JD> when hot will generate a flury of 4 letter functional words.
I'll have to remember that one.   I chuckled for 10 minutes!
 
JD> Watched one of your DC-9s in and out of ATL yesterday. ATL
JD> is very heavy with international carriers: 
Yes it sure is.  A friend of mine (DC-9 Captain) had to put into
ATL a short time ago.  He had used up enroute fuel due to detour
around nests of king size CBs, and needed to take on more juice.
The folks at ATL turned the flight around in 12 mins.  Efficient.
JD> thunderstorms extending through this low deck and extending above FL 310 
wi
JD> the anvils spreading out to form almost another solid deck at maybe about 
F
JD> 40+. We stayed high and visual until close in and then dumped it down to
JD> pattern altitude - probably gave the best ride. 
Yep, I like to do that myself.  The customer is king. 
JD> I noted we had the services a female FE. :(
We have around thirty petticoat pilots.  One is getting promoted to 
Captain.  The first one failed her promotion attempt.  Could follow
an ILS/VOR right on, but lacked spatial skills in the 3D environment.
She's going back to school to become an anthropologist.
~Mitch 
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