Net Jets " Two captains Per Flight"
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This reminds me of a story I once heard relating to a certain airline during the seventies that is now sadly no longer with us.
Apparently due staff shortages or a mistake by the rostering people, I forget which. Two captains had been scheduled to operate a short continental flight with an overnight stop and return sector.
A major arguement started between the two captains on discovering this as too who should sit in which seat, resulting in near fisticuffs.
Eventually the dispute was settled peacefully and the flight was carried out uneventfully.
However The Captain who had won the day and commanded the flight had a surprise in store the next day. The loser (pre-empting a similar situation occuring) had turned up for work having sewn an extra gold braid stripe on too his uniform overnight.
(N.B maybe more situable for jetblast but i thought it as valid
)
Apparently due staff shortages or a mistake by the rostering people, I forget which. Two captains had been scheduled to operate a short continental flight with an overnight stop and return sector.
A major arguement started between the two captains on discovering this as too who should sit in which seat, resulting in near fisticuffs.
Eventually the dispute was settled peacefully and the flight was carried out uneventfully.
However The Captain who had won the day and commanded the flight had a surprise in store the next day. The loser (pre-empting a similar situation occuring) had turned up for work having sewn an extra gold braid stripe on too his uniform overnight.
(N.B maybe more situable for jetblast but i thought it as valid
)
We fly with other Captains quite a bit in bmi at the moment. All Captains are right seat checked and operate as PNF when in the right seat unless they are trainers. It mainly helps at our lot because they are short of crews and also can't organise themselves (that's being very polite about it!).
Crowe, the distinction is really PF (Pilot flying) and PNF (Pilot not flying). The Captain is always P1 regardless of whose leg it is and the other guy flies as P1/US (under supervision) when it is their go and P2 when it is not.
Personally I find flying with other skippers a nice change, a chance to catch up with people you don't see that often as well as a chance to remind yourself how much nicer it is sitting in the left seat than the right.
Crowe, the distinction is really PF (Pilot flying) and PNF (Pilot not flying). The Captain is always P1 regardless of whose leg it is and the other guy flies as P1/US (under supervision) when it is their go and P2 when it is not.
Personally I find flying with other skippers a nice change, a chance to catch up with people you don't see that often as well as a chance to remind yourself how much nicer it is sitting in the left seat than the right.
