Chief Pilot Grounded?
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Chief Pilot Grounded?
Rumour has it that a highly esteemed and respected chief pilot of an off shore organisation has been grounded for a month. Story has it that a new Co-pilot was not satisfied with his ability to fly the approach and wanted to hand over to the CP. CP refused initially, but finally acquiesced upon the Co-pilots insistence. Result of the to-ing and fro-ing in the cockpit was a landing on the platform without a clearance. CP attempted to smooth things over with the platform on return to home base but platform would not play ball. When higher management found out CP quite rightly informed them it was “the Co-pilots fault”. I mean, who else’s fault could it be?
At least the CP seems to have escaped reasonably unscathed, unlike the occasion he is rumoured having to nurse a broken rib exiting the cockpit.
Anybody with the facts?
At least the CP seems to have escaped reasonably unscathed, unlike the occasion he is rumoured having to nurse a broken rib exiting the cockpit.
Anybody with the facts?
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Life as a co-pilot!!??
Some years back I was attending a CRM course with Virgin Atlantic. The charming female instructor told us that she had recently returned from the Middle East where she had been asked to run 'assertiveness' classes for the First Officers. When she arrived she found that 50% of the FOs were from the Antipodes and for these guys she had to organise a 'wind-your-neck-in' course!!
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The VV defence came about thus:
Someone once infamously landed on a platform without clearance and the radio operator asked him to identify himself, to which the reply was: if you don't know who I am then I'm not stupid enough to tell you. And then he took off again.
So if you land without a clearance and they don't know who you are, don't tell them anything, and make a rapid exit before anyone can get an eyeball on you.
Mind you, that was the good old days, you probably wouldn't get away with it these days.
Someone once infamously landed on a platform without clearance and the radio operator asked him to identify himself, to which the reply was: if you don't know who I am then I'm not stupid enough to tell you. And then he took off again.
So if you land without a clearance and they don't know who you are, don't tell them anything, and make a rapid exit before anyone can get an eyeball on you.
Mind you, that was the good old days, you probably wouldn't get away with it these days.
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After all today they have got those fancy computers telling them who is in the crew flying which aircraft and how many hours experience they have also if they took off with a delay.
Way back in 78 Willie Weitziel, my chief pilot, demonstrated how to land on the wrong platform on my very first line trainng trip. Bloody good training. I haven't done it since.
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By all accounts, the "tub of lard" in question has finally used his nine lives. (His charmed, yet pointless, existence has seen him dodge this particular bullet many times 
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Dispatch this fool westwards like the Dark Lord before him!!!
)Dispatch this fool westwards like the Dark Lord before him!!!
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In Oz?
If this "terrible crime" occurred in Oz, then the field certainly narrows.
Last count there was only four CP's that fly offshore, with some more than others!!
Last count there was only four CP's that fly offshore, with some more than others!!
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If it is the CP in question it not the first time that I know of...I guess people are sick of covering his ample behind....
By the way don't send him west, we don't want him........I came here to get away from him
By the way don't send him west, we don't want him........I came here to get away from him
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GB if it smells like fish, chances are.........................
I heard that years of coverin up has this guy thinkin that everyone else is fair game except him. The pain that's been inflicted on others over many years could return to bite him in that well cushioned B-hind.
I heard that years of coverin up has this guy thinkin that everyone else is fair game except him. The pain that's been inflicted on others over many years could return to bite him in that well cushioned B-hind.
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Word on the street is the CP is to be relieved of his position and relegated to the ranks of the "mules" (aka line pilot). Solidity taking over?
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Well its finally official, in the old phonetic alphabet, congratulations are due Able Baker for taking up the CP baton. One wonders though how the old CP is going to survive as a line pilot in a crewroom with people who have no respect for him.