Comair Idiot Pilot

[jehtplane]

I was recently flying in New York Center Airspace when ATC asks a Comair flight to advise him on what his speed was going to be. It was bumpy that day and the airspace was congested. The Comair FO replied "It will be whatever we want it to be". I was laughing so hard, but gained my composure and keyed the mike and said, "just what does that mean?". The controller replied, "I was trying to figure that one out myself. Again he asked the Comair, "What is your speed?". Comair replied "we'll do whatever we want to do, and that's what that means." At that point the controller was silent. I asked the controller if I could be vectored around the guy who was doing whatever he wanted to do, but, luckily he wasn't on my route. Is this the norm at Comair? I once considered interviewing with them. If anyone else heard this on the radio, please comment.

And your comments on the radio were professional too?

 

[pilotpat]

I care when dumb@sses like that ruin the system for everyone else. And yes we do have some dumb@sses where I work also.

Honestly....ruin the system?? Have you ever flubbed a call?? I'm just trying to make the point that we all make mistakes, however at least when somebody f's up a call it gives you something to laugh about when you've been up in the air for a few hours...I've heard some doozies (not sure that's even close to the spelling), and it kept the other guy and myself laughing for days!

 

[comrcap]

I usually say "Ludicrous Speed!" or "Lead or follow, but get out of my way"

 

[skyslug]

And yes, there are a bunch of morons out there who transform into blithering idiots with monkey brains once the push to talk button is pressed...we all do it but oddly have no recollection of the offending transmission .

 

[~~~^~~~]

Or maybe you misunderstood what you heard on the radio. Center often asks our speed and I tell them "300, but we can do whatever you need," or "what speed do you want us to do." Simliar phraseology, different meaning. I know the Lear cockpits are not a quiet as the RJ's and all those 6,000+ FPM climbs must be a little disorienting.

 

[AV8700]

And your comments on the radio were professional too?

i was going to say the same. There he is worried about professional radio talk and making smartass cracks at the same time.

He is probably the most unprofessional of all a "double clicker".

 

[bvt1151]

This never happened.

 

[Nindiri]

I find it hard to believe that a New York Center controller would let radio call pass without chewing out the crew.

 

[Jack Mehoff]

my fav radio calls are the super corporate pilots and ga guys the make up their own letters. ex: NxxxMS- mike sugar, NxxxCB- charlie Brown, NxxxGP-Green plane... Just to mention a few that I have heard

 

[737 Pylt]

What I love are the threads that get started and don't mean a gosh darn thing. Just a bunch of pilots bichin! This is what it's all about!

Bich on!

What he said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
737

 

[FedEx1]

Lear60Capt, I believe the "USAir's checking in with you..." (or any airline) is not a plural, it's a contraction...."USAir is checking in with you...".

The only problem is they actually say "USAir's 452 checking in..." Otherwise, pluralizing it would be USAir 452's checking in. Delta guys do it sometimes too. It doesn't bother me- I just chalk it up to bizarro world, or multiple personality disorder.

Oh, and if you are a GUY and have a plane with SP on the end of the N-number, and you keep calling it Sugar-Pop.. well, let me give you the link to the GPA.... either that or you are getting way too much in touch with your feminine side.

 

[BenderGonzales]

I love it when the RJ punks act like they're BETTER than the corporate learjet pilots who make twice as much $$, and have twice the time off as they do.

Lighten up Francis.

-Ex RJ punk (de-spiked my hair, discarded my backpack)

 

[135fr8r]

I was flying with a retired airline captain(727, 747) in a lear once. It was my leg to fly, so he was working radios. We were shooting an ILS into an uncontrolled airport somewhere in Indiana if I recall, and as we were handed off from approach to unicom, this Captain says "can yall turn the runway lights on"? Approach says "you'll have to do that on your own on the unicom freq". This guy changes to unicom freq, and say "UNICOM, can yall turn on the runway lights". I quietly keyed the mike myself, and turned them on.....lol

 

[EMB170Pilot]

I can't ever imagine the Captain replyinig with a response like that. If it was, he needs help. He sounded very young. It was almost like he didn't know what his normal cruising speed was at the altitude he was at and was trying to come up with some sort of an answer. Oh well, I just thought the whole things was amusing. I had my laugh for the day.

So all captains are male you sexist tool!

 

[LJDRVR]

I'm raising the BS flag here!

First off, any New York ARTCC or approach controller would punish the living you-know-what out of any moron dumb enough to cop an attitude as bad as this alleged encounter.

Secondly, there's no underwriter or insurance carrier on the planet who's going to issue a Learjet 60 policy for some flame-baiting goober with only 2100 hours.

lear60"Captain", you have a type rating. Don't confuse that with being PIC. Prove me wrong and I'll apologize.

Poser