Annoying crap the CA/FO does

[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?