Crew Fisticuffs!

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Where did this supposed exchange take place?

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[flyboyike]

I think we should establish some rules for crew brawls, kinda like they used to have for duels in the olden days (maybe ALPA can do something about this). Here's what some of those rules might be:

1. Prior to challenging another crewmember, the offended party must clearly state "I challenge you, sir/ma'am, to a duel".
2. Since FOs are a lower lifeform than CAs, No CAs can duel with an FO. If a CA challenges an FO, said FO's CA must accept the challenge for him and duel with the offended CA.
3. Similarly, should an FO challenge a CA, said CA's FO must accept the challenge and duel with the offended FO.
4. Due to poor financial situation of most regional crews, the weapons choices will be limited. Flight cases may not be used (they're expensive). Jepp binders (with charts in them) may be used. Clip-on ties would work, so long as both parties are using a clip-on, otherwise one of the parties would have a length advantage.
5. Insulting each other's aircraft is perfectly acceptable during a brawl, for example "Your plane has 5 APUs!", "You fly a French-Canadian airplane!", "You fly a Mexican A320" etc would all work.
6. Insulting each other's airline (including any codeshare partners) is also acceptable.
7. Insulting each other's management team is not only acceptable, but encouraged.
8. You get the idea.

Feel free to add some more. I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of.

 

[ASApuppy]

Please, will someone, anyone, just kick our Presidents azz. That would be better than 3 cookies for xmas.

 

[Fearless Tower]

He is a great guy with a unique style and certainly has a way with words.

and apparently coffee too.

 

[30West]

Thunderdome! Two men enter, one man leaves.....

 

[erj-145mech]

It must not have been too serious, they didn't swat each other with the rolled up USA Today's?

 

[BornFromJets]

you can't keep us poor furloughees in the dark. who was it? we need some initials.

 

[xjgearbtch]

This thread has turned into the funniest postings I've seen in a long time. My question did the winner get the take the FA's back their room. and I hope it wasn't our typical mesaba FA that they got to bag.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

I think we should establish some rules for crew brawls, kinda like they used to have for duels in the olden days (maybe ALPA can do something about this). Here's what some of those rules might be:

1. Prior to challenging another crewmember, the offended party must clearly state "I challenge you, sir/ma'am, to a duel".
2. Since FOs are a lower lifeform than CAs, No CAs can duel with an FO. If a CA challenges an FO, said FO's CA must accept the challenge for him and duel with the offended CA.
3. Similarly, should an FO challenge a CA, said CA's FO must accept the challenge and duel with the offended FO.
4. Due to poor financial situation of most regional crews, the weapons choices will be limited. Flight cases may not be used (they're expensive). Jepp binders (with charts in them) may be used. Clip-on ties would work, so long as both parties are using a clip-on, otherwise one of the parties would have a length advantage.
5. Insulting each other's aircraft is perfectly acceptable during a brawl, for example "Your plane has 5 APUs!", "You fly a French-Canadian airplane!", "You fly a Mexican A320" etc would all work.
6. Insulting each other's airline (including any codeshare partners) is also acceptable.
7. Insulting each other's management team is not only acceptable, but encouraged.
8. You get the idea.

Feel free to add some more. I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of.

What about the FA's how do they factor in.....

Actually... shouldn't it be along the lines of Fight Club. What's the number one rule!!

 

[doug_or]

What about the FA's how do they factor in.....

Actually... shouldn't it be along the lines of Fight Club. What's the number one rule!!

I think we're 3 pages too late for that one.

 

[ReverseSensing]

My question did the winner get the take the FA's back their room.

No, the loser did. (If it was my airline, that'd give a guy plenty of incentive to win.)

 

[ReverseSensing]

The Mesaba FO is an extremely cool guy! I'm sure he put on a good show. He is a great guy with a unique style and certainly has a way with words.

And modest, too.

 

[HoserASA]

It must not have been too serious, they didn't swat each other with the rolled up USA Today's?

Of course not! Both of the pilots had not read the paper yet. Ya'll know how having in one's possesion a free newspaper is a requirement for pilots.

Anyone have a name yet for the ASA pilot?

Hoser

 

[CA1900]

The ultimate revenge is on taxi-out, when you both get close to the runway. "Tower, both white nav lights are burnt out on the plane in front of me. Just thought he'd like to know...."

