2015 Pilot Discussion.

[FL430]

An aircraft on the ground is an aircraft NOT producing revenue.  The reliability rate of the 330 is high so I would say you can talk to Isom and see what HE does!!

I already have.

 

[FL430]

An aircraft on the ground is an aircraft NOT producing revenue.  The reliability rate of the 330 is high so I would say you can talk to Isom and see what HE does!!

I already have.

Oh, you mean like YOU have the corner office with the window view?  I'll accept NYC view over yours.  I mean, he's been doing it a little while.
 
What do YOU do??

Make more money than you and I don't run for Union office only to fail miserably.

 

[FL430]

I stand corrected.  Where is that $229 billion asset parked right now waiting to go to TLV to rescue the broken airplane there?
 
I guess you can't fix stupid, as FL430 so vividly displays.  
 
That's it!  There's a huge lack of oxygen at FL430.  That would explain a lot.

See, you didn't even know the cost of one! Who is stupid?

 

[Freighterguynow]

west pilots will be be given an offer they can not refuse by APA soon.  Stay on the PHX island for years or capitulate.  Cactus 18 lore now becomes the cactus "Catch 22".

There is nothing to capitulate to. Win lose or draw there wont BE any joint pilot bids for three years.

 

[FL430]

You mean like the actual command of the aircraft you are talking about?  How long have you had your Airline Transport Pilot type rating in the A330?  How many times have you piloted one across the Atlantic....to TLV even?  
 
You're just pissed off because your idiotic theory doesn't hold water, and any 2nd grader with a C in arithmetic ould figure out why.
 
Ever?
 
I thought so.

It doesn't take a genius to get an A330 type rating. I'm not pissed at anything, just amused at your lack of intellect. Guess you didn't graduate the 2nd grade huh?

 

[FL430]

Where did you pull that statistic?   Out of the 1950s and DC-6s?
 
If a modern jet fleet could only boast 80% completion factor, no would would ever fly on the airlines.  
 
Come on....make up some more stories for us.

An analyst's spreadsheet. That second grader education you failed to attain would have known that 80% RANGE would also include 89.9 percent, something you failed to realize.

 

[FL430]

NYC

Still waiting for you to answer:

1- How do you operate a route authority such as TLV with only two aircraft and attain a completion factor in the 90% RANGE if one of your aircraft is damaged like the one in CLT?

2- What is IRATD, and why is it important?

 

[nycbusdriver]

An analyst's spreadsheet. That second grader education you failed to attain would have known that 80% RANGE would also include 89.9 percent, something you failed to realize.

 
Range is not defined that way.  But, regardless of your ignorance, modern jet airliners have a far greater reliability than 90%.  Speaking from personal experience, a 90% dispatch reliability would mean that one transatlantic leg per month of my schedule would not operate due to mechanical issues.  I average about one per year, where we have an equipment sub out of PHL.
 
Of course, you can sit around and think you know what you are talking about.  (You don't.)  When I hear from Isom directly about your imagined conversation with him, please ask him what the dispatch reliability of the A330-200 is, and have him indicate just where he keeps the third airplane parked every day.
 
What you have to say is simply nonsense to those of us who actually operate the airline daily.  

 

[nycbusdriver]

NYC

Still waiting for you to answer:

1- How do you operate a route authority such as TLV with only two aircraft and attain a completion factor in the 90% RANGE if one of your aircraft is damaged like the one in CLT?

2- What is IRATD, and why is it important?

 
You are so ignorant.  Equipment is substituted to make the schedule work.  What happens if, while that airplane is broken (and you imaginary third airplane is running TLV in its place), those oh-so-unreliable (80% range) break?  Do we cancel TLV?
 
There are spares, but they are not dedicated to any route, or any city.  That "third TLV" airplane you think exists is waiting to go to any city served by the A330.
 
And I don't know what IRATD means.  It is irrelevant to my job, which is to actually do what airlines do.  If you want, I can come up with pilot-specific abbreviations to make you look ignorant, too.  There are lots of them.
 
I think at FL430, you surely need that oxygen mask on.  You are definitely hypoxic.

 

[Freighterguynow]

Not taking sides here but I move 330's between PHL and CLT or CLT and PHL at 0130 am on a somewhat regular basis.

 

[FL430]

Range is not defined that way.  But, regardless of your ignorance, modern jet airliners have a far greater reliability than 90%.  Speaking from personal experience, a 90% dispatch reliability would mean that one transatlantic leg per month of my schedule would not operate due to mechanical issues.  I average about one per year, where we have an equipment sub out of PHL.
 
Of course, you can sit around and think you know what you are talking about.  (You don't.)  When I hear from Isom directly about your imagined conversation with him, please ask him what the dispatch reliability of the A330-200 is, and have him indicate just where he keeps the third airplane parked every day.


 
What you have to say is simply nonsense to those of us who actually operate the airline daily.

Bullshit. 89.9% is definitely in the 80% range.

The third airplane is not sitting on the ground waiting for the TLV aircraft to break. It is being utilized but is available to be used for TLV if needed , other 330-300's can be substituted to place a spare to Other European destinations, the 330-200's have to be dedicated to TLV because of range and permitting issues. Why do you think they usually use the 330-200 to LHR?

Isom wouldn't even bother to talk to you unless it was at a crew news, you would be a waste of his time.

