Three hour sit in the pilot lounge
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How bored are you right now?
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Kristie bought me an iPod so it's bearable! I figure in another 15-20 I'll meander upstairs, get a Starbucks and saunter down to the B-concourse where the outbound jet is arriving. I'm playing my 90's one-hit wonder selection.
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And what is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
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n + VSo probably.
How bored are you right now?
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Kristie bought me an iPod so it's bearable! I figure in another 15-20 I'll meander upstairs, get a Starbucks and saunter down to the B-concourse where the outbound jet is arriving. I'm playing my 90's one-hit wonder selection.
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And what is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?
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n + VSo probably.
DE727UPS
Well-Known Member
So..having a baby gets you out of recurrent? I'll have to consider that.... Mines April 19th in SDF, recurrent that is.
Your hubby gets a CD for recurrent? What's on the CD? As a cost saving measure (I guess), you have to go on line and download the recurrent training guide at UPS. No big deal, for me, as I'm a computer guy. But the last Capt I last flew with isn't so much and he was really pissed off about it. They used to just put a paper copy it in our V files. Now, if you want a paper copy, you have to print it out at home. They actually configured the printers at the major hubs so we could NOT print them out at work...at least that's what the non-computer-guy-Capt told me. He got a guy at a smaller station to work around the system and print it out for him. It's 105 pages long....
Your hubby gets a CD for recurrent? What's on the CD? As a cost saving measure (I guess), you have to go on line and download the recurrent training guide at UPS. No big deal, for me, as I'm a computer guy. But the last Capt I last flew with isn't so much and he was really pissed off about it. They used to just put a paper copy it in our V files. Now, if you want a paper copy, you have to print it out at home. They actually configured the printers at the major hubs so we could NOT print them out at work...at least that's what the non-computer-guy-Capt told me. He got a guy at a smaller station to work around the system and print it out for him. It's 105 pages long....
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So..having a baby gets you out of recurrent? I'll have to consider that.... Mines April 19th in SDF, recurrent that is.
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Yeah. Actually Bill had forgotten to sign the application for FMLA that we'd faxed to his CP, and on the day I called Bill to tell him baby was going to be evicted that night the CP called Bill to ask about the signature. Bill said "Funny you should call, because I'm not going to be able to make it in for my trip tomorrow...." His CP was actually surprisingly accomodating about everything. With Bill's medical issue last summer, he didn't 'qualify' for FMLA, but the CP just personal-dropped all his trips up to his vacation, which was in mid-March. Very decent guy, somewhat restores my faith in management. Somewhat. Bill had asked to go to recurrent the first week of March to get it over with so he wouldn't have to deal with preparing for it after baby was born. Naturally the note Bill's CP sent to training didn't make it to the proper people, and a few days before Bill was supposed to leave for recurrent he got a message on the phone telling him to go pick up his training CD. So he had to call the CP again and let them know he wouldn't be in that class. Training wasn't surprised, because they could see that Bill hadn't even logged on to eCrew in weeks, hadn't checked his schedule, and hadn't picked up his CD or called to arrange for flights. So yes, having a baby does get you out of recurrent! But his landings hadn't expired, and April was his grace month anyway.
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Your hubby gets a CD for recurrent?
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Yup.
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What's on the CD?
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Basically everything you'd normally cover in recurrent ground school. It's cheaper to make the guys do this CD, and pay them a fraction of the time it actually takes to complete the CD, than send them to ATL, pay for a hotel, ground instructor, facilities, etc.
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As a cost saving measure (I guess), you have to go on line and download the recurrent training guide at UPS. No big deal, for me, as I'm a computer guy. But the last Capt I last flew with isn't so much and he was really pissed off about it. They used to just put a paper copy it in our V files. Now, if you want a paper copy, you have to print it out at home. They actually configured the printers at the major hubs so we could NOT print them out at work...at least that's what the non-computer-guy-Capt told me. He got a guy at a smaller station to work around the system and print it out for him. It's 105 pages long....
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That's CRAP you can't print it at work! How cheap! The last time I went through recurrent we were still given paper materials. I think now it's PDF online, but you can still request a paper copy if you don't 'do' the computer thing. (There are some senior mammas at AA who've been around since the 40's, I guess they haven't entered the computer age yet!)
