Regional Captian Douchebag Syndrome-RCDS

[viper548]

GL, I agree that you not being able to ride in a SKW UA plane is a bunch of crap, but it isn't the pilots who made that rule.

 

[General Lee]

GL, I agree that you not being able to ride in a SKW UA plane is a bunch of crap, but it isn't the pilots who made that rule.

I know that, it is just one of those things that makes you go HMMMMMM? Will it change if United has CASS and can verify employment on the DL side?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Lear70]

I see a bit of those things coming from the F/O's too... some of them just can't WAIT to be the CA so they have to be "super pilot". As long as it's not annoying, I don't say much.

The rest of that list was spot on (and pretty funny), but I have to agree on the decent profile thing... missing crossing restrictions "because the F/O has RFDS" is not an acceptable excuse during the Chief Pilot's carpet crawl with the FAA there just for grins.

 

[Buzo]

SkyWest is currently working on CASS. Last I read, they are hoping to be up by the end of the year.

 

[Mookie]

At least we allow unlimited jumpseats. hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Cass should be online soon.

Mookie

 

[BusDriver12]

If someone's not doing something he's supposed to be doing while we fly together, it's my job to point it out as his immediate supervisor. I'm not talking about an occasional cruncher landing. I'm talking about things like descent planning, which you brought up. Let me give you a scenario I see frequently:

You're 150 miles east of Buffalo at FL240. You're instructed to "Cross 50 miles east of Buffalo at 11,000." Your first officer, the PF, starts to descend immediately towards the cumulus, "so I won't forget." You're telling me you wouldn't correct him? He's giving up >60 miles of smooth air, low fuel burns, and high TAS, because he either doesn't know how to do the calculation, or is too lazy to do it or set it up in the box. Pointing that out is not being a "flying style coach," that's correcting poor airmanship.

I don't have to be a jerk when I mention it, and I'm not, but it would be negligent on my part to let it go uncorrected. "Hey, why don't we wait until we need to go down, so we can stay high as long as possible?" He'll either plan a proper descent out and do it (which most people do anyway; that's the point), or if he doesn't know how, he'll ask (which I've also seen, especially in folks new to the airline).

Letting him fly for 60 miles through turbulence when a little planning would have prevented it? That's being a "douchebag" -- to the passengers who paid for the flight, to the company paying the fuel bill, and even to the FO who's developing his skills for upgrade, eventually.

That goes both ways, incidentally. If I miss my descent point when I'm PF, I fully expect the first officer to chime in and remind me it's time to go down now. That's how a crew works together. Anybody who gets that worked up when a genuine mistake is pointed out is probably in the wrong business.
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i agree with you and i would take no offense or accuse the capt in this situation of having RCDS. we all make mistakes. this is the beauty of a 2 person crew.

im talking about situations where there are 10 different ways to descend and still make the restriction, maximize TAS, and conserve fuel. but a capt with RCDS always insists on diving towards the ground way early just so that he can stop worrying about making the restriction and go back to thinkin how much of a stud he is cause he the capt of a 50/70 seat jet.

This same guy could at least apply for a job at a major with all his expertise. but the thought of giving up his 4th stripe terrifies him more than having to walk around in the terminal without his captain hat.

 

[NEDude]

amem brother. i love the "ok lets call for taxi" after the push......
no sh!t i thought we were gonna just sit here and block everybody

In all fairness, I have had to ask FOs to call for taxi because they were just sitting there. Perhaps they have flown with some guys who do have RCDS and yell at them if they call for taxi on their own.

 

[Vandal]

Military example, you know you are an AC douchebag when you end up having to do a nice slow 360 over MOSUL (MANPAD country...) at 1000AGL because you ignored two of your crew members who told you to start down earlier. Decent planning really matters when there are bad guys at the end of the descent...

 

[scangadah]

I'll be YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE. Nah, I'll be cool. Just don't bring up the RJDC, Airtran, Jetblue, Comair's help with our furloughs, SkyWest and their pilots ruining the regional industry by first taking 50 seat wages for planes up to 99 seats, and the strange reason we allow SkyWest pilots who fly both the United and Delta side on the jumpseat---even when they don't allow us the same deal......(due to Computer problems). Hey, I won't even ask a SkyWest pilot where he is based, since it is likely that if he/she is ORD or DEN based, I can't ride in his/her cockpit.(but they can ride in mine) I can't wait!!

Bye Bye--General Lee

Gee. how long ago did Delta start letting anybody in the actual Jump? How quickly we forget. More drivel from the Lee. How about you never ask me for a ride and I will never ask you. What a tool!

 

[CA1900]

im talking about situations where there are 10 different ways to descend and still make the restriction, maximize TAS, and conserve fuel. but a capt with RCDS always insists on diving towards the ground way early just so that he can stop worrying about making the restriction and go back to thinkin how much of a stud he is cause he the capt of a 50/70 seat jet.

Ahhhhh, that's a different animal entirely. The "this is the only way to do this" guy -- when there are 10 different ways to do it correctly -- is a real pain in the neck to work with, no question. As I said, I think I've flown with him, or at least his clone. He works for CommutAir and is super-senior in CLE. Shamrock, if he's reading this, will know exactly who I'm talking about! He's the guy who yelled at me years ago for touching "his" battery switch to turn the cabin lights on, while he was inside getting coffee.

