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Originally Posted by BobDDuck Seems to be working now Doug... thanks!
Alrighty, here's one from the right seat (a sort of "you're the FO") that a err... "friend" was asking about.
You are showing for day 3 of a 4 day trip. You are coming of a 16 hour overnight where your captain left just after arrival the day before to go spend the layover at a friends house. You show up at your show time (45 prior to departure) with the FA and head to the gate. No captain. You go ahead and get all the preflight work done while the FA does her cabin checks. It is now 20 minutes prior to pushback and still no captain. The gate agent comes down the jetway to ask about boarding the PAX. The FA says she is good to go. They both look at you. What's your call?
Stuff to keep in mind... You don't have the captain's phone number. The airport you are at is a hub, but your airline doesn't keep reserve crews there nor is it a domicile. |
I thought I would bump this up to the top because I had an interesting experience last week. Normally I get everything done and I'll give the Capt 10 minutes prior to departure to call sched. If the agent and FA's are pushy I'll call at 15 minutes. I will also tell the agent to board the PAX. Every Captain that's been late has thanked me for getting everything done and loading the PAX.
Last week we loaded the PAX and I got everthing done before the Captain arrived. He was all pissed off and told me I should have waited and he likes to program the box, etc... This was day one of a four day. We had an overnight in TYS where there is no van and he was late again the next morning. I had to call the hotel to wake him up. Anyways, I didn't program the box or load the PAX and he was even more pissed the next day. Needless to say, it was a loonnnggg 4 day.