So Long SJU

[T-prop]

REASONS WHY ORD ERJ WILL BE BETTER THAN SJU ATR

• Closer to home (very short/easy commute).
• $7/hr pay raise.
• No more crashpad.
• Longer overnights.
• Better schedules.
• Will no longer have to rely on a piss-poor public transportation system in order to make sign in on time.
• No customs after every turn.
• No having to go through security 3-4 times a day.
• More food choices at all airports we fly into.
• Won’t have to ride a bus to the airplane
• Will be able to understand and take part in any and all crew room conversations.
• Quieter crew room, even though there will be 7 times as many crew members.
• Will be able to understand controllers
• Will be dealing with controllers that know what they are doing (excluding SJU, STT, and STX)
• ATIS at all airports that we fly into.
• Accurate wind and weather reports (no more reports of wind at 10kts when it’s 20 gust 30. . . Dominican Republic)
• Parallel taxiways at all airports.
• To sum up ATC: The taxi and before takeoff checklists will no longer be interrupted by a hard to understand controller (who does not possess the mental aptitude to work with more than one aircraft at a time and is working ATIS, Ground, Tower, Approach, and Departure) giving us our taxi, IFR, and take-off clearance all while we are back-taxiing on an active runway. . . no more flying into St Kitts, St. Lucia or Antigua.
• Radar contact everywhere.
• Will no-longer have to shoot a full instrument approach in VMC for traffic separation. . . Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Kitts etc.
• Will no longer have to say "radial and DME” every 30 seconds after getting cleared direct to a VOR. . . no more flying into Antigua.
• No more reporting over a fix on an Airway and not more than 5 seconds later getting asked for our DME. . . Antigua
• FMS in all aircraft
• Altitude selector will have detents
• APU
• Jet bridges
• Will no longer need an FA/translator when dealing with ground crew. . . Dominican Republic
• Better ground crews and operations that will have reasoning/teamwork skills, initiative, common sense, and accountability. (no more flying into St. Kitts)

THINGS THAT WILL BE MISSED

1.[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Dominica, Bridge, and Beef visuals.
2.[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Seeing real airplanes flying on a daily basis (DC-3’s, 727’s, Beech 18’s)
3.[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Canouan visuals. . . 3400’ Rwy

 

[BRA]

Quieter crew room, even though there will be 7 times as many crew members.

That is just awesome. I bet though you are gonna miss more of your old base over time. It snows in chicago, and is freaken cold.

 

[flyer172r]

It snows in chicago, and is freaken cold.

Yeah but the day after it snows it's usually 50 degrees or something. Gotta love midwest weather unpredictability, I'd go nuts if I couldn't experience 3 seasons in 2 days.

 

[AlabamaMan!!]

It snows in chicago, and is freaken cold.

Yeah, like the 6 inches that have fallen since 5 pm?

SJU sounds very nice right about now.

 

[V2plus25]

Ahh, good ol' SJU. I miss the ATR, miss partying in St. Croix/Thomas/Martin, and the cool coin I would have made if upgrades would have been lower than 4 years.

 

[Aerosurfer]

Altitude selector will have detents!!! --That I dont miss

-Dont forget to load up on the good Dominican Coffee
-The Price of Alcohol will blow your mind up here in the Upper 48. Nothing, I mean nothing in the US or Canada comes even close to Duty Free prices in SXM and SKB or the Employee discount in SJU.
-You might actually have to brief approaches now...no more "This airplane, That Runway; mas preguntas?"
-25 mile finals to a 2 mile long runway are fricken boring!!!! You actually have to try to do something stupid!
-Listening to guys who never flew down there talk about anything under 6000' as 'short runways' and thinking thats twice what you're used to on average.
I'd like a sand castle over a snowman anyday!

Ahh goods time had in SJU...I gotta get back to Lupi's

Welcome to ORD...Now don't stop!

 

[burg]

AHHHHHHH

Sweet sweet Lupi's. Some of the best penicillan I ever had was because of that place.


But nothing says SJU like EL PRESEDENTE for a buck.

And what was the name of that open air pizza joint going toward old sanjuan.

 

[FintonMEI]

"Ahh goods time had in SJU...I gotta get back to Lupi's"


Lupis is for Yankee fans because the owner was a stinkin' Yankee :angryfire

cheers

 

[Aerosurfer]

Pizza City...many drinken hours spent over there; post Lupi's or the casino

Dont Forget about the dollar Taco place right across the street.....for when you wanted to impress a tourist with your 'fine knowledge' of speaking Puerto Rican!!