No PIC turbine for SWA?

[ChinaClipper]

Everyone gets there turn in the barrel...

AA is having a bad luck run.........anyone from F9 talking smack now may be in for it. We have AT LEAST 4 Captains who will probably be the first to screw up our pretty good safety record. Complete idiots with NO business being Captain on Part 121 carrier. Sad fact is, the training deptartment knows who they are, but no ones willing to fire some one who, for instance, had IOE in the triple digits.....We also hired some folk with ZERO PIC and some in the last hiring boom. Why? I hear if your kid plays soccer with the right F9 managers, and you'll get an interview, with ZERO PIC. Is kinda sad, but we luckily we the vast majority of folks as top notch, but I'd feel better if there was less of that cra p. Again, our unwillingness to downgrade or fire the weak will make us ALL look bad. Weak IOE Captains signing off idiots, will make us ALL look bad. Flight Ops management who know fhis and unwilling to cull the herd, will make us ALL look bad. Every operation has them, the question really is: What do ya do with them once they are there?? Fly safe.........and always be mindful that the next jet in the ditch just be wearing YOUR paint job........

 

[aa73]

Skywest has never had a run of bad luck!

Just messin' with you guys! Karma is a real pain. Careful what you say. As for AA73... Well, HE'S THE BEST #$%$ PILOT IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, and F.O.'s have great experience keeping the old crusty Captains from screwing up! Fly safe!

Thanks SKYW Pilot, just remember, you trained me... airspeed failures, generator glitches, icing.... ahh the memories.

Preliminary report on the DEN incident - the nosewheel was cocked 90 degrees during touchdown, crew unaware. They did a great job, no injuries. so BACK OFF Y'ALL!

, 73

 

[SKYW Pilot]

90 degrees? If they had had more PIC turbine, they would have been able to use their xray vision to look through the fuselage and see the nosewheel was over. AND they would have been able to keep it on the runway. Stupid hiring department!

 

[aa73]

90 degrees? If they had had more PIC turbine, they would have been able to use their xray vision to look through the fuselage and see the nosewheel was over. AND they would have been able to keep it on the runway. Stupid hiring department!

Well, yeah, the no PIC turbine really did them in... but you also have to consider that with the MD80 being as advanced as it is, they were probably lulled into complacency, and didn't bother checking.