Swa pilots-stay away from pprune

[Roomwithaview]

Management is firmly entrenched in the moderator ranks.

RWAV

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Is there even any scuttlebutt on PPRuNe!?

Whenever I've stalked that board its expats in the Far East yammering about trimming techniques or ref speed additives.

 

[redflyer65]

There used to be.

Now it's directly on the SWAPA with names attached. My how times have changed.

 

[Roomwithaview]

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There used to be.

Now it's directly on the SWAPA with names attached. My how times have changed.

And I always felt like as a last ditch effort we had the swaPULL forum to fall back on. But, with the latest tricks in "moderation" and intimate knowledge of the fact that the swaPULL lawyer is doing everything she can to kill the forum it's a real disappointment to see that the poon is no longer a safe harbor.

 

[slaquer5]

It use to be some good stuff


Now the SWAPA Fourm has all the good stuff . How times have changed .

 

[Roomwithaview]

It use to be some good stuff


Now the SWAPA Fourm has all the good stuff . How times have changed .

Slaquer,

I'd have to say I disagree. If anything the swaPULL forum is worst now because it's the same five guys bickering back and forth about the most inane ******************** imaginable and the moment that something useful pops up-The BOD reps jump in and delete entire threads.

Nanny State.

Pprune is obviously now being moderated and controlled by pilots beholden to management.

That's not good for us.

One forum controlled by a MGT that wants us to STFU because we're critical of them.

The other forum controlled by our elected and paid for officials that want us to STFU because we're critical of the job they're doing.

Additionally, I've been in many a $hit$torm on the poon, much worse than now and never had my posts censored or pulled and NEVER been unable to access the forum. The specific thread that I'm talking about was where it was pointed out that YET ANOTHER former union rep was now working in the chief pilots office,


That kind of censorship should concern each and every dues paying member.

 

[flyboyike]

Is there even any scuttlebutt on PPRuNe!?

Whenever I've stalked that board its expats in the Far East yammering about trimming techniques or ref speed additives.

I think it's even worse than that. The site is being taken over by simmers/posers with Aussie moron mods (with names like John Tullamarine) refusing to do a thing about it.

 

[Roomwithaview]

I think it's even worse than that. The site is being taken over by simmers/posers with Aussie moron mods (with names like John Tullamarine) refusing to do a thing about it.

Never spent any time on the threads outside of the SWA forum.

The history of how/why the SWA portion started was that back in the late 90's our union was so in bed with mgt they were kicking pilots off the swaPULL forum for daring to question the actions of the union which were quite contrary to representing the membership that paid their salaries.

Moderators were heavy handed company lackeys that hated anyone that dared to question the great and omnipotent SWA.

So they kicked a bunch of dudes off, threatened to do the same to anyone that dared to question their actions. HITSWAPA came out of it which eventually led to the genesis of SWA PPRUNE.

Somewhere between here and there the moderators that are now controlling the activity on the SWA pprune once again drifted into alignment with management as opposed to the membership.

Disturbing since there is no viable option due to the fact that the current swaPULL moderators are none other than the BOD who loathe the membership and are heavy handed as well.

 

[flyboyike]

Never spent any time on the threads outside of the SWA forum.

You're missing some pretty humorous stuff then.

 

[Golden Falcon]

I think it's even worse than that. The site is being taken over by simmers/posers with Aussie moron mods (with names like John Tullamarine) refusing to do a thing about it.

Yup..constantly bashing American pilots, give them a green card they would be here in a second...quite often my rebuttals to their Aussie moronic comments "disappear"...

 

[Dornier 335]

Heaven forbid!!!

Yup..constantly bashing American pilots, give them a green card they would be here in a second...quite often my rebuttals to their Aussie moronic comments "disappear"...

It's because those damn yanks don't use proper radiotelephony phraseology and they keep "dumping" fuel instead of jettison fuel and they keep calling the spectacles a yoke etc. Truly shocking!

