Crew pulse check in

[fliion]

Am I missing something here? Are we going to the moon with the Astronaut?!

More exclamation marks than a Trump tweet on launching of the game changing event...tap your phone instead of a kiosk.

i must me missing something. Non stop Flt Ops excitement and build up to.....what exactly?

Anyone?

[metro301]

Just say "no" to drinking and posting

[fliion]

Nope, sober but mystified at the weeks long hype over tapping one screen over another. If this I what the 3rd floor thinks we would be excited over...oh dear

[Capn Rex Havoc]

I found the weekly update lesson on how to wear a seat belt extremely helpful. :ugh:

[donpizmeov]

Interesting fellow this TCT. First his obsession with HUDs and IPad's. Now he is hooked on how to sign in. But he did acknowledge he hadn't flown into MEX for some time. He will readying his sage advice for these operations next. He did single handedly fix turbulence encounters, and I believe it was him that worked out that whole “who shot JFK” debacle after all.
Perhaps his position has nothing to do and he needs to make himself busy?

[SOPS]

Don, did Easyjet fly into MEX? 😁

[Pif Paf]

TCT has no experience of flying pretty much anywhere on the EK network, maybe he went to MEX as a passenger, that’s why he knows so much (little).
As for crew pulse check in, will we have to tick a box saying we are complying with the mandatory wearing of the world expo badge !!!

[Fix Info]

Am I incorrect in thinking that he was a current management A320 Captain with TC-UK when he arrived with EK? An ex-Thomas Cook chap I flew with not long ago said that all their management pilots flew the line consistently. If he stated that he's flown into MEX, and he's from the UK charter industry, I see no reason to doubt that.

[my salami]

Am I incorrect in thinking that he was a current management A320 Captain with TC-UK when he arrived with EK? An ex-Thomas Cook chap I flew with not long ago said that all their management pilots flew the line consistently. If he stated that he's flown into MEX, and he's from the UK charter industry, I see no reason to doubt that.

Nope. Ex Easy...

MS

[Emma Royds]

Well at least he has taken a break from the constant reminders about how we all should behave whilst down route.

Perhaps the recent encounter one of our habibis had with San Fran law enforcement := , might have even pushed hypocrisy past the ever so broad limits for TCT himself.

Or maybe he just ran out of page space. :}

Edited to say that maybe TCT did a touch and go in a 152 at MEX? :E

[Pif Paf]

of course easy flies its VVULR A320 to MEX!
Im guessing TCT flew into MEX using flight sim gane on his laptop during yet another COSTA break!

[Gunman returns]

You're giving them ideas Pif. My badge is safely locked away to prevent my having to pay for a replacement. If asked, it's on my other jacket and I forgot to switch it over.
What a childish thing to say. You are supposed to be a professional pilot.
This is now the type of person that with have at EK with the ever declining recruitment standards.

[Emma Royds]

If you are going to make bold assertions about the professionalism of an individual, whom you probably don't know and never met, at least ensure your response is grammatically robust first!

The lucidity of your last sentence is questionable.

[Python27]

Professionalism is all about wearing a pin.... This is the kind of "ideal muppet" that the sandpit needs/wants/deserves...

[Monarch Man]

What a childish thing to say. You are supposed to be a professional pilot.
This is now the type of person that with have at EK with the ever declining recruitment standards.

Good to see that firm grip of the non essential is still alive and well at EK, I’m guessing you are one of those special individuals who inspect your crew for uniform standards and feel naked walking through spinnys without your epaulets on show.
If your narrow view of professionalism was ever to gain traction we’d have a generation of wonderfully groomed aviators unable to land in the touchdown zone or fly a non precision approach without an autopilot....hmmm maybe it’s already too late

[fatbus]

Totally agree with MM, good post .

[SOPS]

Reminds me of the Italian Sandwich guy!!

[harry the cod]

Whoa, you learn something new every day. I never realised that wearing a uniform correctly and flying professionally were mutually exclusive? I guess my main concerns would be either;

1) This individual thinks he's above the rules.
2) This individual is incapable of following a basic instruction.
3) This individual is incapable of attaching a simple pin
4) All of above

For what it's worth, I think they look naff. The stickers on the suitcase will last a week before they start peeling off and looking tatty and the bag tags will get damaged and lost.

Either way, is it really that difficult to follow a simple instruction? Does it actually effect your ability to fly? First impressions are also part of professionalism. Leading the team? Setting an example? Does it really need to be spelt out? I would have thought that flying the plane safely was a given. Those other skill sets require effort. If you don't want to make the effort, so be it, but don't expect your team to either. If you're pissed about the 3% (YES, I'm in that camp too) and forced leave, write to the top. Protesting your unhappiness of contractual agreements through refusal to wear a badge is beyond childish. Seriously.

