Any Pet Peeves?

[capt. megadeth]

'where is a govt. sterilization program in this country'.

Ha ha....I've been asking myself this for years.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Captains with the "My" syndrome:


Do you have MY release...
You can close MY cockpit door now...
Call for MY taxi...

I had an FO that used to do that. He liked to act like he was the captain even though he failed upgrade 3 times. Then, one day, when the crap hit the fan in the plane, I saw WHY he failed upgrade.

Another FO I flew with didn't like to bother ATC for anything. So, one day we flew an hour and a half right at the tops being bumped around like crazy because it was his leg and he didn't want to ask ATC for higher. I was about to puke and nipped that in the bud finally. I was too nice of a captain I think.

 

[Flying Illini]

I agree with the improper turbulence reporting. That just pisses me off!

People who say "aaaaaaannnnndddddd Jax center yada yada yada"
People who say " So and So checkin' on at yada yada yada"

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

Mainline jumpseaters that tell you that they'll be jumpseating.

The next time that happens, I think I'll make them ask, "Pretty please."

 

[NRHPilot]

1) People who call ready for take off when traffic is on short final. What do you think the controller is going to tell you?

2) "wind check" when the wind is 180/5.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

People who don't understand how a thermostat works.

Hint: Turning it to "full cold" doesn't cool it down any faster. It just means it will cool down through "comfortable" to "freezing".

Turn it up a little, will ya?!

LAXSaabdude.

 

[Gobi Gred]

1. Controllers who issue taxi instructions right after you touchdown.
2. Flying tired.
3. FA's who leave the cockpit door wide open instead of shutting it behind them when they come up front.

 

[KO King]

Aww thanks! And most of the FOs I fly with are very cool too, you included, English! There are like 3 people I can think of who fit my earlier description. One of them is still here (and is a captain now !), and the other two are at Allegiant.

I take pride in treating my FOs as my peers and equals. Unfortunately some take that as an invitation to walk all over me. They find out what it's like to fly the rest of the month with my evil twin!

Hows the gall bladder by the way, I saw the pictures! Yuck!

LAXSaabdude.

Very cool man!!!!! Sorry I did take your post the wrong way...oops! Sounds like you are one of the captains I would enjoy flying with with your comment about trying to help FO's. I am one that is still enthusiastic and try to learn as much as possible and enjoy when Captains take the time to help you instead of answering your questions and talking down to you at the same time.......like you are less of a person than them.....dorks!!! Anyways, no hard feelings!

 

[KO King]

Jepp revisions

'cleaning up' a cockpit during an aircraft swap. (I.E. switches)

being mistaken for a CSA when I'm looking at the wx packet

New F/A's telling me the cabin is 'secure' when there are more pax boarding.

Hey Rook! You a Kostya fan????? Did you see the Hatton fight? That was tough man. It's good to see another pilot who knows a little something about Boxing. I am a Fanatic!
Oh back to the topic!
Captains who constantly tell you you shouldnt be with the airline because you are too young....In a "joking" way.....and captains who you dont even like that say things about your race in a "joking" way but you know they really mean it...A$$holes

 

[AZ Typed]

You must be flying with Riddle dorks!

I've noticed that the hat folks are more often non-aviation schooled guys/gals. You must not fly much - else you'd know that their are jack-arses both non-aviation school and aviation school in all aircraft in both seats. The times when the guy next to me tried to kill me have all been non-aviation schooled kids. Especially former MIL folks (no offense to them). I've found that the Riddle dorks know the WHY and the HOW of many things - so lighten up.

AZT

 

[Rook]

Hey Rook! You a Kostya fan????? Did you see the Hatton fight? That was tough man. It's good to see another pilot who knows a little something about Boxing. I am a Fanatic!
Oh back to the topic!
Captains who constantly tell you you shouldnt be with the airline because you are too young....In a "joking" way.....and captains who you dont even like that say things about your race in a "joking" way but you know they really mean it...A$$holes

Got your PM. Yeah a big K-Zoo fan. Hatton fight nearly had me in tears. I've finally gotten enough seniority that I can be home when the big fights on HBO and Shobox are on.

 

[BlackPilot628]

1. Controllers who issue taxi instructions right after you touchdown.

Thank you! I heard this a lot while flying for Corpex in some of the smaller class "D" airspaces. IE---> Marion IL (MWA) EERRR!
I just got to the point where I didn't respond until we we're clearing the active RW.

 

[BlackPilot628]

captains who you dont even like that say things about your race in a "joking" way but you know they really mean it...A$$holes

UUMMM??

 

[English]

Aww thanks! And most of the FOs I fly with are very cool too, you included, English! There are like 3 people I can think of who fit my earlier description. One of them is still here (and is a captain now !), and the other two are at Allegiant.

I take pride in treating my FOs as my peers and equals. Unfortunately some take that as an invitation to walk all over me. They find out what it's like to fly the rest of the month with my evil twin!

Hows the gall bladder by the way, I saw the pictures! Yuck!

LAXSaabdude.

GROSS!!! I'm so sorry he passed those pictures around. The gallstone was so big, he started acting like a proud father. He even named it - "Corky".

 

[KO King]

UUMMM??

Yeah!!!!

 

[minitour]

*edit*

I guess it doesn't really apply...sorry....back to your regularly scheduled pet peeves...

 

[LAXSaabdude]

GROSS!!! I'm so sorry he passed those pictures around. The gallstone was so big, he started acting like a proud father. He even named it - "Corky".

No big deal, I've seen worse on CSI. Just glad to hear you're doing better.

