Recent content by Keroseneuser

Swamt,   I do not know the details of the captain but with several fleet types it is not uncommon for the Capt to have less time in the a/c then the f/o.   Capt. may have been Capt on the 737 up until recently.     With the 737 fleet retired there are lots of Capt. on the bus that only have a...

Parker had all the IFE removed from all fleets around 2008.   We did add gogo inflight internet to all fleets starting around 2010   All usairways east airbuses originally had the drop down video screens and ran movies during transcons.   All of that gear was removed to save weight for better...

I have not kept up with that item enough to know the details other than a few headlines here and there.     However,  historically speaking every time things get too far off center no matter what type of government you are talking about you start to see conflicts like this arise.   More...

Snap,   I agree,  you guys are in a bad spot.   I think the major mistake the west made was years ago as one of your former reps spoke about in that letter.    Had the west accepted the 8 year fence, which would have been basically meaningless once the age 65 changed,  but that was not known at...

Snapthis,   Putting all our east and west crap aside,  you do realize that the APA's sole job right now is to put as many Usairways pilots below their pilots as they possibly can (east and west).    If you have not figured out that basic item of merger 101 yet then you are in for a rude...

Have to hand it to the APA and their apparent strategy.  Use the long standing east/west fight to divide and conquer so they can impose their unions constitutional requirement of staple any groups merging with APA.   If they succeed they will get the staple job and every captain seat both east...

I have a feeling the company is not going to see the humor in his facebook and twitter posts that contain that picture/post.   Given the wording of the corporate policies concerning such things,   he may be needing USAPA to represent him sometime soon.   Posting garbage like that is just asking...

USAirways has not carried flight bags in about 8 years.    All airplanes have ship sets in them.   So for the airways pilots the IPAD's represent something else to lug around with us.      I guess it makes financial sense to somebody,  but it seems that 2 sets of paper charts per airplane would...

While some of the 20+ year f/os' may be leery of upgrading for whatever reason,  that does not explain what is happening.   From talking with people about it most spent so many years being bounced around bases that nobody wants anything to do with commuting again.     I made the decision about 8...

You know the payscale is messed up when even the new hires don't want to bid the 190 and commute to PHL.    I can see why the senior F/O's won't bid it,  kids in school,  commute blows, all to make 3 to 5 more bucks an hour...not worth it.   It's interesting that it is not worth it to the folks...

To ride up front you have to be on the CASS system.  Could the companies put mechanics and F/A's on the CASS system?  Probably,   are they going to spend the money to do so?  Probably not.

Ok,  I have seen some large stuff loaded on planes I have flown but was not sure if we used pallets from time to time on the small bus.   I have had cases when it was clear that the advertised trim setting for takeoff from the final weight and balance was incorrect once you got to rotation (very...

Somebody brought up the possibility of a load shift in the aft cargo bin.  Would explain the over rotation due to a big cg shift.    Could explain why they elected to not try to fly after v-1.   Not enough info out there yet to say one way or another.   Anybody know if the plane had palletized...

As an east pilot I can tell you that when we heard about this we were all pissed off.  The idiot capt. that did this does not represent the east group.  Garbage like this has no place out on the line.     I told the guy I was flying with when we heard about this that I bet the west is going to...

What are we now?  3 trillion in the hole for obamacare so far?  With another several trillion to go.      3 trillion.....and shes wanting you to send another 10 spot to the same clowns that pissed the three trillion away so they can try to get reelected to spend more.