Rez O. Lewshun
Save the Profession
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Denying the "Freight Dogs" the jumpseat is about as petty low as one can get. Lower than whale $hit. Spite is for 15 year old drama queens.
Here is a six step process to becomming a professional air line Capt.
Understanding that....
1. FedEx managment is using the jumpseat as a negotiating tool. If YOUR company was using something against you and your pilot group, wouldn't you enjoy and even crave the support of your fellow pilots, including pilots from other companies?
2. The "Dogs" maybe the only pilot group to "save" this pilot profession. They are the ones who are prospering right now and THEY will negotiate the leading contracts that we hope to use in 5-10 years.
3. The more flight crew members you have on board, the easier the emergency and/or evacuation goes and the better you look as Capt.
4. Only ATA members will get CASS initially. Fedex is a member. Indy Air and other similar mom and pop outfits are not. The tables will be turned... Now what?
5. The FedEx shipping discount has nothing to do with the jumpseat. The FedEx pilots cannot control an interline agreement that extends to all employees from both companies.
6. Instead of being a jumpseat Nazi ("No Jumpseat for YOU!") why don't you invite these gentlemen on board and talk with them for five minutes. (have your FO load the FMS?) Ask him what is going on at FedEx/UPS. Get educated on the issue. They may be tired as he1l and look worse than your father in law on jetlag, but they'll share some info. Then tell your FA to treat them like Kings cause they're your fellow pilots and its the right thing to do. (and if your FA says He1l no, then shame on you for not treating your FA right so she is happy to take care of your fellow pilots for you...)
As a Captain extending jumpseat privlidges it is better to be a positive influence on our profession than a tool. Believing that you are a one man army, vigilante types like Charles Bronsen, Schwarzenegger and Rambo all rolled up into one, so you can deny jumpseats to fellow pilots cause of a recipcricol definition is like two 8 year olds yelling at each other in the playground screaming "I said 'Screw you first'". Great, a Mexican stand off..... Now what!?
The Freight Dogs aren't giggling at each other thinking they are gaming the system at your expense. They know the deal. And many of them feel awkward asking for the jumpseat cause they just want to get home and see thier family, but they're gun shy of running into a babbling lunatic Capt that is going to give them a vitrol filled Dennis Miller rant about issues he himself doesn't understand.
Justifying the denial of a Freight Dog with a self righteous spin goes like this.... "So you're with FedEx. Well, I am denying you the j/s for your own good and the good of the profession. Cause if I don't deny you and other FedEx/UPS types then this whole jumpseat thing will never get fixed." WOW! Another airline pax Capt that is going to fix the problem single handedly.
The way jumpseats agreements get done is on the negotiating table, the dinner table and at the MEC offices. Not rogue Capts, exercising thier absolute power, thinking they are making a difference.
And you will be contributing to solving the issue, not convincing yourself that a pseudo-instantaneous-self-gratifying j/s denial is effecting change via a mis-informed short-term pain-for-long-term-gain modus operandi.
Instead why not be a positive influence on our profession. Keep the real vibes going. The good will.
We need as much fellowship as we can get these days.
Here is a six step process to becomming a professional air line Capt.
Understanding that....
1. FedEx managment is using the jumpseat as a negotiating tool. If YOUR company was using something against you and your pilot group, wouldn't you enjoy and even crave the support of your fellow pilots, including pilots from other companies?
2. The "Dogs" maybe the only pilot group to "save" this pilot profession. They are the ones who are prospering right now and THEY will negotiate the leading contracts that we hope to use in 5-10 years.
3. The more flight crew members you have on board, the easier the emergency and/or evacuation goes and the better you look as Capt.
4. Only ATA members will get CASS initially. Fedex is a member. Indy Air and other similar mom and pop outfits are not. The tables will be turned... Now what?
5. The FedEx shipping discount has nothing to do with the jumpseat. The FedEx pilots cannot control an interline agreement that extends to all employees from both companies.
6. Instead of being a jumpseat Nazi ("No Jumpseat for YOU!") why don't you invite these gentlemen on board and talk with them for five minutes. (have your FO load the FMS?) Ask him what is going on at FedEx/UPS. Get educated on the issue. They may be tired as he1l and look worse than your father in law on jetlag, but they'll share some info. Then tell your FA to treat them like Kings cause they're your fellow pilots and its the right thing to do. (and if your FA says He1l no, then shame on you for not treating your FA right so she is happy to take care of your fellow pilots for you...)
As a Captain extending jumpseat privlidges it is better to be a positive influence on our profession than a tool. Believing that you are a one man army, vigilante types like Charles Bronsen, Schwarzenegger and Rambo all rolled up into one, so you can deny jumpseats to fellow pilots cause of a recipcricol definition is like two 8 year olds yelling at each other in the playground screaming "I said 'Screw you first'". Great, a Mexican stand off..... Now what!?
The Freight Dogs aren't giggling at each other thinking they are gaming the system at your expense. They know the deal. And many of them feel awkward asking for the jumpseat cause they just want to get home and see thier family, but they're gun shy of running into a babbling lunatic Capt that is going to give them a vitrol filled Dennis Miller rant about issues he himself doesn't understand.
Justifying the denial of a Freight Dog with a self righteous spin goes like this.... "So you're with FedEx. Well, I am denying you the j/s for your own good and the good of the profession. Cause if I don't deny you and other FedEx/UPS types then this whole jumpseat thing will never get fixed." WOW! Another airline pax Capt that is going to fix the problem single handedly.
The way jumpseats agreements get done is on the negotiating table, the dinner table and at the MEC offices. Not rogue Capts, exercising thier absolute power, thinking they are making a difference.
And you will be contributing to solving the issue, not convincing yourself that a pseudo-instantaneous-self-gratifying j/s denial is effecting change via a mis-informed short-term pain-for-long-term-gain modus operandi.
Instead why not be a positive influence on our profession. Keep the real vibes going. The good will.
We need as much fellowship as we can get these days.
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