Yo ATN_Pilot

Derg said:
This is true.

The only thing that drives me nuts are the captains who haven't learned the new procedures or the Surface features. 90% of the time, I'll downloaded an electronic flight plan, populate FDP and FlightWeatherViewer with the weather data and my copilots sit there watching and say stuff like "What…the HELL… is that?! I've never seen another person use any of that."

But it comes in handy because most guys senior to me have no clue how to effectively bid or use CSI (Continuous Schedule Improvement) their schedules. :)
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Those are the same guys who can’t get the VNAV on the 88 to work, who’s EFBs lock up or crash continuously, and scream bloody murder that no one told them anything when a change happens to the FOM or PWA.
 
Cptnchia said:
Those are the same guys who can’t get the VNAV on the 88 to work, who’s EFBs lock up or crash continuously, and scream bloody murder that no one told them anything when a change happens to the FOM or PWA.
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"Netflix froze up muh Surface! I can't get my VPN to work, so mean!"

"What do you need a VPN for again?"
 
Derg said:
This is true.

The only thing that drives me nuts are the captains who haven't learned the new procedures or the Surface features. 90% of the time, I'll downloaded an electronic flight plan, populate FDP and FlightWeatherViewer with the weather data and my copilots sit there watching and say stuff like "What…the HELL… is that?! I've never seen another person use any of that."

But it comes in handy because most guys senior to me have no clue how to effectively bid or use CSI (Continuous Schedule Improvement) their schedules. :)
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It’s a good thing you don’t work over here. You’re too squared away. If you were a CA here you’d expect your FO to help you with evey little PED related thing while you pecked and mashed your fingers on the iPad wondering why it isn’t doing what you want. Then you’d want to buy dinner.. showing up in a white t-shirt tucked into your acid washed jeans all while sporting your white new balance kicks.
#lovin65
 
Derg said:
This is true.

The only thing that drives me nuts are the captains who haven't learned the new procedures or the Surface features. 90% of the time, I'll downloaded an electronic flight plan, populate FDP and FlightWeatherViewer with the weather data and my copilots sit there watching and say stuff like "What…the HELL… is that?! I've never seen another person use any of that."

But it comes in handy because most guys senior to me have no clue how to effectively bid or use CSI (Continuous Schedule Improvement) their schedules. :)
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They need a setting where it will auto-send the release to your email rather than requesting it. That would save me a tremendous amount of futzing.

Oh yea, and screenshots of important pages in your "pictures" folder is pretty cool as well....if you pin it to your start page, the little active tile cycles through them all...
 
Cptnchia said:
Those are the same guys who can’t get the VNAV on the 88 to work,
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I think that's pretty much universal to all VNAV planes crewed by old dudes too lazy to learn or program the software. A common conversation as an FO on both the CRJ and 717:

CA: Damn VNAV never works! It's always ahead or behind!

Me: Um, did you put any climb or descent winds in the box?

CA: Who the hell does that s---?!

Me: *facepalm*
 
Derg said:
This is true.

The only thing that drives me nuts are the captains who haven't learned the new procedures or the Surface features. 90% of the time, I'll downloaded an electronic flight plan, populate FDP and FlightWeatherViewer with the weather data and my copilots sit there watching and say stuff like "What…the HELL… is that?! I've never seen another person use any of that."

But it comes in handy because most guys senior to me have no clue how to effectively bid or use CSI (Continuous Schedule Improvement) their schedules. :)
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I bid number 20 in base for November and got one of the 2 (TWO) 60 day lines that got both Thanksgiving and Christmas off.

I am very glad that people don’t pay any attention when bidding.
 
I love flying this plane. Thought about bidding off of it on the next AE but man it is green slips galore in NYC on this plane. One benefit of being on the junior plane in the junior hub. More $$$ for me. In all seriousness the 717 is a blast to fly.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
I think that's pretty much universal to all VNAV planes crewed by old dudes too lazy to learn or program the software. A common conversation as an FO on both the CRJ and 717:

CA: Damn VNAV never works! It's always ahead or behind!

Me: Um, did you put any climb or descent winds in the box?

CA: Who the hell does that s---?!

Me: *facepalm*
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(Thinking all sorts of unhappy thoughts about the 121 avionics as compared to my Fisher Price G3000)
 
Meanwhile this is how you know you're on a dying fleet.

When they printed the permanent sign they couldn't even be troubled to put the thing on there, then haphazardly wedged it on after printing it on a piece of paper.

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Screaming_Emu said:
I bid number 20 in base for November and got one of the 2 (TWO) 60 day lines that got both Thanksgiving and Christmas off.

I am very glad that people don’t pay any attention when bidding.
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You know what's funny is that I have Christmas off, could really give less of a shizzle about it, but by virtue of my schedule, I can't even swap with another captain who needs/wants it off.

Basically, by noon, I'm usually drunk and trying to find a bar open on Christmas day whenever I'm home.
 
"Basically, by noon, I'm usually drunk and trying to find a bar open on Christmas day whenever I'm home."

I'm going to be looking to spend Xmas in PHX from now on....
 
Screaming_Emu said:
“Don’t want the gubment in mah business. Taxation is theft! Go tea party!”
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wheelsup said:
Meanwhile this is how you know you're on a dying fleet.

When they printed the permanent sign they couldn't even be troubled to put the thing on there, then haphazardly wedged it on after printing it on a piece of paper.

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LOLZ, at least there IS a sign....

Back during the Blue/Red merger, they just dumped a bunch of us at the Southernjets training center with no maps or diagrams or anything, and there are 3 different buildings. Sure, there were little itty bitty signs...but just getting to that point was Adventure Time. People wandered around that place looking for hours....oh, yea, and you needed a nuclear code decoder ring to get to the briefing rooms.

COMPLETELY unlike NATCO, which was user friendly. During the time we had both, the MSP training center went senior...for some reason...even in winter.
 
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