 

[FL430]

You are so ignorant.  Equipment is substituted to make the schedule work.  What happens if, while that airplane is broken (and you imaginary third airplane is running TLV in its place), those oh-so-unreliable (80% range) break?  Do we cancel TLV?
 
There are spares, but they are not dedicated to any route, or any city.  That "third TLV" airplane you think exists is waiting to go to any city served by the A330.
 
And I don't know what IRATD means.  It is irrelevant to my job, which is to actually do what airlines do.  If you want, I can come up with pilot-specific abbreviations to make you look ignorant, too.  There are lots of them.


 
I think at FL430, you surely need that oxygen mask on.  You are definitely hypoxic.

It is useless trying to explain things to you, you are so short- sighted and blinded by your own ignorance.
The IRATD is the aviation governmental authority of Israel that permits the TLV operation. Without them the TLV route would not exist. It stands for : International Relations & Air Transport Division and our permit is # US.S.P.302/2014/15.

So what are those pilot specific questions you have for me sport?

 

[end_of_alpa]

I already have.
Make more money than you and I don't run for Union office only to fail miserably.

At least I RAN!  What have YOU done SPORT??  And you make MORE money than I do?  I'll compare W-2 anyday.  It's futile since size doesn't matter...it's HOW YOU USE IT!!!

 

[nycbusdriver]

Bullshit. 89.9% is definitely in the 80% range.

The third airplane is not sitting on the ground waiting for the TLV aircraft to break. It is being utilized but is available to be used for TLV if needed , other 330-300's can be substituted to place a spare to Other European destinations, the 330-200's have to be dedicated to TLV because of range and permitting issues. Why do you think they usually use the 330-200 to LHR?

Isom wouldn't even bother to talk to you unless it was at a crew news, you would be a waste of his time.

 
 
Well, Loser.  Rather than go back-and-forth with this, I decided to take up the "challenge" in your last line.
 
I emailed Robert Isom today and asked the basic question that started this issue.  Here is the text of my email:
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[SIZE=10pt]Mr. Isom:[/SIZE]

 


[SIZE=10pt]I am an Airbus 330 captain based in PHL.  I have two questions:[/SIZE]


 


[SIZE=10pt]1. How many A330-200 aircraft does it take to fly the PHL-TLV route on an ongoing basis?[/SIZE]


 

[SIZE=10pt]2. Are you accessible to USAirways crew members by phone, or even in person, for an occasional question or concern.  I have been told by a colleague something I really do not believe, and that is that you would not have time for us, the line crew members.[/SIZE]
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He, after verifying with Dave Scott (Manager of Strategic Planning) what he thought was the case, Mr. Isom verified that it takes TWO airplanes to run the TLV route.  He basically explained to me exactly what I tried in vain to explain to you regarding the schedule, when the flights leave, and how much time they remain on the ground.  He mentioned the use of those airplanes where they would otherwise be on the ground in PHL, and how the use of two $220 million aircraft is a large investment for the company for the TLV route.
 
As to the challenge, Mr. Isom answered as I expected:  He is "happy to meet or talk if schedules permit."  (He never said: Talk to me at the Crew news.)
 
I will not post Mr. Isom's verbatim response since I did not get his permission to do so.  
 
Seems you need to contact Mr. Isom and inform him of just how wrong he is.  Tell him how he obviously doesn't see the big picture that you do, and how sad it is that he can only see what's in front of him.  Also, let him know his time is far too valuable to waste on mere A330 pilots.

 

[CAVOK]

Well, Loser.  Rather than go back-and-forth with this, I decided to take up the "challenge" in your last line.
 
I emailed Robert Isom today and asked the basic question that started this issue.  Here is the text of my email:
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Mr. Isom:

 


I am an Airbus 330 captain based in PHL.  I have two questions:


 


1. How many A330-200 aircraft does it take to fly the PHL-TLV route on an ongoing basis?


 

2. Are you accessible to USAirways crew members by phone, or even in person, for an occasional question or concern.  I have been told by a colleague something I really do not believe, and that is that you would not have time for us, the line crew members.[/size]
-----------------------------------------------------
 
He, after verifying with Dave Scott (Manager of Strategic Planning) what he thought was the case, Mr. Isom verified that it takes TWO airplanes to run the TLV route.  He basically explained to me exactly what I tried in vain to explain to you regarding the schedule, when the flights leave, and how much time they remain on the ground.  He mentioned the use of those airplanes where they would otherwise be on the ground in PHL, and how the use of two $220 million aircraft is a large investment for the company for the TLV route.
 
As to the challenge, Mr. Isom answered as I expected:  He is "happy to meet or talk if schedules permit."  (He never said: Talk to me at the Crew news.)
 
I will not post Mr. Isom's verbatim response since I did not get his permission to do so.  
 
Seems you need to contact Mr. Isom and inform him of just how wrong he is.  Tell him how he obviously doesn't see the big picture that you do, and how sad it is that he can only see what's in front of him.  Also, let him know his time is far too valuable to waste on mere A330 pilots.

Thank you, NYC. Thank you for being accessible, Mr. Isom. Now, can you ask him how to get shekels out of that ATM across the street from the hotel? It seems to take only debit cards and not my Clearview FCU ATM card. CAVOK.