Funny thing though when I flew contract for a UK airline the phraseology had to be precise, whereas the hand flying skills were not deemed that important.

What a bl00dy reverse priority those damn yanks have!

As always, Nigel knows best!

 

[freightdogfred]

A British Airways ops memo from 1996

British Airways Flight Operations Department notice.

"There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role titles. This
notice will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings.

The titles P1, P2 and Co-Pilot will now cease to have any meaning, within
the BA operations manuals. They are to be replaced by Handling Pilot,
Non-handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling Landing Pilot,
Handling Non-Landing Pilot, and Non Handling Non-Landing Pilot.

The Landing Pilot, is initially the Handling Pilot and will handle the
take-off and landing except in role reversal when he is the Non-Handling
Pilot for taxi Until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, hands the Handling to
the Landing Pilot at eighty knots.

The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since the Landing Pilot is Handling) Pilot
reads the checklist to the Handling Pilot until after the Before Descent
Checklist completion, when the Handling Landing Pilot hands the handling to
the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then becomes the Handling
Non-Landing Pilot.

The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the "decision altitude"
call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the handling to the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "go-around", in which
case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, continues Handling and the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call of
"land" or "go-around", as appropriate.

In view of the recent confusion over these rules, it was deemed necessary
to restate them clearly."

 

[dicko]

quite often my rebuttals to their Aussie moronic comments "disappear"...

My god, thats brilliant. You're quite the wordsmith. What happens after they receive your witty sharp edged rebuttal ? Please, do go on. You cant just leave us hanging.

Merica !

 

[Ty Webb]

Fred, if I had read that a year ago, I wouldn't have believed it.

One year later, I can believe it.

Things that make you go hmmmmmmm!

:laugh:

A British Airways ops memo from 1996

British Airways Flight Operations Department notice.

"There appears to be some confusion over the new pilot role titles. This
notice will hopefully clear up any misunderstandings.

The titles P1, P2 and Co-Pilot will now cease to have any meaning, within
the BA operations manuals. They are to be replaced by Handling Pilot,
Non-handling Pilot, Handling Landing Pilot, Non-Handling Landing Pilot,
Handling Non-Landing Pilot, and Non Handling Non-Landing Pilot.

The Landing Pilot, is initially the Handling Pilot and will handle the
take-off and landing except in role reversal when he is the Non-Handling
Pilot for taxi Until the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, hands the Handling to
the Landing Pilot at eighty knots.

The Non-Landing (Non-Handling, since the Landing Pilot is Handling) Pilot
reads the checklist to the Handling Pilot until after the Before Descent
Checklist completion, when the Handling Landing Pilot hands the handling to
the Non-Handling Non-Landing Pilot who then becomes the Handling
Non-Landing Pilot.

The Landing Pilot is the Non-Handling Pilot until the "decision altitude"
call, when the Handling Non-Landing Pilot hands the handling to the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot, unless the latter calls "go-around", in which
case the Handling Non-Landing Pilot, continues Handling and the
Non-Handling Landing Pilot continues non-handling until the next call of
"land" or "go-around", as appropriate.

In view of the recent confusion over these rules, it was deemed necessary
to restate them clearly."

 

[reepicheep]

If you believe what you read on pprune you would never get into expat flying in fact you would never get into flying period and you would never even leave home 'cause every job is a scam they are all crooked they don't pay anywhere near enough or what they say they will the medicals and sim checks are all rigged everywhere is too polluted too expensive too crowded lock the doors turn out the lights stay in bed......

 

[outerlimits]

If you believe what you read on pprune you would never get into expat flying in fact you would never get into flying period and you would never even leave home 'cause every job is a scam they are all crooked they don't pay anywhere near enough or what they say they will the medicals and sim checks are all rigged everywhere is too polluted too expensive too crowded lock the doors turn out the lights stay in bed......

That is impossible to read aloud . I ran out out of breath


That has to be the longest sentence I have ever read