ERfly
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If you feel that you have spent an exhorbitant amount of money on a "Mr. Microphone" only to feel left out in the cold...just let me know what FM channel you have that thing tuned to and I promise I'll listen up when you are MC of the hood.ERfly said:Sorry to sound like an Airliners.net dork, but I have been wondering the last few times I've jumpseated, is it AA Policy for the captain to do all the PA announcements (including the takeoff and landing pa's)?
It just seems kind of odd that the F/O doesn't do any.
It's also great fun taxiing at DFW listening to the Captain give the "prepare for takeoff" PA over tower frequency. Nothing like trying to taxi the airplane, switch the audio panel, make the PA, switch back to tower, all while the FO is doing.....nothing! Excellent use of resources.EagleRJ said:I've only seen the captains do the PAs, 'cept for the gate arrival PA as previously mentioned.
It gives the FOs only one chance per flight to practice their best Captain Voice, and some of them really go overboard with that!
While the FO does almost nothing, ha ha, you have obviously never been in the right seat of a MD-80.
AAflyer said:While the FO does almost nothing, ha ha, you have obviously never been in the right seat of a MD-80.
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Swede said:Very true and applies to other equipment. The FO is far busier taxiing out than the Captain. What's so tough about a TO PA, while the FO is working checklist, load, FMC, TO legalities, pretty much everything except tiller, throttles, and taxi lights?![]()
LAXSaabdude said:I swear, I have heard more PAs over tower freq. at DFW than at any other airport. The one or two times I have heard it at other airports, AA is almost always the offender.
LAXSaabdude.
AAflyer said:Swede,
You forgot to add in calling "que" freq. You knows us stupids pilots can't fugire out whichs runways to putz in our FM,,CC,,FM,,SS you know them box thingys......
AA
Yea, lets do all this out of spot 9 taking off on 17R...Whoooaaa
75M said:The issue, in my mind, isn't necessarily, "who does what when". We've all been around long enough to know that procedures are, to a certain extend, arbitrary. In other words, DAL, UAL, AWA, etc, all operate the 737, and they all operate it a little bit differently. One manner isn't necessarily better or worse than another. The important thing, is that within a company, within interchangeable crews, everybody knows what to expect from their fellow crew members. That's important.
If AA feels like the Captain should be the voice of the airline and make all the PAs, fine. If AA decides that the Captain will call for all the checklists while the airplane is on the ground, great. If AA deems it appropriate for the FO to do all the walkarounds, that's their right.
However, the upshot is that the FO is denied any opportunity to "manage the operation". While I'm assuming we can all fly just fine, the need to "manage the operation" is critical for airline crews and critical for FOs upgrading to Captain. There is no reason why many tasks cannot be delegated based on PF/PNF basis versus CA/FO basis. The Captain is still the Captain and has final veto power over any operational decision.
Personally, I think if the FO is truly "a captain in training", then WHENEVER POSSIBLE tasks should be assigned on a PF/PNF basis.