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September 1st, 2004, 01:20
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| Moderator  |  Re: That\'s weird! Questions...O.k. How is the new Captain doing with the mult. leg trips? What does he think of this camera/web/email technology thingy you've been doing this trip? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Do you find the passengers much different on the red-eye? Drink some good coffee and you'll be just fine. Too bad Starbuck's isn't open in the terminal. Oh well, hotel coffee will have to do. |
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September 1st, 2004, 06:27
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| Agent Smith  | Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] Questions...O.k. How is the new Captain doing with the mult. leg trips? [/ QUOTE ] He's doing amazingly well. I have to read the checklist slowly, doublecheck the paperwork often and keep fostering the environment that I'm not going to think he's a dork if he asks for help. That's one of the hardest things to do when you're an experienced FO flying with a brand new captain is creating a comfortable environment for him (her?). [ QUOTE ] What does he think of this camera/web/email technology thingy you've been doing this trip? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] I'm very discrete about it! [ QUOTE ] Do you find the passengers much different on the red-eye? [/ QUOTE ] Grumpy. The train shut down for 20 minutes in DEN and a few passengers started barking at us as if we had control of the system. Then some were grumpy getting off the jet as well, but what can ya do? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] Drink some good coffee and you'll be just fine. Too bad Starbuck's isn't open in the terminal. Oh well, hotel coffee will have to do. [/ QUOTE ] Nah, I shut the blinds real good, pressed the floor lamp against the window, put on my eyemask and slept pretty good for about six hours -- which is about an hour more than I normally get. |
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September 1st, 2004, 07:52
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: McDonough, GA
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 | Re: That\'s weird! I'll ask one: Where the pictures? I'm so confused.... Naunga |
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September 1st, 2004, 08:28
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| Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Dartford,UK (near London)
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| Re: That\'s weird! Watch out here comes the questions [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif[/img] Hey look at that, you got a couple of legs that avoided ATL! Way to go [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/spin2.gif[/img] Pity you had to take a red-eye to do it [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img] At least with the red-eye there is less chance of a ground delay for departing ATL, right? How would you rate CVG with the other Delta hubs? Is it better than ATL and worse than DFW? Did you keep the same plane on passing thru CVG, or was that a plane change as well as all the changes in ATL? Any times you had the same cabin crew on consecutive flights this trip? What were the load factors for the trips, many empty seats, or jam-packed summer traffic? |
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September 1st, 2004, 13:30
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| Moderator | Re: That\'s weird! I jsut saw the picture waiting for the jetway driver and the Capt seems awfully close to the yoke. Did he sit that close the entire time? It looks like he is ready to jump through the front windows. |
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September 1st, 2004, 13:56
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| Agent Smith | Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] At least with the red-eye there is less chance of a ground delay for departing ATL, right? [/ QUOTE ] Correct [ QUOTE ] How would you rate CVG with the other Delta hubs? [/ QUOTE ] CVG seems to flow a lot smoother with less time spent sitting as #18 in line for takeoff [ QUOTE ] Is it better than ATL and worse than DFW? [/ QUOTE ] CVG, in my opinion is better than ATL and I really can't compare it with DFW cuz DFW's like a whole 'nother country! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [ QUOTE ] Did you keep the same plane on passing thru CVG, or was that a plane change as well as all the changes in ATL? [/ QUOTE ] Ahahaha, no. Fly for Delta, change planes each time thru a hub. Very inefficient. [ QUOTE ] Any times you had the same cabin crew on consecutive flights this trip? [/ QUOTE ] Every once in a while! [ QUOTE ] What were the load factors for the trips, many empty seats, or jam-packed summer traffic? [/ QUOTE ] Fairly medium. You can certainly tell schools back in session before labor day rush. Airlines don't run jam packed consistently all year. Usually winter is crazy up until January, then cools off. Then the spring it perks back up, Summer is crazy, and then it sluffs off for a bit in late August, then increases thru labor day, cools off and then slowly picks up as you approach the holiday season. |
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September 1st, 2004, 13:56
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| Agent Smith | Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] I jsut saw the picture waiting for the jetway driver and the Capt seems awfully close to the yoke. Did he sit that close the entire time? It looks like he is ready to jump through the front windows. [/ QUOTE ] Poor guy is probably only 5'6! |
