New ASA Boarding Procedure w/o Pilots!

[ASARJMan]

Starts Sep 1st. Read about it on ourASA and your mailbox. Hope negotiations go well at the end of August.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Not sure how much it will help since it is only going to occur on the A and B Concourses. Maybe a total of 4 or 5 gates for the whole operation.

A better way to make up for lost time would be to keep crews and aircraft together throughout the day.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Man, took you guys long enough to post this. That bulletin has been out of OurASA for an just over an hour now.

 

[ASARJMan]

Well hell, I can't pick up FltInfo in the cockpit yet, so I had to wait til I got to the lounge.

 

[goahead]

No big deal I'm still going to go to E for good ole Qudoba and find some mtc once I get to the a/c

 

[GearUpLightsIn]

How many FA's are going to get gigged for using the jetway phone on the 50? They make a big deal of not being able to leave the plane with pax onboard. They say in FAQ that they can use their judgement in an emergency to use the phone, but I guess for anything else like 51 pax on a 50 seat plane will have to wait until an egent walks on down the bridge.

PS how many times do we have to see our fearless leader in pics everytime there is an update on the company site? He probably got tired of no one knowing who the hell he was. Or maybe he has gone the way of Castro and they keep posting pics of him to dispel rumors that he is already out the door?

 

[DrewBlows]

Wow, that sounds like a terrible idea. Have flight attendants been trained how to start the APU?

It would be a shame to be forced to deplane everyone when some maintenance item causes further delay.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

PS how many times do we have to see our fearless leader in pics everytime there is an update on the company site?

Is that Bryan? I've always been on the lookout for a guy with green hair, a red nose, lipstick and makeup on.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Wow, that sounds like a terrible idea. Have flight attendants been trained how to start the APU?

It would be a shame to be forced to deplane everyone when some maintenance item causes further delay.

It's only at gates where there is a jetway (A and B Concourses) allowing for AC and ground power. Maybe a total of 4 or 5 gates for all of ATL.

 

[ASARJMan]

PS how many times do we have to see our fearless leader in pics everytime there is an update on the company site?

You really shouldn't use "leader" and BL in the same sentence. Anywho, it's PR for BL to use his picture. See, that way DAL can see he must be a real leader over ther at ASA Land.

Skippy did the same thing when he first took over. Can't tell you how many times I saw him out there posing for pics. The only ones who didn't care were G&J.

 

[TOOL CRIB]

Someone should forward that pic to the FAA. No SIDA badge!!

 

[CFI2766]

The first time a passenger gets sick/dies while there is no flightcrew aboard will be the last time we board without pilots.

If something does happen at the airplane while the Captain is not on board, is he still responsible as PIC?

It'll be interesting to see how the FOM change is worded on this...

 

[E120ASA]

Oh well, I was at the GO today taking care of some paper work and some of the leaks I heard there, were that we had a TA at the last meeting but JA called and told BL not to sign anything until he had the Skywest Alpa vote over. For this he would help kick in some for the retro pay. Also that by making the Sept lines look as bad as they do, it would help him sway the undecided because they knew we all would bit-h about them. Supposedly this is why all the hush, hush from the last meeting. Who knows…stranger thing have happened? Is this legal?

 

[TOOL CRIB]

The first time a passenger gets sick/dies while there is no flightcrew aboard will be the last time we board without pilots.

If something does happen at the airplane while the Captain is not on board, is he still responsible as PIC?

It'll be interesting to see how the FOM change is worded on this...

The memo says the aircraft and passengers will be under GCS (is that right?) control while the pilots are not there. Basically the gate agent and rampers. A lot of other airlines do this, I think I've boarded Delta flights before where the pilots have left to get food on a turn.

 

[CFI2766]

The memo says the aircraft and passengers will be under GCS (is that right?) control while the pilots are not there. Basically the gate agent and rampers. A lot of other airlines do this, I think I've boarded Delta flights before where the pilots have left to get food on a turn.

Once I re-read, I see what you mean.

It doesn't give me a warm-fuzzy feeling to know that passengers will be under the control/supervision/protection of the folks who are responsible for the morass that is the Delta ramp.