So..having a baby gets you out of recurrent? I'll have to consider that.... Mines April 19th in SDF, recurrent that is.
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Yeah. Actually Bill had forgotten to sign the application for FMLA that we'd faxed to his CP, and on the day I called Bill to tell him baby was going to be evicted that night the CP called Bill to ask about the signature. Bill said "Funny you should call, because I'm not going to be able to make it in for my trip tomorrow...." His CP was actually surprisingly accomodating about everything. With Bill's medical issue last summer, he didn't 'qualify' for FMLA, but the CP just personal-dropped all his trips up to his vacation, which was in mid-March. Very decent guy, somewhat restores my faith in management. Somewhat. Bill had asked to go to recurrent the first week of March to get it over with so he wouldn't have to deal with preparing for it after baby was born. Naturally the note Bill's CP sent to training didn't make it to the proper people, and a few days before Bill was supposed to leave for recurrent he got a message on the phone telling him to go pick up his training CD. So he had to call the CP again and let them know he wouldn't be in that class. Training wasn't surprised, because they could see that Bill hadn't even logged on to eCrew in weeks, hadn't checked his schedule, and hadn't picked up his CD or called to arrange for flights. So yes, having a baby does get you out of recurrent! But his landings hadn't expired, and April was his grace month anyway.
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Your hubby gets a CD for recurrent?
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Yup.
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What's on the CD?
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Basically everything you'd normally cover in recurrent ground school. It's cheaper to make the guys do this CD, and pay them a fraction of the time it actually takes to complete the CD, than send them to ATL, pay for a hotel, ground instructor, facilities, etc.
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As a cost saving measure (I guess), you have to go on line and download the recurrent training guide at UPS. No big deal, for me, as I'm a computer guy. But the last Capt I last flew with isn't so much and he was really pissed off about it. They used to just put a paper copy it in our V files. Now, if you want a paper copy, you have to print it out at home. They actually configured the printers at the major hubs so we could NOT print them out at work...at least that's what the non-computer-guy-Capt told me. He got a guy at a smaller station to work around the system and print it out for him. It's 105 pages long....
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That's CRAP you can't print it at work! How cheap! The last time I went through recurrent we were still given paper materials. I think now it's PDF online, but you can still request a paper copy if you don't 'do' the computer thing. (There are some senior mammas at AA who've been around since the 40's, I guess they haven't entered the computer age yet!)
I_Money
Moderator
Don - I understand you are not familiar with pregnancy, but a human gestation period is slightly longer then 2 weeks- you could get a pregnant mouse, their gestation period is 3 weeks, and just hope she delivers early.
I have the 777 CD from AA - it is far more then just written material, it is fully interactive.
I have the 777 CD from AA - it is far more then just written material, it is fully interactive.
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Yup, that was us! Nice gusty winds, turbulent on arrival and actually I pulled off a nice landing on 30L!
I think we had a private pilot onboard as he was asking about my preferred crosswind technique as we were deplaning.
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Ha, that's awesome! Yes, it is windy as heck today, but your landing was very smooth!
So if you were flying, I guess that was your captain that I heard on the scanner?
Yup, that was us! Nice gusty winds, turbulent on arrival and actually I pulled off a nice landing on 30L!
I think we had a private pilot onboard as he was asking about my preferred crosswind technique as we were deplaning.
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Ha, that's awesome! Yes, it is windy as heck today, but your landing was very smooth!
So if you were flying, I guess that was your captain that I heard on the scanner?
Tim
New Member
Our recurrent training is on the company net and unfortunately you cant skip anything on it. The old way was to just do the test now you have to watch the whole presentation. It took 4 hrs to do it a few weeks ago. But they did let me leave when I was done so I got to leave at 9 am....
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Recurrent training at XJT was the same way. On-line website, but you could skip it if you could answer the questions at the bottom of the page without reading the text. SWA's re-current was more of a "here, sign this" thing. Sadly, most of the rampers SHOULD have been put through the actual recurrent training instead of just signing and saying they did. Cost SWA a LOT of money, especially on mail shipments.
