"John Gaquin" wrote in message ...
"pacplyer" wrote in message

...My guess it that you were in the non-flying seat.

LOL. Bad guess. I was scheduled for a transition from 727 to 747, but a
contract was lost and the whole 727 program was cxd. Furloughs, and lots of
bumping, as you might imagine. I wound up flying three plus years in the
right seat of the 747. Not bad duty, though. All the guys who did manage
to hold on to their Capt seats were professionals, we had professional FEs
who were outstanding, and the crews worked together accordingly.

..... You must
have worked for a better outfit than I did if nothing ever went wrong.

I never said nothing ever went wrong, although damn few things did. I said
no catastrophic failure occurred on any airplane I was on.


International/MAC/supplemental freight flying is statistically much
more dangerous than any other type.

All of my 747 flying was for supplemental carriers. The bulk of it was
contract or ad hoc freight, and MAC work. There was some pax work for one
of the carriers. I never sensed an environment that was "...much more
dangerous...", but I can't speak to the statistics.


.....I use a certain amount of
literary creative licence in my stories,

I interpret that to mean you simply make stuff up.

Regards,

John Gaquin
B727, B747


Such as taxi outs at over 800,000 pounds with two engines shut down?
Sounds to me like you made that up. If you had to stop, it would take
more than climb power on the remaining outboards to make a 90 degree
turn. The taxiway erosion alone caused by this stunt is extremely
unprofessional which is why I knew you weren't a captain on the 747.
Now in one of my stories was a coke can going to kill us? No. But it
makes a fine story about a non-pertinant event.

I get alone with well with all the people I work with. They aren't so
sensitive about bar room talk like you are. This NG is not a
professional setting. You should take your pointed hat off, and quit
trying to be a cheif pilot to everybody here. Rec.avi.pilotg is
RECREATION John. It's just entertainment. You're retired now. Try to
lighten up. IMHO you take things way too seriously. Life is too
short to be a shoe-shine inspector.

pacplyer