Good First Officers?

[-9Capt]

Also, whatdo you mean about letting you know about the ATIS, so you can listen to it as well?

AirTran's FOM states something to the effect..."the FO will normally allow the Capt to hear the ATIS and clearance"...

 

[RJP]

And I haven't met a CPT that weighed less than 240 lbs

This was funny and well timed enough to make me snort my coffee out my nose.....until you backtracked and brown-nosed in your next post. Shame.

 

[say again]

AirTran's FOM states something to the effect..."the FO will normally allow the Capt to hear the ATIS and clearance"...

That's what I needed to see. I just never heard of this being done before.

 

[say again]

Every summer, it's the same thing.

What's the matter, kid? No friends to play with? Zits got you down? Mommy put "Net Nanny" on your computer, so you can;t even surf for free porn?

Log off, go outside and play. Maybe you won't get beat up this time (you can always hope, right?). Get a summer job. . . . . just quit playing pilot on the message boards. . . . it's getting boring.

Yeah???? OK. If it's getting boring then leave.

BTW- -9 CAPT enlightened me on the ATIS and clearnace debate, so I do apologize for that, though I still never heard anyone actually use this practice.

 

[dash8driver]

This was funny and well timed enough to make me snort my coffee out my nose.....until you backtracked and brown-nosed in your next post. Shame.

well, at least now you have caffinated boogers to chew on if you get sleepy today while flying your trips.

 

[DC8 Flyer]

Ty, the atis and clearance thing was a wakeup call for me when I switched jobs. My previous carrier, none of the captains cared, all they wanted to know is if everyone was onboard and can we call it 5 minutes early and 5 minutes late arriving. I got to my new job and dutifully got the atis and the clearance before the captain was onboard and recieved a wholly butt chewing. This way makes sense.

Just goes to show there is a ton more to being a good FO than just reading the captains wants and needs, you also have to be a "smart" pilot and do things that just make sense and don't be a lemming.

 

[Ty Webb]

Ty, the atis and clearance thing was a wakeup call for me when I switched jobs. I got to my new job and dutifully got the atis and the clearance before the captain was onboard and recieved a wholly butt chewing.

Yeah, I like to hear that stuff too . . . . especially since we are doing more and more RNAV DP's. Also, with the summertime construction season, I lke to hear the taxiway closures so I can plan my way around them.

It's a simple courtesy, but evidently, there are a few on this board that can't seem to see over the side of their sandbox.

 

[Flechas]

Ok Ty, so tell me what's so wrong with writting down the ATIS on a piece of paper and then showing the Captain, same with the clearance. As far as I'm concerned it is the same as listening to it together.
I'm not saying what you are doing is wrong, but that doesn't mean is the only way to do it.

The only reason this dicussion started is because I asked you what you meant about listening to the ATIS together, because I had never heard of such practice, and you turned the whole thing into a pissing contest. I've jumpeated with Continental and NWA and never saw that either.

 

[Ty Webb]

Sorry, man, I'm not playing with you.

I guess you'll just have to keep on playing with yourself.

Have a nice summer, kid.

 

[Flechas]

What a big fag you are, I bet you are the kind of person that tell your wife you are right because you are a Captain, you have only been captain a few months and already think you are some hot stuff.