51 years old. Its too late to change now.

I was raised to believe that early is on time. On time is late.

I was also raised to believe in servant leadership - meaning if there's work to be done, I'm not dismissing it as "someone else's job"

So I'm gonna get there early and if the FO isn't there I'm going to program the box and do the walkaround. If they don't like that, they should show up earlier. 🤪
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What time are you using though? Do yall have an exact time you have to show at the airplane? Is it customarily the walk arounds are always delegated to the FO there? We really cant get access to the airplane anymore than an hour typically here. If the plane is on a turn theyre fairly tight so there really is no getting to the plane early. It takes 15 min to unload a A321, so you can set your watch from the time the airplane shows in, until you need to arrive at the gate. Getting there any earlier just means you have to watch the clown car unload, I think it holds 375 people? If its an originator, the agent wont be there until 1 hour before. Id say most of the time the FO beats me there on an originator (I live in base) and has the walk around done and is loading the box when I arrive. This works out great because I can start building a rapport and briefing the FAs, Checking the log, and just verifying everything has been done and looks correct.
 
bimmerphile said:
i dont think its the CA showing up early thats the problem, its usually when you show up on time and they make some stupid remark about timeliness- and I arrive to a box “done for me” that is full of booby traps because they only ever do it when the FO shows up 15 min after them and forget half of the things
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I got that treatment a few times and swore I’d never do that to anyone because it’s awful.

I have had a couple times when the FO was late and CS called me. The only thing I wish I could have done was call them directly and just say show up whenever and take your time. I’ll have everything done when you get here.

That’s the only time I’ve programmed the FMC when an FO wasn’t there. It was just to take the time pressure off.

“Next time you see me on a trip just tell me you want to show 5 minutes before push I’ll have everything done now that you have my cellphone number…”
 
Kingairer said:
What time are you using though? Do yall have an exact time you have to show at the airplane? Is it customarily the walk arounds are always delegated to the FO there? We really cant get access to the airplane anymore than an hour typically here. If the plane is on a turn theyre fairly tight so there really is no getting to the plane early. It takes 15 min to unload a A321, so you can set your watch from the time the airplane shows in, until you need to arrive at the gate. Getting there any earlier just means you have to watch the clown car unload, I think it holds 375 people? If its an originator, the agent wont be there until 1 hour before. Id say most of the time the FO beats me there on an originator (I live in base) and has the walk around done and is loading the box when I arrive. This works out great because I can start building a rapport and briefing the FAs, Checking the log, and just verifying everything has been done and looks correct.
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You don’t salmon down the jetway and into the cockpit once the previous crew is gone?
 
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