AMA - 4 Hour Flight 

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 07/31/2017 at 09:59 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Flying from Portland to Atlanta after a mega family visit. I have a burrito from Tamale Boy and I need to write a short essay about leadership for our organization’s newsletter. Any questions?

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:03

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Train A, traveling 70 miles per hour (mph), leaves Westford heading toward Eastford, 260 miles away. At the same time Train B, traveling 60 mph, leaves Eastford heading toward Westford. When do the two trains meet? How far from each city do they meet?

HammerheadFistpunch > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:12

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Why leadership? Why not leaderjet? Ships are lazy and slow

haveacarortwoorthree2 > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:13

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Is the mark of a good leader someone who eats a burrito from Tamale Boy shortly before boarding a 4 hour plane flight, particularly when you can’t use the lavs for the last 30 minutes of the flight and then after landing you still have another 15-20 minutes (at minimum) of taxiing and deplaning before you can find a restroom?

ttyymmnn > haveacarortwoorthree2 07/31/2017 at 10:15

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You are asking the important questions.

Slant6 > HammerheadFistpunch 07/31/2017 at 10:15

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I really need to work on my personal relationjets.

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:17

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What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:20

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Equipment? Upgrade?

f86sabre > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 07/31/2017 at 10:21

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2 hrs into the journey and 140 miles from Westford assuming instantaneous acceleration, which we both know is bullishit.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 07/31/2017 at 10:21

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African or European?

WilliamsSW > haveacarortwoorthree2 07/31/2017 at 10:22

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This is good Kinja here

f86sabre > haveacarortwoorthree2 07/31/2017 at 10:22

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It is all about timing, but you are prbably right.

f86sabre > WilliamsSW 07/31/2017 at 10:24

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737-900ER, escape row middle. More legroom, but still middle. Didn’t use my high power passes for this one. Tail number 3856.

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:27

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Not bad, all things considered - I like the newer 737's, and exit row is always good. As long as the people around you are considerate, the middle works. Presume you’re over the wing, then - -the 900ER is about a mile long. How’s the burrito holding out? :)

f86sabre > WilliamsSW 07/31/2017 at 10:35

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Pretty good. I liked the napkin they gave us. “Ideas are best pursued with 280,000 horsepower engines.

f86sabre > HammerheadFistpunch 07/31/2017 at 10:36

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I can work on getting that into the vocabulary.

f86sabre > WilliamsSW 07/31/2017 at 10:37

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WilliamsSW > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:38

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Is that from Delta or Tamale Boy? Either way, I like it-

haveacarortwoorthree2 > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:40

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In my experience, at least ATL restrooms are pretty clean. Good luck!

WilliamsSW > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 10:40

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That answers my last question. And now I’m hungry, that looks good—

6Spaz6 > ttyymmnn 07/31/2017 at 10:46

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Flying East or West?

ttyymmnn > 6Spaz6 07/31/2017 at 11:18

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I don’t know...

For Sweden > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 11:23

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I have some non-sarcastic suggestions for your leadership essay:

What do we want and support in great leaders? Usually the answer is soft skills, emotional intelligence, charisma, and willingness to listen to subordinates.

Now consider the advice that women on leadership trajectories usually receive. They’re told to be cold, ruthless, unfeeling, to “act like a man,” even though the most admired and successful male leaders don’t “act like a man” in the same way. And this advice isn’t wrong. Women don’t have the same success when they have the attributes I described that we want in great leaders.

Any organization that can succeed in closing this gap, in rewarding women who act as great leaders, not just those who “act like men,” will find success.

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 07/31/2017 at 11:23

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Economies of scale yo

For Sweden > ttyymmnn 07/31/2017 at 11:24

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What’s the air density?

ttyymmnn > For Sweden 07/31/2017 at 11:26

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Yes.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 07/31/2017 at 11:27

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I don’t know that...

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 11:28

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Yeah - why are the windows on the DC-8 spaced so far apart? I used to fly on UA birds LAX-HNL all the time and invariably my seat would be positioned in such a way that I didn’t get a window even though I was either in seat A or F. What’s up with that?

f86sabre > For Sweden 07/31/2017 at 11:32

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That is a great suggestion. I hired in a woman manager and have friends who are female in our leadership ranks. Working with them and hearing their perspective is eye opening and cringeworthy at times. We are in an interesting time where the old guard is moving on and we are moving to something new. How females ar perceived in a traditionally male dominated business like ours is a challenge. If they are soft then they are not taken seriously. If they are aggressive and determined people call them bitches. My mom, wife and sister are all strong people and I want a world where they are appreciated for their talents

I was going to write about how the small things matter. I Tend to get tagged as one of the leaders who is stronger with the soft skills than most folks in engineering and people ask what I do. It’s not one big thing, but a lot of little things.

Now I need to ponder...

HammerheadFistpunch > For Sweden 07/31/2017 at 11:45

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Good point, leaders should always come in bulk

For Sweden > HammerheadFistpunch 07/31/2017 at 11:49

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That’s why all leaders should eat 6000 calories a day.

6Spaz6 > f86sabre 07/31/2017 at 22:35

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How’s parking at the Airport for your DC-8? Do they try and charge you extra?