airline pilots words of wisdom

[rudderdog]

1. Always treat the plane like a woman.....be smooth and easy, with finesse and care.


2. Always treat the plane like a woman......be firm, make it do what you want it to do, tell it where to go.

 

[FL000]

In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.
— Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900.


What is the cause of most aviation accidents?:
Usually it is because someone does too much too soon, followed very quickly by too little too late.
— Steve Wilson, NTSB investigator, Oshkosh, WI , August, 1996


There is no problem so complex that it cannot simply be blamed on the pilot.
— Dr Earl Weiner


If the pilot survives the accident, you'll never find out what really happened.
— Doug Jeanes

Mix ignorance with arrogance at low altitude and the results are almost guaranteed to be spectacular.
— Bruce Landsberg, Executive Director of the AOPA Air Safety Foundation

Learning should be fun. If you don't have fun in aviation then you don't learn, and when learning stops, you die.
— Pete Campbell, FAA

A 10 cent fuse will protect itself by destroying the $2,000 radio to which it is attached.
— Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca'

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.
— Stephen Coonts

 

[Nicole]

Don't be a jerk to your wife/girlfriend/significant other and take out your frustrations on her. She doesn't deserve to put up with that crap along with all the rest of it.

 

[AWACoff]

Go to OPRAH, go to OPRAH!

Whoops...sorry 'bout that. Had a flashback to my stint on Jerry Springer...

 

[Nicole]

You won't see me on Oprah whining that I no longer get to live in my 29 bedroom house. I'm just saying y'all should be grateful if you have a good woman at home who supports your career. Notice I said GOOD WOMAN; there's a big difference between a money grabbing woman and a GOOD WOMAN who stands by her man regardless of the $$$ he's bringing in.

 

[ShawnC]

Aviation forcasts are made with a magic eight ball.

 

[bobbysamd]

Advice

1. Only pay for ratings if you can't get them on the company nickel.

2. Don't pay for training.

3. See Nos. 1 and 2.

4. Always have an out.

5. Always have a Plan B.

6. You don't know it all, even if you think you do. It never hurts to ask for another opinion(s).

7. If you're a flight, ground or sim instructor, at any level, don't bully your trainees. You may be their FO one day.

 

[402driver]

Frightened Passengers

One of my captains has a way of dealing with passengers that are scared to fly. It’s brutal, but funny as SHIAT!

Passenger: This is a really small plane. Is it safe to fly?

Captain: Of course it is. What are you afraid of?

Passenger: I’m afraid of flying.

Captain: No you are not, you want the airplane to fly! You are afraid to Die!

Passenger: Speechless

F.O.: Laughing my A$$ Off!!!

 

[fly4ever]

In the aviation job world, you'll never know if the decision(s) you made were the correct ones up until the day you retire.

It's always best to use superior judgement so you won't have to display your superior skill (or something to that effect).

 

[ShawnC]

Nature is a bad teacher, he gives you the test first then teachs the lesson.

 

[HAL]

One smooth landing and it's skill.

Two smooth landings in a row and it's luck.

Three smooth landings in a row and someone's lying.

 

[fulcrum]

Training + experience = judgement








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[Timebuilder]

If you're married stay away from FA's.

...and the corollary:

If you're single, stay away from FA's.

 

[md83drvr]

Never touch anything that is Red or has dust on it.

 

[FL000]

md83drvr,

That advice was already covered by Timebuilder in the post above yours.

FL000