Any Pet Peeves?

[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.

 

[Captjiggles]

well said LAXSaabdude, This thread is very helpfull. A lot of the input from these posts can help me and hopefully help others. Feel like I'm in "AA" again. LOL

 

[LAXSaabdude]

Feel like I'm in "AA" again. LOL

Hello, my name is LAXSaabdude, and I'm a peeved pilot....!

LAXSaabdude.

 

[FlyChicaga]

Another peeve: Flight attendants that look like this.

 

[Flechas]

• People who are too f-in lazy to get out of their air conditioned cockpit to ask the ramp to remove the GPU or air cart. So they call OPS and bitch instead. Seriously, most of the rampers know english, and will appreciate you talking to them like a person.

Ditto!!!!!!

Ops, Jetlink 20XX, we are pushing in 15 and no pax, what's the deal?

Most likely, this guy wears a hat, highlights the route in the enroute chart, and asks for 3 cups with his coffee!!

 

[labbats]

-People who key the mike without listening first

 

[FlyChicaga]

My favorite:

"Ops, we are on 79, tell the ramp the bag door is still showing open." Well WTFO, aren't they going to get on headset with you in what, 30 seconds? That's why I never keep Ops up in IAH. My captain and I nearly lost it one day listening to everyone complain, so I finally told Ops that if they needed us, call our cell phones. We can't handle the bitching. They laughed and said OK.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

Ops people who are lightning quick to code a delay to the crew, but whenever one of them causes the delay, get extremely "creative" in how to code it.

Had a very minor MEL last week, had all the paperwork done loooong before they started boarding, then when the last pax was on about 5 minutes after departure, asked us if they could "code it to the MEL". Uhhh, why did you board us so late....?

Guarantee if we missed our report time by 1 minute, they would have found a way to code it to us.

LAXSaabdude.

 

[BlackPilot628]

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- 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.

THANK YOU! D&mn. Fly fast!

 

[ERfly]

- 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.

Don't forget, "Jetlink XXXX cross Stros at 10,000/250 knots." So the guy starts his descent 85 miles from the fix, levels 30 miles from the fix and now everything is bunching up and the rest of us get vectors and slower speed for "Spacing to Intercontinental."

IT'S SIMPLE DESCENT PLANNING PEOPLE!!!!

 

[Mach.75]

-Guys that throw the metal 'can' on the floor when they are done looking at it. Is it too much for you to place it on the floor.

-Sniffing in the mic. How old are you, 6? Blow your d@mn nose.

-You think tuna is bad, had a guy eat clams and oysters in the cockpit more than once! I almost yacked, smells like rotting ALPO in PHX. Even the FA called up in flight and said 'you just had to open that.'

-PHL, ATL, and P-56/DCA anytime.