That, more than anything else, is why I think flight instructors transition to airline flying so well. They realize that there's more than one "right" way to do something, and unless the book specifies something different or someone's genuinely doing something wrong (like my previous example), there isn't a problem. Or rather, there shouldn't be a problem!

Sounds like we're on exactly the same page; I'm with ya.

 

[CA1900]

Decent planning really matters when there are bad guys at the end of the descent...

Ah, so you've flown into White Plains, NY, and seen the prison work release program that runs the ramp? :uzi:



Oh, wait, you said Military...

 

[KaptainKarl]

A damn epidemic at Mesaba. "If you ain't from UND, you can't fly." - XJ Douchebag supreme!!!

Oh Yeah, I've witnessed more of those guys miss crossings than I can count. Nope, I don't say a thing. I just laugh my a$$ off. Its his name on the release. If we're a crew, then treat me as such.

 

[General Lee]

At least we allow unlimited jumpseats. hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Cass should be online soon.

Mookie

So do we, to all SkyWest pilots(one or two in the cockpit, and then open seats in back for the rest)........And Southwest pilots. We tried with AA, but they weren't interested I guess.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[General Lee]

Gee. how long ago did Delta start letting anybody in the actual Jump? How quickly we forget. More drivel from the Lee. How about you never ask me for a ride and I will never ask you. What a tool!

Since 1996.(the year I got on with DL) And, I don't need a ride from you. I live in Mecca, with plenty of flights EVERYWHERE. SEE YA.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[dougal28]

Avioding those really senior guys in open time I have found to be easiest way of not finding these types. I have found the new CA's the best to fly with hence the best crm. I think these guys with the sydrome add to a unsafe operation b/c of the friction in the cockpit. What misery being stuck with a fricking egotistical dork for four days. Unfortunatly this will always be a problem due to the nature of the job. It is just a job it doesn't mean anything, don't take it home, don't brag about it, and certainly don't let it turn you into a pain in the A$S.

 

[turbodriver]

You may Have RCDS-Regional Captain Douchebag Syndrome if these situations apply to you—

If you are constantly messing with the flight control panel…when you are NON-flying pilot-you may have RCDS

If you are constantly doing the FO’s flows- even one that consist of 2 switches.-you may have RCDS

If your crew upon reaching the overnight is constantly “tired” “not hungry” or “going to catch up on my F.O.M. reading tonight” instead of going out and having a few beers with you”-you may have RCDS

If when ATC calls your call sign you verbally announce everything that the FO is to reply back. Just in case the FO doesn’t know what it means when ATC asks “hows the ride at 350?” Thanks for the help capt.—you do have RCDS

If you have said more than once on a trip, “hey, crack the boards were looking a little high” or “I think you better increase your rate of descent” Descent planning isn’t hard, the FO knows how to do it, probably better than you do and may have a lot more experience than you do, I don’t tell you how to fly unless its unsafe, so you should do the same. If I needed a flying style coach I would ask…..-you have RCDS

If there is a celebrity on board and you make 15 PA’s—while you are the flying pilot- you may have RCDS

If you are captain and don’t know how to program the FMS. And refuse to ask for help from the FO- you may have RCDS

If you annonce over the PA on the descent announcement that the FO is going to be landing the airplane today…..you may have RCDS (I actually heard this one the other day!!)

If you want to brief the approach 250 miles out, “just to get it done with” – you may have RCDS.

If in the pre-flight pre-trip briefing you say “I fly by the book or im laid back”- nobody flies 100 % by the book and if you are laid back, you don’t need to say it, it will take care of itself.- you may have RCDS.

If you try to get the fat FA drunk every night and still couldn’t score with her or any other girl on the face of the earth- you might have RCDS

Remedies for RCDS—realize that your crew members are professionals and have had the same training you have, you don’t need to tell them what to do every 5 seconds like they are 3 years old, you are not the almighty ruler of the crew. If you do this your crew doesn’t like you and doesn’t want to be around you. They don’t respect you. The company has forced me to hang around you for the next 4 days, Its not my decision. Just show your crew some respect and you will be respected back. And fly when its your turn to FLY and run the radios when its your turn to run the radios.

Thank you. There's a few at my company in particular (who shall remian nameless) who are exactly like this. I do whatever I can to avoid them.

amem brother. i love the "ok lets call for taxi" after the push......
no sh!t i thought we were gonna just sit here and block everybody

how bout the capt that while flying....get the atis, sets speeds, calls ops.....i know of more than one guy who does this....drives me nuts

I look at it like this, the more work he does, the less that I have to do. If he wants to do both our jobs combined becasue he doesn't trust me to make initial calls to center and all I have to do it just show up, fly my legs and go home and he get's to lug all the paperwork around for four days, that's his bag.

 

[say again]

I love the HUGE Embry-Riddle rings!!!! Bling-Bling!!!:laugh:

 

[CitationLover]

Ah, so you've flown into White Plains, NY, and seen the prison work release program that runs the ramp? :uzi:



Oh, wait, you said Military...

they also like fueling the right wing first and then the left. i can't wait till an airplane tips over. at least twice we've had to ask them to fuel both wings at the same time or at least keep it within 300# of each other.

 

[ERfly]

In all fairness, I have had to ask FOs to call for taxi because they were just sitting there. Perhaps they have flown with some guys who do have RCDS and yell at them if they call for taxi on their own.

Bingo! I ask my Captains if they're ready before I call. I've been yelled at too many times at a previous airline.

 

[maddog805]

If you feel it necessary to quote the whole friggin' post, you're a douchebag.