Monarch Man.....still throwing in those grenades I see! You never did tell us which wonderful outfit you joined? Care to enlighten us?

Harry

[JAARule]

You guys might be looking at this the wrong way. Don't wear the pin, save it in impeccable condition and later, in the two or three years between your retirement and your early death after a career doing 100 night hours long haul a month, when your money's run out because they ripped you off at every turn...… you can put your mint condition "2020 Expo" pin on eBay and pull in enough for a plate of chips and a pint. Money for jam.
Imagine what you could get for your oven mitts if you'd never worn them.

[White Knight]

Imagine what you could get for your oven mitts if you'd never worn them.

Pure gold😂

[Emma Royds]

You might be lucky to get a soggy chip in return for your Expo badge, never mind a pint as well! 😉

When you consider how this lot are professionals at charging exorbitant prices for replacement items, the 10 AED replacement fee for a badge obviously indicates a true value of next to nothing. I suspect the level of craftsmanship and quality would probably make your average shop owner in Karama, regurgitate his karak chai in fits of laughter.

I wonder how many badges don’t make it to 2020, never mind the Expo.

[donpizmeov]

Ok do calm down Harold. Not attaching the pin to your uniform means none of things you suggest.
Does anyone recognise which part of a camel the 2020 symbol icon this acre of badge is designed from?

PS. Monach is back on aunty Betty's payroll, flying something with an endurance of 1.5hrs (if you whooze out when flying it) and that brings a smile to your face when you realise that flying is actually enjoyable again. I would imagine the only airline flying he does these days, is when he would be traveling to somewhere either sunny, or with non bland food.

[JAARule]

............….I guess my main concerns would be either;

1) This individual thinks he's above the rules.
2) This individual is incapable of following a basic instruction.
3) This individual is incapable of attaching a simple pin
4) All of above


Or 5) This principled individual objects to providing non-contractual free advertising for a farce. Maybe they should pay an allowance to the crew for walking around wearing their advertising bling. Need more cash? Wear more flair - like Chotchkies.

[14 6]

You just don't get it, do you Harry!

[Capn Rex Havoc]

Just checked my yearly block hours - 950 but hey 900 hours in the oma is stick hours.

Swapped a flight and had to accept a waiver because it would give me overtime.

Can only swap/bid for 1 lrv or 2 non lrv

no 3 percent.

but hey I’ll wear a pin that is poorly designed and goes into a uprt state when it is not jettisoning itself from the piss poor clamp.
:yuk:

[felixthecat]

It’s just a pin guys, chill out..... :)

[Monarch Man]

Howdy Harold,

Monarch Man.....still throwing in those grenades I see! You never did tell us which wonderful outfit you joined? Care to enlighten us?

Harry

The rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated, I am alive and well and enjoying my contract life at Her Majesty’s behest.
Contrary to Dons comments, my little sportscar with wings has an endurance of 105 minutes at sensible power settings with no stores or extra motion lotion under its beautiful wing, all also due of course to its advanced Rolls Royce noise maker.
My life away from EK has indeed rekindled the joy and delight in flying that was mercilessly crushed whilst in theatre, happily I don’t plan to return anytime soon.
Todays effort, despite the fickle weather was a nice little 2 v 2, after typing this Larwood the Black Lab requires an evening stroll.
Enjoy MM

[fatbus]

MM good on ya ! If I could I would return . Standby for the keyboard wizards after they google 2V2 lol

[Kennytheking]

MM good on ya ! If I could I would return . Standby for the keyboard wizards after they google 2V2 lol

I thought 2v2 was a DSO thing

[donpizmeov]

But monach, you only get to work with highly motivated and well trained people, who do their best to perform well. We get to work with watch selling Instagram hero's. And now we get to spend minutes on a phone app to check in, which saves those minutes at the check in machine. These minutes saved are very important, as they can be used to make up for those lost by doing the multiple triple logon requests needed to find the flight plan on this new user friendly iPad we have been given. We also get the opportunity to wear an artist's impression of a camels @rse on our uniform.

You miss it. You know you do. I bet you spend days on end awake just to relive that feeling of fatigue and relive those good ole EK days.

[Monarch Man]

I thought 2v2 was a DSO thing

Kenny...I read that..pint in one hand, spray happened! Pure gold.
Tis true Don, plenty of very very capable young fellas and ladies chomping at the bit for an F35 or Typhoon slot.
Speaking frankly for a moment, id forgotten how well certain people function under real stress, it makes a mockery of the mindset in the EK training dept which in my time was based more on expedience and ar$e covering.
I might just have to re-enlist if theres a free ipad on offer! then again maybe not.
Hey ho...no flying tomorrow oh well life goes on.

[mmmbop]

Genuinely love this thread. It displays in the simplest from those who get it, and those who don't even know what 'it' is. :ok:

Well played Monarch Man. :D