USA Jet firee's/furloughee's

[727C47]

yeah,i lived on the beep,beep for 12 years,awesome flying,some of the best of my life,but those night after nights after nights,those hard days nights when the freight was booming ,were in a word exhausting,no fatigue policy in effect back in the 80s-90s stoneage.

 

[Metro752]

Getting no sleep in inevitable at some point if your living on a pager, but if you manage your sleep with where you are in the rotation you don't get bit as often. I'm not saying it is a easy thing to do, but it can be done, safely, and efficiently. Also, if your fatigued, your fatigued. Thats life. But don't abuse it.

Much respect for the guys that do.

 

[tathepilot]

As Gearmonkey said, street captains usually don't work at K9.

I say we grab some Beck's Dark and forget the whole thing ?

 

[Gearmonkey]

I say we grab some Beck's Dark and forget the whole thing ?

LMAO, he was a street Captain! He did things our way from the get-go though so he is one of us now! I don't know why he still thinks he's gonna get fired all the time.

 

[tathepilot]

I think the biggest problem with the guys not working out are they won't stop doing things the way their previous operator did things. Standardization is a big issue for any operator or at least it should be because it is the safest way to operate an airplane.
One thing I won't stand for is poor maintenance and after I look inside anyone elses Falcons or Lears out there, I know I am at the right place.

KFS has a great management team and the SOP's in place are top-notch, put together by a very respected individual. (at least by me...jokes) Currently the maint is far superior from what I've seen out there.

 

[CMI]

yeah,i lived on the beep,beep for 12 years,awesome flying,some of the best of my life,but those night after nights after nights,those hard days nights when the freight was booming ,were in a word exhausting,no fatigue policy in effect back in the 80s-90s stoneage.

This is one of the best explanations of a fright dog’s life I have ever read. I think IFL was Part 119 back then, you could fly your a$$ off then. You sir are a man’s man.

 

[727C47]

This is one of the best explanations of a fright dog’s life I have ever read. I think IFL was Part 119 back then, you could fly your a$$ off then. You sir are a man’s man.

Thanks brother,we were pt.125 with the Convairs,and DC4,which was 16 hours of flight/duty,and only 8 hours rest, the DC3s were pt.135 supplemental,which was only slight less insane ,with the flight/duty times, to IFL's credit,if you were burnt they let you take 12 hrs rest,but after some trips 24 hrs off would barely bring you up to par.

 

[trytofly]

I just found out (though I'm sure this is old news by now) that KFS's DO and CP have changed hands. From my experience, the new DO and CP are great guys. I'm sure KFS is becoming a better place to work every day!

 

[PUNISHER]

The DO moved up to GM, CP moved up to DO, and one of the senior training captains/check airman moved up to CP.

 

[Gearmonkey]

That new CP is a real a-hole, that's what I heard! He's always out looking to fire me.

 

[kfscapn]

That new CP is a real a-hole, that's what I heard! He's always out looking to fire me.

Give him a reason so I can get back to DOV.