Southwest New Hire/Airtran questions for Southwest guys/gals

[FurloughedAgain]

Ugh. I'm typed in the 737 but haven't flown it since 2002 and that was an AQP type. Got around 1000 hours in it, but have flown 5 types since. I don't remember a darned thing about the 737. How thorough is the oral?

 

[waveflyer]

Insightful, yet concise. Teach us more! (on)

Waaaa
Wa, wuh...WAAAAAAH


That better-?


Look for the bad and you'll find it

Of all the things I could give a f^ck less about, it's construction of a manual during 5 major changes of an operation.

 

[c9skytrain]

Furloughed again:
I thought it was tough. I felt ready, because I sweated the details. It lasted about 2:15. Start at the top of the cockpit, point to a box and start talking. I would start a little ahead of time. The problem is you are also learning new call outs and profiles at the same time.

 

[humveedriver]

Furloughed again:
I thought it was tough. I felt ready, because I sweated the details. It lasted about 2:15. Start at the top of the cockpit, point to a box and start talking. I would start a little ahead of time. The problem is you are also learning new call outs and profiles at the same time.

You got screwed. I think about 1 in 10 get the captain upgrade oral, while the rest cover the minimum to call it an oral. I agree about the profiles and call outs. I found those to be the hardest to learn, having another airlines 737 call outs competing for the same memory space.

 

[Tripower455]

I found those to be the hardest to learn, having another airlines 737 call outs competing for the same memory space.

Well, they change them on a fairly regular basis, so get used to it!

 

[Ty Webb]

Well, they change them on a fairly regular basis, so get used to it!

Gees, let's hope so.

Here's two suggestions:

"Level Change"

Deselect Speed"

 

[Tripower455]

I'm for no more changes........ I come back from vacation and it's like I'm a new hire again!

 

[redflyer65]

I'm all for switching to hand signals with no callouts.

Nice and quiet.


PS- Humvee is right, you got screwed. I've never seen anything that difficult here. Cooperate, graduate.

 

[waveflyer]

Did you guys not get the memo waayy back in flight school?
A professional pilot flies the airplane how their company wants tem to fly it.

I'm sure you were real receptive to a united furlough who wanted to tell you at air tran how to do things, right?

Every airline- and I mean every one- has some goofy procedures - most of it is just FAA stuff.

It was taught to me in systems class in the mid 90's by a retired TWA pilot- "united, American, delta will all fly the 727 differently, even if they're configured the same way. But you'll be earning a paycheck to fly airplanes, so you'll fly it exactly how they want you to. That's how you earn that check- and that's the difference between pros and everyone else."

Nothing worse than the people who've never worked anywhere else who can't figure out how to adjust.

And I was here for "company procedures approaches"

Complaining about procedures is for amateurs.

 

[humveedriver]

Did you guys not get the memo waayy back in flight school?
A professional pilot flies the airplane how their company wants tem to fly it.

I'm sure you were real receptive to a united furlough who wanted to tell you at air tran how to do things, right?

Every airline- and I mean every one- has some goofy procedures - most of it is just FAA stuff.

It was taught to me in systems class in the mid 90's by a retired TWA pilot- "united, American, delta will all fly the 727 differently, even if they're configured the same way. But you'll be earning a paycheck to fly airplanes, so you'll fly it exactly how they want you to. That's how you earn that check- and that's the difference between pros and everyone else."

Nothing worse than the people who've never worked anywhere else who can't figure out how to adjust.

And I was here for "company procedures approaches"

Complaining about procedures is for amateurs.

Nice story man. Thanks for sharing.