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September 1st, 2004, 14:52
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| Moderator  Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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 | Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] Poor guy is probably only 5'6! [/ QUOTE ] Hey, that's still 4" taller than me! |
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September 1st, 2004, 15:36
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| Agent Smith | Re: That\'s weird! Portable! You're probably the type of person they designed the CL-65 passenger cabin for! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Yikes, here comes the hate email... |
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September 1st, 2004, 15:44
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Space Shuttle
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| Re: That\'s weird! What's the biggest pilot you have ever seen Doug? When we were at the Alteon, I was having trouble enough being 6'3 and climbing in and out of those seats. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Somehow I got labeled as a complainer.. What's up with that [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] |
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September 1st, 2004, 15:54
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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| Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] Portable! You're probably the type of person they designed the CL-65 passenger cabin for! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Yikes, here comes the hate email... [/ QUOTE ] Yes, and I fit easily into most overhead bins! I actually got put in an ATR overhead once. The guys thought it would be funny to see if I fit. I did. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] |
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September 1st, 2004, 16:42
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Norfolk, VA
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| Re: That\'s weird! I have a Q (s). [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Is there a required time you must be at the jet prior to departure? Are there pilot lounges in all airports? Like DTW, ORD, MIA? Or just your domiciles and larger cities, ala, ATL, BOS, DFW? How often do you switch airplanes in an out city? Or do you always return to a hub with the same airplane? Say you have a two hour sit in TPA, what do you guys do? Weird questions, I know, but hey something I don't know the answer to. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif[/img] |
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September 1st, 2004, 16:52
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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| Re: That\'s weird! Speaking as an AA crew: [ QUOTE ] Is there a required time you must be at the jet prior to departure? [/ QUOTE ] We (the F/As) have to be on board 45 minutes prior to departure. The rule for AA pilots was that they had to arrive with enough time to accomplish all pre-departure duties to allow for an on-time departure. [ QUOTE ] Are there pilot lounges in all airports? Like DTW, ORD, MIA? Or just your domiciles and larger cities, ala, ATL, BOS, DFW? [/ QUOTE ] It depends. We have crew lounges in all our crew base cities, and at all stations there is an operations area where crew are usually welcome to sit if they have a few minutes a want to stay out of the terminal. Some of those ops areas are bigger than others, and have couches & TVs n' stuff, and some you'll be lucky to find a chair. [ QUOTE ] How often do you switch airplanes in an out city? Or do you always return to a hub with the same airplane? [/ QUOTE ] Very rarely. Usually you keep your airplane til you get to a hub. Every once in a while you'll give one up, but it's not often. If you're overnighting a different crew will usually end up taking your plane out the next day. [ QUOTE ] Say you have a two hour sit in TPA, what do you guys do? [/ QUOTE ] Find a place to sleep Read Sleep Scavange for food Make use of that nationwide cellular calling plan Sleep |
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September 1st, 2004, 17:27
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| Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Norfolk, VA
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| Re: That\'s weird! Great, thanks for the feedback. I appreciate it. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/spin2.gif[/img] |
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September 1st, 2004, 18:08
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Florida
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| Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] Portable! You're probably the type of person they designed the CL-65 passenger cabin for! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Yikes, here comes the hate email... [/ QUOTE ] True, true. At least the seat width and pitch are descent, though. I do find myself saying "watch your head" a lot to folks as I say goodbye during deplaning. Oh, well. There's always Greyhound, right? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif[/img] |
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September 1st, 2004, 19:41
