Claxon said:
Interesting america west pilot video for all AMR pilots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpSFvQ-0p2I
Now the same america west pilot in the video, eric auxier, is very confused about the amount of fuel he feels the need for vs his fellow pilots should have or allow to request.
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Eric Auxier said
July 20, 2008 @
12:59 am
Petes2cents: On the surface, it sounds terrible. But here’s the real story, which I am attempting to get published in the USA Today:
As a multi-year Captain for USAirlines, I profusely apologize to the public for the misleading full page advertisement by our new “union,” USAPA, in the USA Today this week.
This ad was nothing more than attempt at muscle-flexing by an upstart union trying to turn safety into a negotiating tactic. This “union,” of which nearly all of our fellow West-based and many East-based pilots refuse to become members, has, in the scant few months of its existence, committed such foolhardy acts as:
1) Blatantly disregard and attempt to circumvent legally binding, preexisting arbitration;
2) Falsely accuse and sue members of its own pilot body, the entire case of which was thrown out of Federal Court last week as completely false and malicious;
3) attempt to force nonunion pilots to pay absurdly high union “dues” under threat of termination; and, in its USA Today advertisement;
3) defend a group of disgruntled pilots who are attempting to hurt our airline financially by unnecessarily ordering and burning extra fuel. This has been done by running unneeded engines on the ground during delays, and flying at absurdly inefficient speeds and altitudes.
I can speak with authority that our professional dispatchers do an outstanding job planning our flights with plenty of margin of fuel safety. Only rarely do I need to order and burn extra fuel, as these pilots who claim to be “professionals” have routinely done.
The public can rest assured that ALL of our USAirways pilots do indeed operate their aircraft in a safe manner, and the vast majority do so in an efficient manner as well. I do, however, fear for the Company’s future at the hands of a few loose cannons, both in the cockpit and in our sad excuse for a union, who dare to call their acts “professional.”
Signed,
A Concerned USAirways Captain, Eric Auxier"
http://picna.wordpress.com/2008/07/17/pilots-say-they-feel-pressure-to-cut-back-on-fuel/
Wendell xxxx about a year ago
It's cheaper to burn fuel hauling fuel for the next leg than to buy it in California. Interesting.
Eric Auxier about a year ago5
It's surprisingly true. Of course the computers calculate just how much is cost-effective. But as a pilot,
I love to tanker...never can have enough fuel!
Arthur xxxxxxr about a year ago3
In my 35 years I had MANY arguments with the powers to be as to how much fuel I was loading. I NEVER lost a single argument...BUT.. I also NEVER had an in-flight fuel QUANTITY issue!
Arthur xxxxxr about a year ago3
You know I have had MANY arguments with the "powers to be" over fuel loads in my 35 yrs. and I have NEVER lost one of those arguments. Also I have never had an "in-flight" fuel quantity issue as well!
Eric Auxier about a year ago3
Lol, fortunately our company is good at respecting our requests 😉
http://flightaware.com/squawks/view/1/7_days/popular/27065/A_Day_in_the_Life_of_an_Airline_Pilot_Video#48238
