PDT News?

[flypixs]

I think dumm bumsen applies, but I don't know . Shouldn't you be shtudying ze MD-11, mien liebe?

No news, no partying in the streets; more like the running of the bulls fearing we don't get trampled.

Ole!

You'll be the first to know. Keep shmilink...

Sig,
we have to work on your german. Had to read it twice in order to understand it.

Keep smiling

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

I know I do!!! I was being nice to the CA and FA who wanted to go home. It was a ferry flight when I hit 15.5 hours. At 17 hours the ferry canceled. 2 hours to get to a hotel in PHL.

I promise you guys I stuck up for myself the whole time. I called Scheduling at the hotel and said "my rest starts now!"

When my CA told Scheduling we would sleep in the crew room I went right to the SYR flight and told Sched to put me on it. They then assured me that I would have a room. Look out for that PR in SBY!!!

That CA ought to be pimp slapped. Anyone who would accept sleeping in the crew room is doing a diservice to the entire pilot group.

 

[CoAlpha]

For real, this is when you get to your hotel room then call in sick.

 

[DASH8AV8R]

Sleep in the crew room !!!! Thats when i ferry back to my base and take the next day off paid!! Pure B.S

 

[twighead]

When my CA told Scheduling we would sleep in the crew room. . . .

All I can say is- wow.

 

[OPECJet]

Kick him in the jimmy......

 

[Sig]

I KNEW IT! Dood, my German is almost as bad as my English. Besides, the dumm bumsen or whatever was taught to me by a certain Dutch nutcase we both know!

No news here.

 

[Sig]

WHAT THE FOXTROT??

PR! HE volunteered you to sleep in the crew room?

Oh, man. Not good. Not good at all...

 

[MEL'ed]

I hope you caught a few naps during the day. Who wants to fly with an FO up for 19 hours? I would say I hope you got "something" from the FA, but since we only have at most 3 good lookin ones, I hope you didn't get anything in return. Some situations do dictate to help out the crew if they have long breaks off, but don't report on time the next day unless you have 12+ hours of good rest. Screw scheduling.

 

[jellynuts]

i guess i can top that with 20 hour day when they had the ice storm. they would not answer the phones and refused to cancel our flight. i guess we should've told them to eff off and just leave but i think all hotels in the area were sold out. closest was dover but that would require them to set up ground transporation which would've been way over their heads that day.

 

[AftCG182]

I have an interview coming up later this month. I think Piedmont will make a great way to return to the industry. I plan on being prepared for the grilling. The way things read, it looks like you're kind of short staffed. Any chance of holding a line straight out of IOE? Any tips on the better bases (QOL, ladies, etc.)?

 

[Whataburger]

(A) there is not such thing as an Aft CG in a 182.
(B) tips = don't go.

 

[AftCG182]

Ahhhh yes, now I remember why I like posting here soooooo much. The wise-a$$ responses. The name comes from my skydiving-driving days. Thanks for noticing, though. The posts in this thread fondly remind me of the posts in the Colgan thread when I still worked there, just not quite so bitter. I guess Piedmont's scheduling department isn't as infuriating as Colgan's.

 

[mu2]

AftCG182, wy did you leave the industry? I see you have E-170 under A/C flown. Did you work at Repbulic?

 

[AftCG182]

I left for a few months due to the fact that IOE didn't go so well. The profiled/scripted flying at FlightSafety went well, along with the rest of ground school, but the free-form flying of the real world did not. I'm a stick-and-rudder type of guy and the automation ate my lunch. Unfortunately, I wasn't financially prepared for washing out of IOE. As a result I had to sell cars for a few months to put money back in my bank account. I have a two year old that needs to be fed. Now that I've saved up a little money I can get back to flying. I appreciate your question.