FO's first landing
Apr 21, 2017, 4:57 pm
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FO's first landing (i.e; the First Officer goes bump)
Had the captain come on intercom after a routine landing in ATL and say "How about a round of applause for the First Officer, this was his first landing with passengers!" Many pax laugh & applaud.
As I deplane I said to the FO "Good luck, we're all counting on you". ("Airplane" the movie reference.). He grins, I walk off. Then I stop on the jetway, open my bag, grab something and walk back on board. FA is asking if I forgot something but I just go back to the FO... "I thought this was a perfect reason to use one of these" and hand him a Job Well Done certificate!
FA starts laughing, FO laughs and leans in to the cockpit to tell the captain.
As I deplane I said to the FO "Good luck, we're all counting on you". ("Airplane" the movie reference.). He grins, I walk off. Then I stop on the jetway, open my bag, grab something and walk back on board. FA is asking if I forgot something but I just go back to the FO... "I thought this was a perfect reason to use one of these" and hand him a Job Well Done certificate!
FA starts laughing, FO laughs and leans in to the cockpit to tell the captain.
Last edited by EditingFX; Apr 21, 2017 at 7:35 pm
Apr 21, 2017, 5:26 pm
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Perhaps the first mainline landing with passengers. I'm sure he has done plenty on regional jets. It's still a good story and good for the captain to give recognition for it. 
Apr 21, 2017, 6:48 pm
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OMG they are letting FO not just carry DMs bag but land jets now?
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Are the "soft landing" DMs to FO now all of a sudden? #TheShameOfItAll
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Are they really celebrating when someone flies as an FO for the 1st time now?
Apr 21, 2017, 7:00 pm
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Apr 21, 2017, 7:35 pm
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Apr 21, 2017, 8:23 pm
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Could always be an ex-fighter jock. Delta hires a fair number of military guys/gals directly, and not all of them flew cargo jets.
Apr 21, 2017, 8:46 pm
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Apr 21, 2017, 8:46 pm
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Yes didn't think of that. Although they are definitely in the minority. The regionals have had such bad staffing issues due to losing their pilots to mainline carriers. Several of my friends went to mainline without even being captain at a regional.
Apr 21, 2017, 10:19 pm
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