Lowering the bar......
Hey All,
--Searching, you are on the money, these threads end up being way too serious, I love to see guys breaking their backs bending over themselves.
Sedona16, where did I come across as an ignorant jack-ass? And how are you not an ignorant jack-ass? How would me leaving Skywest raise the bar? What bar, anyway?
If your level of dignity is based on your job, and an ignorant jackass like me can threaten it, then maybe you should re-evaluate how you define dignity.
I hope I am not working for any airline 20 years from now, I don't think I can stand the thought of 39 more 6-month sim checks, 39 more worthless medical exams, etc.......
I honestly think I am one of the worst pilots out there. There are hundreds of books and volumes and tons of flight dynamics, interrelationships, etc... that I just don't understand, and frankly don't have the time to bother with. I tried to work my way thru Van Sickle's Modern Airmanship and I just gave up. If anyone has read that book cover to cover and understands everything in it, I salute you.
I'm sorry you have only posted 5 times, and wasted one of them on me.
Russ, if you try to have safety as your #1 priority, you would never get off the ground. Do you always have the most current WX, have you actually checked the weight and balance numbers that MX generates, how do you really know that all MX was properly performed, how do you know that the company is really following all FAA directives, what is the actual weight of the bags in the cargo compartment, etc.... the list is endless.
Instead of getting caught up in all that, I kinda take it for a given, and make sure my crew is having a good day at work. If the FO and FA are having a good day, chances are I am having a good day too.
I am for sure the first to say that I don't follow SOP to the letter, mostly because the SOP can't cover every situation. I want my crew to use their brains to work thru a problem, not just some memorized procedure that might not be the best thing to do.
If anyone thinks that I am a real safety threat, I would encourage that person to call my chief pilot, Tony H. The life you save may be mine.
later,
robert sanchez
PS I use the 'snatchez' name sometimes, because that was the nickname some friends gave me many years ago, and I like it.