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Old 28th Jul 2002, 15:25
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Years ago it was common practise in SV to change aircraft (L10, domestic) in the middle of a day due to fleet rotation. Usually this was when we were rather late and the turn around tight. Received a memo from the Fleet Manager indicating that crews should "hurry up" so as to minimize delays. (This was after the company "thought" that they had too many crews and so started not renewing contracts, and many promptly resigned, thus now short).
I walked into the FM's office with the ops manual and asked..."which part do you want me to ignore, in order to "hurry up?" Turns out I was the fifth that day that did so (all training Captains).
Memo promptly recinded and aircraft rotations were done at the end of the day.
Problem solved.
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