Flight Crew Practical Jokes

[Limeyflyer]

I have seen the old posts about jokes played on flight crews. Does anyone have any new ones? They are usually entertaining.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

I think USAPA is a good one...

 

[CoATP]

one word

Pinnacle

 

[ASA_Aviator]

one word

Pinnacle

What? Did the captain go up there to "f-in' 410 baby!" to play a joke on the FO? Ummm...yeah. Didn't think so. Totally different situation. There is a difference in being unprofessional, and being light-hearted. Most people have common-sense enough to know what not to do.

Sometimes I shut down #2 in cruise, just to break up the monotony. Fuel conservation initiatives! Get with the program.

 

[Turtlesfly]

maybe he meant Pinnacle as a whole is a joke


Don't know if it was posted - but if you take a "walk of shame" and on the way back, hit the FA's smoke detector test and it lights up the "lav smoke" in the ERJ's. FO's love that one. Not that I've ever done it.

 

[Turtlesfly]

or poop in somebody's v-file.

 

[dojetdriver]

Duct tape a guys flight case to the bag rack.

Works best if you have the time to use the entire roll.

 

[Headfake14]

on the ATR (ASA)...when my FO would be...eh hem..studying, I'd hit the fire test switch.

You gotta like and trust your FO though...otherwise some tool bag might run off and "I'm tellin".

Another one...we had a brand new ramper in DHN (on the ATR) give us a prop wash. Took the prop break off...poor kid. I made him wash all eight blades front and back. He was out there with a bucket of soapy water and a mop.

I had an FA turn in a roll of flight line to ops one day. This is when ops was still under concourse C (ASA).

 

[Kream926]

had a flight attendant go get the keys from ops one day...poor thing went in to get em asthe capt and i ran into the airplaneto tell ops to give some old set of keys

 

[Kream926]

had a flight attendant go get the keys from ops one day...poor thing went in to get em asthe capt and i ran into the airplaneto tell ops to give some old set of keys

 

[Rook]

I taped "Single and Looking" on the back of the beverage cart when I had a new F/A on her first revenue trip. Got a good laugh but a pax complained and I had to shine the old tap shoes to explain myself out of that one.

 

[knewhigher]

Called dispatch to put on the release "INFLIGHT BINGO TODAY. ADVISE FA." Then the capt made an announcment to the pax that today we were having inflight bingo and to ring the call button if they didn't have a bingo card in their seat pocket. The brand new FA came running up and said "WE NEVER LEARNED THIS IN TRAINING?!?! IS THIS FOR REAL!?!" All we had to do is show her the "official" notification on the release. I think the pax realized it was a joke long before she ever did.

 

[transampilot]

In the good ol' 1900 there is a maintenance test function of the TAWS on the center panel, That The other guy won't see you pushing. If you wait until the other guy is making a passenger announcement to push it, you can usually get a good reaction. TERRAIN! TERRAIN! PULL UP! PULL UP! - followed shortly by a "oh sh!#".

 

[PooPooPants]

If your doing the same trip all month save a release from the week before. During the flight pull it out and say "Uh oh...I think we took the wrong plane." Give it to the captain and watch him crap himself!

 

[asa rat]

Rumor has it that back on the Brazilia an FO asked the FA for two bottles of water and a can of apple juice before takeoff. He put the apple juice on the dash for the sun to warm and drank the waters...
Filled the empty bottles with warm (body temp +/-) apple juice and upon arrival opened the cockpit (that's what it was called then) door and immediately tossed the "fake piss" to the FA while saying "Can ya throw these out?"... You can guess the rest.

 

[BLing]

Just prior to crossing the numbers, reach for the gear and ask the flying pilot if he would like the gear down!

 

[Soverytired]

Talcum powder in the faux sheepskin seats. Looks great when walking down the jetway.

 

[iLR60Mac]

Talcum powder in the faux sheepskin seats. Looks great when walking down the jetway.

That's a great one.

 

[submachXJ]

If your flying with a "floater" or runway lover when there floating you can ask them "should I ask for lower" that will usually get the airplane on the ground quicker although not as gracefully as you might hope.

 

[jetracer5]

Have the FA come up to the cockpit and tell her you screwed up and broke the speed of heat! Have her touch one of the cockpit windows for proof and say "see!" Then ask her to touch all the windows in the airplane and let you know which ones are warm!

Also for anybody that still flies the old Emb-120 Brasilia. The main door sometimes needs hydraulic power to raise. Tell the FA that the door actuator is stuck and to jump up and down to do dislodge it. Right when she jumps turn on the the hydraulics and tada the door closes!