Secrets Pilots won't tell you

[Fernando]

What a pax considers a good landing and what is a safe landing are different. I think floating 6" above a hard surface with flying speed for 3000' is dangerous.

very true, i hate that the general public have that perception if you land soft they think youre a great pilot if you dont, they dont

But they dont know the rest, someone may have a soft landing just because they did something potencially dangeours like floating the plane all over the runway, or maybe they almost crashed with amountain during the appa etc, but if the land soft, theyre great


i think landing soft is great if you do it on a safe normal way, not comprimising safety just to achieve one

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

“I always tell my kids to travel in sturdy shoes. If you have to evacuate and your flip-flops fall off, there you are standing on the hot tarmac or in the weeds in your bare feet.” -Joe D’Eon

"I just survived evacuating from a plane that just broke in to three pieces. Man, am I glad my feet are dry and cozy!"

I thought it was so you go walk through piles of burning and twisted metal without cutting your feet to shreds.

 

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very true, i hate that the general public have that perception if you land soft they think youre a great pilot if you dont, they dont

But they dont know the rest, someone may have a soft landing just because they did something potencially dangeours like floating the plane all over the runway, or maybe they almost crashed with amountain during the appa etc, but if the land soft, theyre great


i think landing soft is great if you do it on a safe normal way, not comprimising safety just to achieve one

Good landings are relative. BTW, even FA's don't get this................

 

[elguapo9]

The statement in the article about regionals being held to different safety standards was misleading at best. The implication is that the regulations are different for regionals, like they get some type of free pass from the government or something...

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

The statement in the article about regionals being held to different safety standards was misleading at best. The implication is that the regulations are different for regionals, like they get some type of free pass from the government or something...

The reqs seem to be only as strong as the will of the POI. The regional POIs that I've dealt with were not as sharp as the majors. In my experience, again.

 

[Dude]

Geezus! Can we stop with the pee-pee measuring here?! We are all pilots. I don't think anyone will argue that our work rules and pay is better. It's not their fault, they work for a bunch of d-bags over there. They've been demanding better $hit for years. If we were there, as many of us were, we would be subject tot he same crap.

When this is all over (barring any crazy hiccup or "deal-breaker"), we are all on the same team flying to the same places, in the same equipment, and living under the same contract. Everyone gets it. Welcome aboard dudes. I am glad that Fornaro is getting the boot. Personally, I don't care how much they pay him to leave as long as he's gone.

The only difference in our groups is that we aren't battered children anymore, but we all used to be. And I, for one, remember what it was like.

 

[ALSF 2]

Yeah right, you guys are like the Kings of the La Quisha chain. Just about every crap hole I stayed at while J4J at Republic had a SWA contract. Example: the La Quisha in MSY. You know the one with the gangbangers out back by the McD's and giant blood stain on the carpet outside the 3rd floor elevator door.

I disagree completely. SWA might have stayed at few bad hotels (like the LaQ in MSY) back in the day, but not in the past few years. I don't think we have a LaQuinta left in our hotel list. Our hotel committee (made up of Pilots and Flight Attendants) work really hard to get us some really great places to spend our time... At least IMO. I am sure there is a couple of places that people don't like, but the committee seems to hear about it quickly and then move us.

BTW, it's alway a cycle with airline crews and the better hotels... the economy sucks we are in five star property, the economy gets better and we end up at the Marriott near the airport.

Cheers!

 

[Toobdrvr]

Marriott has the best beds....

 

[gutshotdraw]

I always say how about a little something for the effort....

And I always say, there will be no money. But on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness. So you have that going for you. Which, is nice...

 

[Wesb737fo]

Gunga.....gunga gulunga!.........Big hitter ...the Lama.