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Old 11th October 2000 | 17:32
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All good points....

Yes it is annoying when crew ask you if you have filed the flightplans, or if their hotac is booked, or if you have advised the late crews the a/c is now 2 and a half hours late. And no we would never dare walk into the sharp end of the a/c and ask if the gear is down, have the bugs been set or if they've checked cabin secure before landing!

However, any member of crew who's had a long s*it day and then has to wait two hours for their hotel room, because a reservation was missed, is bound to want check their hotac is booked the next time they fly.

Again, any pilot who has sat on stand and had to explain to 130 pissed off pax that the reason they can't leave for another 90mins is because there was no FPL in the system, is certain to check there is a flight plan for the next sector.

At the end of the day if these questions are becoming the norm the maybe you should ask yourself are you delivering the best service.
I tend to find that once you have developed trust between the flightdeck and the operations room, then you will rarely get asked these kind of questions.

If your flightplans are (nearly) always in, your hotac always booked etc, and you still get this type of behaviour then I would suggest telling the 'boss', who will hopefully contact the fleet manager to inform these boys to wind their f'ing necks in!

Used to know a pilot who would sit in the ops room when things had gone pear shaped and say, "why don't you send this one here," or "how about cancelling that one there".

Now that is bl**dy annoying!!!!