Annoying crap the CA/FO does

[JumpersAway]

..........So what's wrong with cowboy boots?

 

[SennaP1]

How about

"The FO"

And "The FAs"

 

[Salukipilot4590]

To the CA's:
1. Okay then you are "F/O No-name remembered" then. I would rather be thought of as "My black F/O" or "My F/O".
2. Please dont begin to tell me that you havent been caught off guard and behind before. I know I have at least 5 times...ironically all of them were out of PVD after drinking the last Cran-Apple.
3. One of my OCD things is an un-aligned HDG bug. I dont set it for anyone else but whenever it's unset for longer than about eh...5 minutes I start staring at the button.
4. What else are you going to talk about on a 27 hour 4 day trip? I dont think there are any CAs out there ( at least at my company ) who would intentionally start a conversation about this unless they thought its where you wanted to go. A few I've flown with knew I am a liberal who loves political conversation so thats what the trip was about. Somehow I dont think that made sense...its late.
5. Well if you have a big issue with this then speak up. Nothing will get done unless you say something about it. You dont even have to come off like an a** or anything. We're all professional adults here right?
6. How do you know he or she is wearing boots? Have you seen the CA in just the boots? Sometimes the only way I know is that they tell me.

 

[hobbsmeter]

Most likely is flame bait, but I like this quote a lot:

"You are my responsibility, there for you are MY FO for the time being, as much as that may be a burden to me."

 

[CX880]

Enough time has passed, it's ready to start a new CA vs. FO thread.​

To the CA's:
1. I am not "your FO". Please do not refer to the guy you are flying with as "my FO". Same goes to FA's.
2. When you call for a Checklist, you should actually be ready to respond to it. Me: "T/O data and Speeds", CA: fumbles around for 2 minutes trying to set speeds....then, "Set".
3. Quit centering the heading bug when I am flying. I promise you, the plane will not veer violently off course if the heading bug is 3 degrees to the left.
4. I could care less about your church or your kids. Seriously... Religion and Kids can stay at home.
5. Don't leave your friggin flight case on the floor behind the center pedestal. Put it in the damn place beside your seat. No, I don't like scrambling over your bag every time I step into/out of the cockpit.
6. Are you wearing cowboy boots?​

Your CA sets the takeoff data and speeds, WOW which company do you fly for???? Seriously Dude you need to chill the only thing that you might have a point in is the CA reaching up and fiddling with your headings but more than likely He/She is right and you're wrong. Center the heading bug!! I promise you when you sit on that left seat you will get it, meanwhile enjoy the free ride.

 

[Hobit]

He probably just flew a whole month with Capt Ahab

 

[mrnolmts]

Somehow I don't think Uncle Bunkle got the thread he was hoping for. Instead he got some replies he can take to heart and learn from. Go Flightinfo.com!!!

 

[Papa Woody]

Flew with a FA who freaked out because I used her name in the PA announcement ("Mary, prepare the cabin for takeoff.") Said it was inviting men to flirt with her.

So I stopped using FA's names.

A week later, another FA freaked out because I didn't use her name. ("Jeez, like, saying 'Flight Attendant' sounds so sterile, impersonal")

Any ideas here? I;m ready to go Postal on the next FA who b*tches to me about anything!

 

[TWA]

These boots are made for walkin, that's what I'm gonna do, these boots are made for walkin, I'm gonna walk all over you.

Simmer down. Gear up, flaps up, switching to departure. Is that so stressful?

 

[CFI2766]

Nah, I agree with the original poster.

The captain should set a mutually supportive tone. To be sure, it's the captains name on the release, and he/she has command and final authority over the outcome of the flight. However, it's supposed to be a team sport in the front of the airplane; when it becomes all about the captain's ego, bad things happen. If the captain's really a jerk, he might just be 'allowed' to hang himself. Bottom line: in an environment with RIFs, NASA reports, and especially ASAP reports, step on your FO enough, and really bad things can happen to your career.

So far as 'burden' goes, well, I can see that with some of the low-time new hires out there. However, if you treat all 'your' FOs as though they are a burden, then they will start to act that way. Instead of an asset that can contribute to the safe, efficient (especially if it is the freedom leg) outcome, you wind up with a carbon based, voice activated autopilot for an FO.

I'm an FO. I consider this time to be part of my education to learn what to do, and not do, as a captain. I have a LOT to learn. Mostly, I'm still learning about what to do as an airline pilot, and someday, captain.

Food for thought: the good captains will teach you how to do things, even if just by example. The bad captains will teach you how not to do things, even if just by example.

 

[CFI2766]

Almost forgot, I'm good with the cowboy boots.

It's one of the last remnants of a time when flying was actually done by cool people with good stories to tell. Nowadays, we are all just time-building, youth eating, seniority protecting, Politically Correct products of an overly sensitive corporate America that have no idea of where to stash porn in an RJ, much less how to have any fun.

 

[greyskyracer]

Annoying quirk #1: Posts his gripes on the internet instead of having the stones to speak up when he is offended. You sir (and I use that term "sir" in the most ironic way possible) are a tool. Shut up and sling the gear.

But since you started it:
1. You are my responsibility, there for you are MY FO for the time being, as much as that may be a burden to me.

2. The CA sets the pace. Your turn will come to do everything at warp speed. What's the rush, btw?

3. Then center it yourself.

4. My kids and church or BBQ or whatever is way more interesting than listening to you lie about how much tail you pulled in college or how you were a total bada$$ at the "academy."

5. I like it there. If you have a problem with it speak up.

6. Why yes, I am wearing cowboy boots. What's it to ya?

I agree with everything, but 4 personally I don't care if you lie to me as long as you entertain me.

 

[Abernathy]

Almost forgot, I'm good with the cowboy boots.

It's one of the last remnants of a time when flying was actually done by cool people with good stories to tell.

The cowboy thing is pretty isolated to the South. It's not universal.

I agree with your other post, however. Good post.

 

[mrnolmts]

... Bottom line: in an environment with RIFs, NASA reports, and especially ASAP reports, step on your FO enough, and really bad things can happen to your career...

You're kidding, right?

 

[phr8dawg]

Slight thread divert? If the three stripes stand for "I'm not responsible," what in the realm of sarcasm do the four stripes stand for?