OK, now, looking at the configuration of your new wheels in your avatar, it looks like you don't partake in one of my non-aviation related pet peeves, but here's one for ya.....

People who drive convertibles with the top down and windows up. It looks like someone driving a fishbowl! All or nothing, I say!

I have an Eclipse Spyder, and there is a single switch that puts the top, AND all windows down at once. That's why it completely blows my mind when I see someone driving this car with the windows UP, because that means that they actually went back and rolled all the windows up before driving it!

LAXSaabdude.

 

[shamrock]

Captains that are off the plane and chasing the crew bus before the engines have even spooled down, leaving me waiting for 20 minutes with the poor pax cursed to need a wheelchair in ATL.

Captains that let the gear warning horn whine away for 15 seconds before doing anything about it.

Captains that start their initial brief with "I like to do everything standard/by the book" and proceed to do everything but. If you're not going to do it, don't say it!

No offense to you Captains. I know that there are equally annoying FOs out there, but as an FO myself I obviously don't fly with them. I'm probably one of them occasionally.

 

[English]

No big deal, I've seen worse on CSI. Just glad to hear you're doing better.

OK, now, looking at the configuration of your new wheels in your avatar, it looks like you don't partake in one of my non-aviation related pet peeves, but here's one for ya.....

People who drive convertibles with the top down and windows up. It looks like someone driving a fishbowl! All or nothing, I say!

I have an Eclipse Spyder, and there is a single switch that puts the top, AND all windows down at once. That's why it completely blows my mind when I see someone driving this car with the windows UP, because that means that they actually went back and rolled all the windows up before driving it!

LAXSaabdude.

In my defense when I bring the top down in my new car, continually pressing the top down button does three things;

1) rolls the windows halfway down
2) opens the top
3) rolls the windows back up


I usually release the button after the top comes down, and that leaves my windows at the half-up position. It's a nifty feature. I guess I could roll the windows all the way down after the sequence completes, but then my hair would get messed up

 

[English]

Captains that start their initial brief with "I like to do everything standard/by the book" and proceed to do everything but. If you're not going to do it, don't say it!

AMEN!

 

[LAXSaabdude]

In my defense when I bring the top down in my new car, continually pressing the top down button does three things;

1) rolls the windows halfway down
2) opens the top
3) rolls the windows back up

Interesting. Exactly the opposite of mine.

I usually release the button after the top comes down, and that leaves my windows at the half-up position. It's a nifty feature. I guess I could roll the windows all the way down after the sequence completes, but then my hair would get messed up

But that's "the look", ya know!!

LAXSaabdude.

 

[pianoman]

FO's that take take the paperwork and underline 8 million things just to do it first. And then it turns out this guy underlined the wrong weather. Argh. BTW I understand you need to write stuff about the fuel and weights. No sweat there.

FO tells me he doesn't like to use the taxi light for app clearance reminder, he likes to use landing light. Reaches up and switches them after I turned it on. On my leg.

FO's who tell the gate agent in a loud voice with passengers around the boarding area after being informed about a weight restriction "That's okay, we'll just find some half-weights!" Let's just keep that between us in the cockpit, and would you mind consulting with me? I'm standing right there.

That said, those are the only annoying things out of the many guys I've enjoyed flying with. I even had a good time with these three, just not quite as stress-free. Most of the FO's do a great job and put up with a lot of annoying CA's out there.

 

[rod farva]

Getting sand in your bedsheets.

 

[Captain X]

- the guy who's been on line for 2 months but flew at another carrier so has to remind you every leg that he's "not new to line flying."

- the same guy carrying 10 knots over TARGET on EVERY single approach and landing.

- pulling the thrust back in the descent and just letting the airspeed bleed off. You're in a freakin' jet.....GO FAST unless a controller or a reg says otherwise.

-sloppy ass flying by anyone, myself included.

-receiving an airplane with a pretty significant MX discrepancy that the inbound crew says "...but we didn't write it up or call MX."

-cleaning up another crew's trash ESPECIALLY fucking DIP SPIT!

-heavy breathing in the hot mic

 

[Sir Humpalot]

1. The captain who tells me about his political opinions and thinks that i should agree with him.

2. Racism in the cockpit...enough said.

3. Getting stuck with a male flight attendant every month.

 

[FLOPSouth]

1. The guy who "throws" the spoiler lever to deploy and it bounces back to retract.
ie paying for a roller coaster ride

2. Guys who wont shut up when your call sign is heard and you need to respond.

3. Delta pilots and "wind check" on short final.

4. Guys who complain about their UNION and think paying dues is taking part.

5. Contollers wwithout a sense of humor.

6. STUCK WITH 2 CAT-FIGHTING MALES LOVERS FOR A MONTH!!!

 

[Sir Humpalot]

6. STUCK WITH 2 CAT-FIGHTING MALES LOVERS FOR A MONTH!!!

I dont know about the last one cuz atleast you have humour for an entire month.

 

[I Hate Freight]

Not having enough time during a turn to get Starbucks.

Not making enough money to AFFORD Starbucks.

 

[capt. megadeth]

Not making enough money to AFFORD Starbucks.

Ha ha....no doubt


Guys that automatically think because you are female, you didn't do d!ck diddly to get your flying job when you actually gave 1000 times more effort than they did to get the same job.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

Very cool man!!!!! Sorry I did take your post the wrong way...oops!

No worries. I saw you were a little new to the forum, anyway. One thing to remember is that people will sometimes use this board to vent out their frustrations that they would not do in real life, especially on a thread called "pet peeves"! Everyone gets a little p/o'd on this board from time to time, but I think there are very few real "jerks" here.

Blue skies!

LAXSaabdude.