CX Hiring First Officers? When?
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Ah, that green eyed monster again.
Flown with equally bad examples from all backgrounds and countries over the years.
Here we go again......turning on each other. It's no wonder management think we're a joke.
Flown with equally bad examples from all backgrounds and countries over the years.
Here we go again......turning on each other. It's no wonder management think we're a joke.
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And at CX, they truly believe that every flight is a lunar mission......................
Ah ah ah indeed. HKG-TPE, CAVOK, no winds feels like you are briefing for a bombing mission......
Ah ah ah indeed. HKG-TPE, CAVOK, no winds feels like you are briefing for a bombing mission......
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So it sounds like there are some CX pilots from all different backgrounds who can be a bit tedious to fly with?
Wow shock horror, welcome to being in an airline. HTFU you pussies!!!!
Wow shock horror, welcome to being in an airline. HTFU you pussies!!!!
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And, after that "bombing mission" briefing the next thing asked is, "Flight plan fuel?" What a farce!
I think it's eminently sensible to discuss the flight in reasonable detail and include all the crew in the decision making process - after all, none of us are as infallible as we might like to think we are.
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PS. What's any of this got to do with hiring First Officers?
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I think it's eminently sensible to discuss the flight in reasonable detail and include all the crew in the decision making process
No, this has nothing to do with CX hiring First Officers...
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However, when some pilots treat these "bus routes" as lunar missions it's ...
I agree to some extent but the inference in positionalpor's post is that everyone at CX treats every flight as though it were a "lunar mission". Personally, I have never found that to be the case but when there has been cause for detailed discussion it has taken place in a professional, inclusive manner. To make a generalisation such as the original is disingenuous. Given a choice of the current way of doing things or a "Yeah, whatever" approach to operating, I know which one I'd prefer - and it has nothing to do with CX.
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Sense of humour..
positionalpor, I'd like to think I've got a sense of humour but any intended irony or humour in your first post escaped me I'm afraid. The video, on the other hand, is quite amusing but I fail to see its relevance with the "lunar mission" analogy.
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The standard (and not SOP) pre-flight briefing these days seems to be
"Well, the weather's fine and there are no NOTAMs to affect us... Flight Plan Fuel?"
How about mentioning....
1. The callsign?
2. The destination alternate?
3. The minimum fuel to divert there?
4. Does the contingency and Rec extra cover all the step below flt lvls?
5. Any Crit Points on the route?
And then the weather and NOTAMs.
The list could go on, but I post these, since I feel they should be briefed as a minimum requirement. It takes 15 seconds longer, but looks and sounds far more professional.
"Well, the weather's fine and there are no NOTAMs to affect us... Flight Plan Fuel?"
How about mentioning....
1. The callsign?
2. The destination alternate?
3. The minimum fuel to divert there?
4. Does the contingency and Rec extra cover all the step below flt lvls?
5. Any Crit Points on the route?
And then the weather and NOTAMs.
The list could go on, but I post these, since I feel they should be briefed as a minimum requirement. It takes 15 seconds longer, but looks and sounds far more professional.
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Max -
1. Brief the callsign -are you serious?
2/3. The destination alternate is only chosen if it meets certain criteria, the appropriate fuel is already given to you. If you are happy with the wx, what is there to discuss?
4. Would you really load extra gas to cover step below for the entire route?
5. Crit points are chosen based on wx criteria and the appropriate fuel (again) is given to you. Again, what is there to discuss?
You are standing with fellow professionals who have assessed the whole package and decided that it meets the company (and their own) requirements. So when they say "wx and notams ok" it means they are happy with the "mission" as presented to them. If it wasn't they would say something. Don't mistake economy of words for indifference.
We only get 10 min of briefing time - lets not waste it with verbosity for its own sake. I thought we were trying to get away from that.
1. Brief the callsign -are you serious?
2/3. The destination alternate is only chosen if it meets certain criteria, the appropriate fuel is already given to you. If you are happy with the wx, what is there to discuss?
4. Would you really load extra gas to cover step below for the entire route?
5. Crit points are chosen based on wx criteria and the appropriate fuel (again) is given to you. Again, what is there to discuss?
You are standing with fellow professionals who have assessed the whole package and decided that it meets the company (and their own) requirements. So when they say "wx and notams ok" it means they are happy with the "mission" as presented to them. If it wasn't they would say something. Don't mistake economy of words for indifference.
We only get 10 min of briefing time - lets not waste it with verbosity for its own sake. I thought we were trying to get away from that.
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So when are DEFO's coming?
Regardless of the thread drift, when are we going to hire DEFOs who know what they're doing instead of these SOs who clearly don't know how to read the dispatch package?
I assume the naysayers are referring to SOs - or is that akin to assuming that the ERA weather is current?
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I assume the naysayers are referring to SOs - or is that akin to assuming that the ERA weather is current?
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Max Reheat,
It is a shame that someone having flown aircraft with afterburners would lower himself to comments such as yours. You may love the sound of your own voice and word selection, but I can assure you that the rest of us could do without. If you come to the brief with that crap, you can be sure that most of us will have written you off before even getting to the plane.
How's that for CRM? I bet you have some thoughts on that as well...
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It is a shame that someone having flown aircraft with afterburners would lower himself to comments such as yours. You may love the sound of your own voice and word selection, but I can assure you that the rest of us could do without. If you come to the brief with that crap, you can be sure that most of us will have written you off before even getting to the plane.
How's that for CRM? I bet you have some thoughts on that as well...
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I think Max Reheat's right. Briefing the callsign is important. The arrival and departure briefing I get from most of the boys and girls is longer than the original CX briefing it replaced! This is due to various junior managers marking their territory by introducing extra items (it started as 'CTWO' then became 'CTWO plus' then 'CTWO plus threats plus mitigation plus landing distance on a runway you've been landing on for decades'). It really is getting beyond a joke.
Often threats are made up on a nice day (since when has 'inbound traffic' been a 'threat'?). We are airline pilots aren't we?
By the end of these briefings I can't remember my own name let alone the callsign.
Often threats are made up on a nice day (since when has 'inbound traffic' been a 'threat'?). We are airline pilots aren't we?
By the end of these briefings I can't remember my own name let alone the callsign.
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Whatever.....
I have seen what piss poor planning can lead to though.
On a trip to SFO, I was the FO, the relief was called from reserve, the capt was training the SO.
Half way across the pacific, I got the SFO weather. Then a couple of hours later I got more. The relief was curious why I was so interested in SFO, he thought we were going to LAX!
This could all have been mitigated against by a professional briefing from the Capt, who was PF, it being a -400!
Many here argue that the company is in a race to the bottom, there is no reason why we should follow them.
I have seen what piss poor planning can lead to though.
On a trip to SFO, I was the FO, the relief was called from reserve, the capt was training the SO.
Half way across the pacific, I got the SFO weather. Then a couple of hours later I got more. The relief was curious why I was so interested in SFO, he thought we were going to LAX!
This could all have been mitigated against by a professional briefing from the Capt, who was PF, it being a -400!
Many here argue that the company is in a race to the bottom, there is no reason why we should follow them.