Anyone know this Captain at American??

[sleepy]

Airtran is the worst. Their pilots and (gay) FA's need to shut their pie-holes so I can listen to their new XM radio. I don't care how much they appreciate my business, I would just appreciate it if they would shut up!

 

[Phaedrus]

Their pilots and (gay) FA's...

"(gay) FA's" is just a bit tautological, don't ya think?

--Dept. of Redundancy Dept.

 

[XTW]

TC and Slagpile,

Did you ever experience Larry V.? He's the only one I ever used the "do not fly with" entry. Flying STL-ONT, he never shut up! He had a binder with info that he would read from. About half way to the coast, the FSM comes up and tells him to "Shut the F*ck up. Your pissing off full fare first class pax that are trying to sleep/work". With that he kind of did a nervous chuckle and says, "Their gonna learn something if they are on my airplane!".uke:


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[Mach 80]

I think I was in trail with this guy out of South Florida. He accidentily did his long-winded initial PA with Jacksonville Center and I have to say I never heard anything like it in my 20 years of airline flying. He droned on and on, named each and every crewmember and told some little story about each of them, the history of the airplane, details on weather that even a meterologist wouldn't care about, very detailed discussion on the routing.....it was just incredible and like something out of a satirical movie like 'Airplane'. When he finally got done everyone on the frequency was howling with laughter and were incredulous. The contoller was angry but you could tell he was stunned that any pilot could blabber like that. All it is, is a power trip and ego for mouthy pilots.

The passengers have been getting 'yelled at' from PA's since the minute they set foot in the airport. I try not to say much at all. Just before push, a very brief mention of flight time and the weather and once again before descent. If it gets bumpy inflight, a brief mention why it's bumpy and what we are doing about it. They have heard the long spiel from pilots about "we're so glad you choose us and are happy you joined us...." that it sounds totally disengeniuos, fake, and canned therefore I don't even mention it, especially since the schedule and fare are the only reasons we got chosen. Heck, maybe we'll get chosen more in the future for having minimal PA's. I can see the ads now "Minimal PAs!!!".

Which brings me to another thing -- I wish airports would just have visual monitors all around for messages. I'm sick and tired of the constant blather of messages for people at airports. I thnk there are one or two airports that have them and they are so nice and quiet. I think one of them just pipes soft calming piano music.

 

[AA717driver]

'Slag--Actually, I was just covering up my ignorance of the rich history of the Missouri Valley.

See, I learned something new today. I had no idea there were Indian prostitutes during the time of L & C. Thank you.

XTW--I don't know who Larry V. is. I believe I escaped flying with him just like I did Carl P. and several others "advertised" on the third stall in Ops. TC

 

[furloughfodder]

"LIving the dream, under the Kayla Arc"

11 and 250

Carl P. and several others "advertised" on the third stall in Ops.

Those are a couple of things I haven't thought about in over three years...

aahhh...the good ole' days!

 

[CitationLover]

what about vince the prince and his women's panties on the flight control panel?

 

[Morning Wood]

You think this is bad? Wait until you fly with some fool who does this on red-eye flights.

Believe it or not, I had this on a United flight from LAX to ORD a couple
months ago. They would shut the seat belt sign off...and then when
the bumps started...turn it back on and make an announcement.
This went on for almost the whole 4 hours.

Just leave the dang thing on and let everyone try to sleep.

 

[DTW320]

I agree with the minimalist PA approach. I commute to work and have experienced the opposite approach. It's annoying and embarrasing to be in the back in uniform during a long PA. Having said that, I do routinely have the FA's call up front and say, "some folks are wondering where we are or what river/lake/ocean/continent/tectonic plate that is off the right...can you make a PA?"

But I would have to say it's a lot more than 50% of the pax could care less and just wish we would shut-up. My new attitude is, for your $79 fare you don't get to know where we are. Remember, NOrthwest begins with NO....

 

[Archie Bunker]

I flew with this Capt last year at Delta that I nicknamed "The PA King." On a 4 day trip, I never once had to make a PA (kind of nice, really), but the problem was he never shut his piehole for the entire 4 days. After the first day, I thought it was kind of funny, but after day 2, I felt sorry for the pax and basically wanted to kill him. Pre-departure PAs, De-Icing PAs, level off PAs, weather update PAs, and general geographic location PAs ad nauseum.

Thankfully, I haven't had another like him since.....but if you're ever a passenger on a Delta MD-88 out of ATL, you might have the (dis)pleasure of experiencing his charm.

 

[AAslag]

Vince the Prince Manny!

The only TWA jerk to get me thrown out of a bar (two to be exact; DTW and CMH). The rest were my responsibility.

And, I have never flown with him! He was from another crew!

A caustic personality. Also an idiot.

Wanna fight again Vince? Come on, Vince.... Please. Just for old times sakes. I'm gonna put the pool cue somewhere different this time you jersey puke.

 

[sleeves]

This guy at American is a complete MORON. Will not shut up the whole flight with useless information to the passengers. BLAH BLAH BLAH. I wanted to smack this guy right in the mouth with all his babble every 4 minutes about, "we're cruising at...we're flying over...we're near..." He kept saying, "and what's interesting is...." I'm pretty sure his name was Captain Goodlin or Goodman??? on the MD80. Anyone know this fool??

Calling someone out by name, on a public forum, is not cool.

 

[Sig]

"(gay) FA's" is just a bit tautological, don't ya think?

--Dept. of Redundancy Dept.

ROFLMAO!

That was a '10'.