Who is the biggest loser you have flown with?

[OPECJet]

"Silly Ass Patrol". Love it!!!!

When I was a line rat they had a 172 at the airport. I fueled it up one morning, the whole time the two guys flying it watching me like a hawk. They finally said they had some super secret probation ultra-covert mission to fly that morning.

Two hours later I saw both of those buttnuggets walking out of a local fly in restaurant after I went with another dude for a $100 hamburger.

 

[gsrcrsx68]

Yup, nothing like seeing a bunch of seventy year olds micro managing parking and fueling to make for a good laugh...unless you're the line guy. Not much of a time builder either with all the grandpas holdin on to the last breath.

 

[JediNein]

"Silly Ass Patrol". Love it!!!!

If it wasn't the many screwing up the works of a few, that organization might actually be worth something.

 

[Rook]

How about a female PIC I used to fly BE-1900s with? She openly bragged to everyone about her pencil whipped (fake) logbook hours. "I don't have time to waste starting my major airline career waiting to build up my total time" she said.

She not only lied her way into the majors, she quickly moved into a management hiring / interview slot at one of the top carriers.

If there is any justice in this universe, after she finally dies, she'll come back as a slime mold.

With that kind of luck she'll probably be the fleet manager of Slime mold airlines. SMA.

 

[Corona]

How about a female PIC I used to fly BE-1900s with? She openly bragged to everyone about her pencil whipped (fake) logbook hours. "I don't have time to waste starting my major airline career waiting to build up my total time" she said.

She not only lied her way into the majors, she quickly moved into a management hiring / interview slot at one of the top carriers.

If there is any justice in this universe, after she finally dies, she'll come back as a slime mold.

If your description is apt, I think slime mold would actually be a step UP the evolutionary chain.

C

 

[twott driver]

On the hotel van the other day a mesaba captain comes down 10 minutes late with 2 other crews waiting for him. He gets in the front seat, looks at the driver and says "You're cleared for takeoff"

Just about pissed my pants.

 

[414Flyer]

One of my friends who flies cargo for a certain cargo operator in the west, lets just say _____ Strikes Back, or Evil _______, you can figure it out, mentioned an FO at that company who starting bringing a bunch of dolls in the plane and would arrange them on his side of the cockpit. Started out with one and it ended up being a lot. FO now gone apparently.

 

[AGuyThatFlys]

They're (the married couple) initials wouldn't happen to be M.D. and S.D. and they wouldn't happen to own a couple of old Warbirds and a small airport just outside of the FedEx base in TN would they? And the woman wouldn't happen to have flown for the AF prior to crossing into the purple? I think i've got an idea who you're getting at and that's too funny. PM me

Check out the July 2006 issue of AOPA Pilot. Back page, the "Pilots" section. My guess is that's her.

AGTF

 

[CA1900]

On the hotel van the other day a mesaba captain comes down 10 minutes late with 2 other crews waiting for him....

If I had been in one of those crews, it wouldn't have been waiting for him. Surely an airline employee can understand what a departure time means!

 

[pgcfii2002]

Myself...when I was working on my PPL, decided to fly on a lesson with a head cold.

Bad idea.

 

[cruxx@9]

"Silly Ass Patrol". Love it!!!!

When I was a line rat they had a 172 at the airport. I fueled it up one morning, the whole time the two guys flying it watching me like a hawk. They finally said they had some super secret probation ultra-covert mission to fly that morning.

Two hours later I saw both of those buttnuggets walking out of a local fly in restaurant after I went with another dude for a $100 hamburger.

Yeah these guys were great. I too put myself through the ratings pumping gas at the airport. So this kid comes over to the FBO for his checkride in the CAP "super skyhawk". He successfully taxxied the plane from the T-hangers to the FBO...about a mile or so right. I go out to park him and he comes right at me....I can see his supercool flight suit and those HUGE maverick sunglasses to this day! He is sooooo cool that he ignores me and in some kind of crazy parking manuver tries to get the plane into a parking spot that it won't fit....he powers up...slides on the snow and smacks his left wing into the tail of the C152 next to him! Bent the tail of the poor innocent 152 right in half. He jumps out and forgets to turn off the plane....so it tries to take out another C152. He did get back in the plane and pull the mixture just before the prop sliced into the second 152. He closed the door and and wouldn't come out until the examiner came out to talk with him. BUT he looked cool as hell in that flight suit and sunglasses.

Found out later he went on the the Air Force Acedemy and flew F16's.

 

[cruxx@9]

Biggest Loser Pilot

This is a great thread....I've seen these guys you are describing over and over throughout my entire career. But when it comes to the one I"ve flown with...


I did fly with PILOTYIP once.....
:uzi:


Sorry YIP...it was too easy.

:beer:

 

[SpauldingSmails]

I'm normally not graced with the presence of another loser in our cockpits as a freight driver... but I did have an interesting convo with a company pilot jumpseating with me once. We were discussing flying overgross or out of CG limits...

Me: Well I think we're all guilty of draining some fuel with our pencils at one point or another... but overgross is overgross.
Jump: Well, the way I see it they can take the extra weight just fine and I'd rather get the job done and keep everyone happy.
Me: Hey, if we're over the contract weight screw it, not my problem. I'm not risking it so someone gets their tickle-me elmo ontime, I'll gladly tell them I can't accept it and we're at our contracted weight.
Jump: Well the chances of anything happening are so slim.
Me: Yeah, but why stack the cards against you? What's the reward?
Jump: Quite frankly when I started this job I wasn't in a good place in my life and I didn't really care if I died.
Me: Uh... oh, so I guess that's why they never have you do the passenger charters?
Jump: Yeah.

 

[VSI9k+]

I flew with this guy once... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iff4FszDeo

 

[gkrangers]

This thread is a classic.