Now that you have my dander up, it is real easy for you keyboard commanders to read all the crap on the internet and think that is the way it really is on the line. Just because you have a private with a couple of hundred hours flying your 150 on a blue and sunny day gives you no insight what so ever as to what it is like to fly a 987,000 pound aircraft around the world in all kinds of different conditions. You ever fly your MS flight sim into Katmandu? I was given a flight plan and sent there in a 747-200 having never been there in my life.
I am going to “try” and sleep most of the day here in Narita Japan, then tonight I have to fly a whole 1 hour trip to Nagoya and sit 2 hours while they transfer a load of freight. Then back into the night another 2 hours over to Shanghai and another 3 hours on the ground, then another 2 hours back to Narita. Myself and 2 First Officers 1 of which has maybe 20 hours in the 74. The landing will be just after the sun comes up around 7 am local, Narita could quite possibly be a CAT II approach this time of the year, and that is after being up since 6 pm the night before.
Doesn’t sound quite as glamorous anymore does it? So when I say I deserve a little respect, I have F*****G earned it! I have paid my dues to be where I am at this stage of my career. I started in old beat up airplanes left over from WW2 with NO magenta lines, NO auto-pilots, NO GPS and NO CPDLC. So you are G.D right it pisses me off when I have to deal with some snot nose kid younger than my son that has no manners.
I have a 27 year old son and he was brought with manners. His mother and I instilled in him the difference between right and wrong, and respect. And don’t get me wrong, there are more of the new generation that are respectful and appreciate getting instruction from us “old” folks than the former.
I am going to “try” and sleep most of the day here in Narita Japan, then tonight I have to fly a whole 1 hour trip to Nagoya and sit 2 hours while they transfer a load of freight. Then back into the night another 2 hours over to Shanghai and another 3 hours on the ground, then another 2 hours back to Narita. Myself and 2 First Officers 1 of which has maybe 20 hours in the 74. The landing will be just after the sun comes up around 7 am local, Narita could quite possibly be a CAT II approach this time of the year, and that is after being up since 6 pm the night before.
Doesn’t sound quite as glamorous anymore does it? So when I say I deserve a little respect, I have F*****G earned it! I have paid my dues to be where I am at this stage of my career. I started in old beat up airplanes left over from WW2 with NO magenta lines, NO auto-pilots, NO GPS and NO CPDLC. So you are G.D right it pisses me off when I have to deal with some snot nose kid younger than my son that has no manners.
I have a 27 year old son and he was brought with manners. His mother and I instilled in him the difference between right and wrong, and respect. And don’t get me wrong, there are more of the new generation that are respectful and appreciate getting instruction from us “old” folks than the former.
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