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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| Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] You're probably the type of person they designed the CL-65 passenger cabin for! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] Dang mainline pilots dissin' the regionals again!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/argue.gif[/img] I've had 3 FOs ask me why I'm taking pictures of the FMS or other random things, and one ask if I was playing a video game on my phone. Maybe I should give them the link instead of just describing the whole thing. Oh yeah, and when I was standing in the hotel parking lot at 5am waiting for the fire alarm to stop buzzing, people were looking at me more funny than usual. One guy even asked who I was calling. Oh, and since Doug failed to mention MY page (mainline pilots!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]), the link is below in my signature. |
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September 1st, 2004, 20:20
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| Agent Smith | Re: That\'s weird! Shoot, I can top that. First trip after IOE on the 727, one of the flight attendants calls the cockpit and says, "We've got an overhead bin stuck, can you send the engineer back to have a look?" So I discontinue preflighting the panel, walk back into the cabin and ask the A-line which of the bins is stuck. "Oh, that one!" So I reach up, unlatch it and "Boo!" Holy crap. I about 'sharted'... |
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September 6th, 2004, 11:47
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Atlanta
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| Re: That\'s weird! Dooya have to fend off many 49 year old flight attendants? Is it true that out in the airline world, there are flight attendants looking for husbands (pilots) and husbands (pilots) looking for girls? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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September 6th, 2004, 13:25
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| Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gilbert, AZ
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| Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] Dooya have to fend off many 49 year old flight attendants? [/ QUOTE ] Define many, but yes there are some who must be kept at arm's length. [ QUOTE ] Is it true that out in the airline world, there are flight attendants looking for husbands (pilots) and husbands (pilots) looking for girls? [/ QUOTE ] There are also flight attendants looking for wives (pilots), wives (pilots) looking for guys, and every other combination. It bugs the crud outta me to hear an FA say "I won't date a pilot because you all lie and cheat." My experience in the last 3 years is that FAs, generally speaking, will cheat and lie just as much. It's not the job, it's the person. Does the job make it easier? Yeah, but it's still not right. |
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September 6th, 2004, 13:35
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| Big Chief's Woman  | Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] flight attendants looking for husbands (pilots) [/ QUOTE ] yes,sometimes the chemistry is there just as it would show itself in any type of interaction and/or profession. [ QUOTE ] husbands (pilots) looking for girls? [/ QUOTE ] 98% of the time, NO... there's that 2% out there that give all pilots (and F/A's) a bad name... it's not just the pilots and just so it goes to show - that's in ANY field, and any gender... not just flying. questions like this:[ QUOTE ] husbands (pilots) looking for girls? [/ QUOTE ] are really quite annoying to those of us who are happily married to pilots and/or F/A's (whether male/female etc). don't give yourself such a large ego based on what "used" to happen in the profession... stuff like that really doesn't occur that frequently in today's world like it did in yesterdays and it's all based on the person, not the profession....if your going into the profession because that type of thing sounds "kewl" or because you *think* that you can get away with it easier, your better off going for doctor, lawyer or garbage man.. they have just as much opportunity if not more (because they're home all the time) to do the same type of damage. |
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September 6th, 2004, 14:00
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Looney Bin
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| Re: That\'s weird! Well said Kristie. |
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September 6th, 2004, 14:28
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| Banned  Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA
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| Re: That\'s weird! [ QUOTE ] stuff like that really doesn't occur that frequently in today's world like it did in yesterdays and it's all based on the person, not the profession....if your going into the profession because that type of thing sounds "kewl" or because you *think* that you can get away with it easier, your better off going for doctor, lawyer or garbage man.. they have just as much opportunity if not more (because they're home all the time) to do the same type of damage. [/ QUOTE ] Obviously, you have never heard the phrase "What goes on the road, stays on the road"... Being on the road makes this kind of lewd behavior tremendously easier to conduct and hide... Gee, lets see, all these pilots on the road with hotel rooms, that aren't even in their name... Hhhmmm... I am in no way condoning or encouraging this kind of behavior, but I think one would have to be an utter fool to think that it doesn't occur at a rather large and alarming rate (well beyond the 2% mentioned)... Especially on the scheduled airlines where a crew may be together for a month at a time, or with very frequent, common layovers... |
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