tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post2498393274815084835..comments2023-10-01T04:45:07.532-07:00Comments on Geekinthecockpit: To the guy in 9A...thanksGeekinthecockpithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15853969211193512474noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-22365924245539386092013-07-31T03:34:00.000-07:002013-07-31T03:34:00.000-07:00'“Hey let’s make an extra 20 minutes on this f...'“Hey let’s make an extra 20 minutes on this first turn.” My captain said to me while finishing up preflight duties.<br><br>“It’s over blocked, not really possible.” I replied.<br><br>“Ah I flew around yesterday at Mach .62 and no one said anything to me.” he said.'<br><br><br><br>That is HILARIOUS! I'm not the type to rat anyone out, but c mon, this is pretty funny stuff. I can understand you getting upset if you were on your way home, and wanted to get there in a hurry, but if you got all day to kill, that 5 to 14 bux is a half decent lunch. Not to mention doesn't it save the airline a bit of money on fuel? I wouldn't tell someone's boss for something like that.. we are on the same team! <br><br><br>About the rest thing.. Does it say 10 hours on your contract? If so, and that manager TRIED to get you to come in after only 8, that IS something I would bring up to someones boss. That is simple BS. No one should be expected to go to work the morning after a late work night unless they can reasonably expect 8 hours of sleep. Hopefully these new rest requirements are common sensical, and not something that only works in a perfect vacuum (so the airlines can push it to the dead limit). If anything, they should give you a 12 hour minimum (After arriving to your place of rest!), whether it's at a hotel, or at home. Any hard working person deserves a beer and a nice meal after work.DMannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-16211327868076657882013-07-31T04:18:00.000-07:002013-07-31T04:18:00.000-07:00Another consequence of flying slow is it messes wi...Another consequence of flying slow is it messes with passenger connection times and makes everyone else work faster as we typically have 30 minutes to turn the plane. If we arrive 10 minutes late that gives just 20 minutes. Planes are scheduled all day long so us running intentionally late affects other flights and their crews and passengers.<br><br>The 10 hours is in the contact but I must request it. The manager was playing semantics as he said I wasn't guaranteed it. They play on wording hoping naive pilots will cave and get the flight out thus scheduling can have spare reserves.Geekhttp://geekinthecockpit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6093644604429778937.post-1346874921600370012013-07-31T04:36:00.000-07:002013-07-31T04:36:00.000-07:00Ahhh both points make more sense now... This whol...Ahhh both points make more sense now... This whole pressure to force people to work tired is just unsafe.. The culture needs to change. The company should have quarterly events or meet and greets or something fun so people can put a face on the voice from the other side.. Perhaps they'd take it more personally and be less prone to trying to take advantage of people and put them in unsafe situations. <br><br><br>Speaking of pressure, on the other topic of flying slow on purpose, maybe if they actually paid you guys for ALL of the time you are "working", and not just flying, then that would eliminate the incentive to doing passive-aggressive things like flying slow. They are their own worst enemy, and as always the labor gets the crap end of the shaft. <br><br><br>Either way, company policies should be built around never having to screw ANYONE. A happy workforce is a way more efficient one.. and a safer one. Everybody wins when the employees are happy.. The customer, the employees, even the CEO. They just don't get it.DMannoreply@blogger.com