JDREsquire1224
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Guys, recently there's been a lot of arguments on the board about different things, but I want to make you aware of probably the newest threat to the regional industry. The FAA is currently focusing on traffic collisions on taxiways, but my friend and I are conducting some studies and making a presentation to the FSDO soon about the 5 hazardous attitudes and how they play a bad role, most frequently at the regionals.
One of the most common things I've heard about when I talk to some FO's at the local FBO is that captain's always show the tendency of "get-home-itis". This is not a joke. Some captains even go as far as telling FO's to "fly it like you stole it." In that case, would you really fly an airplane cross country with passengers at 300 ft. with the transponder on standby? The answer is no. But captains will make FO's believe they can "fly it like they stole it" just in order to get home sooner. This is a threat.
Another one is being too macho. I was flying in the cabin last summer to go back home and take this chick from high school on a night flight, and here's what happened: The captain got on the mic at about Fl160 and announced to everyone that they should stay seated because we were going through some "turb." Well, let me tell you. This captain probably flew through red plots on the radar. It was continuously bumpy and the flight attend didn't even get up. I even told the lady sitting next to me about the threat of microbursts and what could happen to us. She started to get worried but I was too concerned with other things to worry. I got off the plane and look at the sky and saw gray everywhere.
An other time I was talking to a FO this career fair and I asked how many CAP's display anti-authority. He said not many, but one time he said there was a captain that wouldn't board because they were in E-Dick, or something like that.
Anyways, I want to know some other hazardous attitudes that are displayed in the regionals. I know there are a lot. But I think I can help because my friend and I are halfway through this powerpoint for a ground school class and I think the FAA would be VERY interested in what we have to say.
One of the most common things I've heard about when I talk to some FO's at the local FBO is that captain's always show the tendency of "get-home-itis". This is not a joke. Some captains even go as far as telling FO's to "fly it like you stole it." In that case, would you really fly an airplane cross country with passengers at 300 ft. with the transponder on standby? The answer is no. But captains will make FO's believe they can "fly it like they stole it" just in order to get home sooner. This is a threat.
Another one is being too macho. I was flying in the cabin last summer to go back home and take this chick from high school on a night flight, and here's what happened: The captain got on the mic at about Fl160 and announced to everyone that they should stay seated because we were going through some "turb." Well, let me tell you. This captain probably flew through red plots on the radar. It was continuously bumpy and the flight attend didn't even get up. I even told the lady sitting next to me about the threat of microbursts and what could happen to us. She started to get worried but I was too concerned with other things to worry. I got off the plane and look at the sky and saw gray everywhere.
An other time I was talking to a FO this career fair and I asked how many CAP's display anti-authority. He said not many, but one time he said there was a captain that wouldn't board because they were in E-Dick, or something like that.
Anyways, I want to know some other hazardous attitudes that are displayed in the regionals. I know there are a lot. But I think I can help because my friend and I are halfway through this powerpoint for a ground school class and I think the FAA would be VERY interested in what we have to say.
