Mesaba "9" Drivers

[coonass]

I think its real funny myself. Those new hire jet FO whom think they were hand picked for jet and look down at the Saab will have to upgrade into the left seat of the Saab, when they finally get there hours. I have a great saying for those guy "long live the Saab in MEM in Aug". So the jokes on them

 

[saabservant]

Simon is right- any dweeb can be trained to take off and land one of these crj's. The saab still requires a lot of airmanship. And, my cocky, overconfident fo got quite the reality check the first time a landing or go-around was attempted in the sim. You can spoon-feed indoc. or systems to them, but that can't make them a flyer.
There is one concession to make, though. Senior pilots who stick to the saab for a better schedule, or for fear of a new environment are missing out on chances to better their careers and experience new environments. I share a small sense of disrespect for those at mesaba who stick their heads in the sand and presume that they will be comfy and secure in their senior crj or saab position, because they "might" get furloughed at a bigger carrier. That is just an excuse for not being willing to take a chance to upgrade yourself. look at recent history at mesaba and elsewhere.
If you haven't advanced your skills and experiences, and expected yourself to move on, and you find yourself replaced in a few years amid section 6 negotiations and the replacement of the saab, don't be shocked at how uncaring nwa is about your job or career....
Still, Best Wishes to all my friends still at Mesaba!
It is a good place to be.

 

[Pilot124]

I heard a rumor about a group of silly individuals at Mesaba, and I was hoping someone here will tell me it's not true.

I was told that some of the CRJ900 pilots wear their shoulder boards backwards, wide end in, so people know that they are 900 pilots, and don't confuse them with the saabs. Now I've been looking whenever I have been in redtail land lately, but have not seen it with my own eyes.

Anyone able to shed some light on this subject? Anyone had a sighting of their own?

A 9 Driver?????? You have got to be kidding me. Are you a riddle grad by chance? DORK!!!!!!:laugh:

 

[LVFlyer]

A 9 Driver?????? You have got to be kidding me. Are you a riddle grad by chance? DORK!!!!!!:laugh:

Seriously??? Dork? Hey, 1990 called and wants its insult back. You're the one who is differentiating between pa28 and pa28r in your profile. Did you even look at the title of the thread? The 9 was in "quotations". Maybe it was lost in translation, but that was just supposed to emphasize the point of my post. But hey, if I have to explain that, then you aren't going to get it anyway. And no, I'm not a riddle grad, any other generic and uncreative insults you would like to try?

 

[TheRaven]

i just looked up the Mesaba payscales for the CRJ-900...i don't think I'd be bragging about flying that POS, as everyone will know you are a fool for making less to fly that than many guys flying 50 seaters elsewhere....that payscale is pathetic.

 

[xjgearbtch]

I know for a fact they were putting the applicants with experience into the SAAB. The low flight timers were put into the CRJ. 1) It's idiot proof compared to SAAB. In other words yes you CRJ guys were the "choosen", choosen to fly the airplane you most likely could handle with your experience. IE not the SAAB. 2) With more experience they'll be upgrading sooner. To reduce future issues keep them in the same airplane that they will upgrade in.

The backward shouldboards were a few Dash 8 pilots from back in the day. Interesting how a rumor trancends into a new fleet. The majority of our new hires seem to be from UND. The riddle rant doesn't hold weight here.

The payscale was forced during ch11. With snapbacks it will return close to original book in December. I got over 22k dropped into my 401K out of that Ch11. We ate it in the hourly rate but got the money back in other ways.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Try the following statement...

"I wasn't put into the (insert turboprop name), because they didn't think I could fly the RJ.

They put you into the RJ, because they didn't think you could fly the (insert turboprop name)."

 

[afpilotselect]

Lets admit it, you're not a real man unless you have experienced variable bottom governing.

 

[Mesabi Miner]

Lets admit it, you're not a real man unless you have experienced variable bottom governing.

It's all about the torque motor, man. Gotta keep those AC gens online!

Back on Cape Cod when 95% of the flying we did was in C-172s, when we had to take up the Apache on a sight-see ride, we'd say we were taking up, "The Heavy."

MM

Long Live the SAAB!

 

[willbob]

Lets admit it, you're not a real man unless you have experienced variable bottom governing.

Nice!, or a V1 cut with a negative autocoursen (sim land, but I still almost screamed like a little girl).

When I was a new hire in 04 everyone had a hardon for the Avro, my class went 50/50, I got the SAAB and as a result made $4000 more than everyone in the Avro the first year, got back to Msp about 8 months sooner had a better schedule, and had 2000 hours in the aircraft I upgraded in. I always laughed at the people who had been in the Avro as a FO for 7-8 years so they wouldn't have to lower themselves and fly the Saab. guess what... the Avro went away and they wound in the Saab anyway.

Saab and the weather we fly it in makes for some interesting days at work.

 

[xjlifer]

It's all about the torque motor, man. Gotta keep those AC gens online!

Back on Cape Cod when 95% of the flying we did was in C-172s, when we had to take up the Apache on a sight-see ride, we'd say we were taking up, "The Heavy."

MM

Long Live the SAAB!

That is just sad my brother

 

[Simon Says]

Lets admit it, you're not a real man unless you have experienced variable bottom governing.

Or understand it!! PFM to me still to this day. Something about a tourque tube, holes and oil. Any FO on the 900, take note. The only people that can talk Saab Trash are the ones that have flown it!!!! Get it!

It is like my ex-wife. I may talk sh!t about her, but if you talk sh!t about her I am going to beat some arse.

 

[afpilotselect]

Via beta tube and sleeve!

 

[Simon Says]

Via beta tube and sleeve!

You just proved my point for me. Thanks.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Something about a tourque tube, holes and oil.

Not something. No. It's all about torque tubes, holes, and oil!



Back to the Dasholes, they're everywhere, but in different forms.

At my new (and improved) stomping ground, you replace "Dash" with "-200" and you've got the same idea.

"Ah, the -200. That thing could stop blah blah blah."

"On the -200 we never used the engines except for takeoff. And then it was usally just one! And then we'd glide all the way to Iqqalikiaqiiqq and deadstick the landing."