 

[ASARJMan]

you can't keep us poor furloughees in the dark. who was it? we need some initials.

Why it was OhPlease!

VOTED IN FAVOR!

 

[Capn Lucky]

The ultimate revenge is on taxi-out, when you both get close to the runway. "Tower, both white nav lights are burnt out on the plane in front of me. Just thought he'd like to know...."

Genius!!!!!

I was about 1 minute late for a van in CLT last year, for which I was embarassed and heartily apologized. I sucked up a lecture from the another crew's captain all the way to ther airport. The other FO finally told him to shut his yap because he was making them show a half hour early. He went from innocent to a jerk very quickly in my book.

 

[John Pennekamp]

Well, shucks, if it happened at LFT, I guess that means it could not have been our favorite ATR Captain!

Which one? JB?

 

[talespin]

Another funny story! You F9 guys might remember this one. Capt dating F/A, F/A dumps Capt for another Capt. Capt #1 tells Capt #2 that is my girlfriend and don't appreciate what your doing. Capt #2 tells Capt #1 thanks for short stroken her all this time. Fight breaks out between to gates on the ramp with pax watching from airplane and terminal. Capt's 1 and 2 became F/O's for awhile.

 

[talespin]

Oh yeah, Capt #2 beat Capt #1's A$$!

 

[Scrapdog]

The ultimate revenge is on taxi-out, when you both get close to the runway. "Tower, both white nav lights are burnt out on the plane in front of me. Just thought he'd like to know...."

Wow - RJ humor...hilarious.

 

[Dilligaff]

What about the FA's how do they factor in.....

Topless Jello wrestling!!

 

[737 Pylt]

Why it was OhPlease!

VOTED IN FAVOR!

Well, we know how much of a sissy he is. I bet he got his ass beat!
737

 

[CA1900]

Wow - RJ humor...hilarious.

If you didn't want to read RJ humor, why are you reading this thread?

 

[Blucher]

Dear Mesaba pilots,

Assuming this story is true, we at ASA are horribly embarrassed to have such a chump acting as captain on any of our aircraft. Rest assured also that in addition to the azz-whooping you hopefully inflicted on said loser, that he will get quite the lecture from us in our crewroom as well once we discover who he/she (debatable at this point) is. Why anyone working at ASA would worry about a "crew delay" boggles the mind, as this is the catch-all term that is applied to any and every delay taken out of ATL (most of the time unbeknownst to the crew unless they look it up later). Also, with the treatment we have received over the past 4 years of 'negotiations' from this management, it is shocking anyone out there is even trying to be on time anymore. All I can really hope for in this is that the ASA Cpt in question was a certain one of our chief pilots.

-Blucher

 

[FmrFreightDog]

All I can really hope for in this is that the ASA Cpt in question was a certain one of our chief pilots.

-Blucher

Because nothing makes for better entertainment than reading all about how CV got his pansy ass kicked. Oh man I hope it was him...... I would likely quit today and sign on as a newhire at Mesaba just on the off chance I might be so lucky as to share a van and a hot cup of coffee with him.....


Am I being too drastic???

 

[John Pennekamp]

Dear Mesaba pilots,

Assuming this story is true, we at ASA are horribly embarrassed to have such a chump acting as captain on any of our aircraft. Rest assured also that in addition to the azz-whooping you hopefully inflicted on said loser, that he will get quite the lecture from us in our crewroom as well once we discover who he/she (debatable at this point) is. Why anyone working at ASA would worry about a "crew delay" boggles the mind, as this is the catch-all term that is applied to any and every delay taken out of ATL (most of the time unbeknownst to the crew unless they look it up later). Also, with the treatment we have received over the past 4 years of 'negotiations' from this management, it is shocking anyone out there is even trying to be on time anymore. All I can really hope for in this is that the ASA Cpt in question was a certain one of our chief pilots.

-Blucher

Quick question. What gives you the right to speak and/or apologize for all ASA pilots? There's been an awful lot of that around here lately.

While I don't condone on-duty fisticuffs, there's nothing wrong with a little mono a mono once in a while. Clearly the guy who started it is a jerk and got what he deserved. No need to issue a group apology.

 

[ImbracableCrunk]

mono a mono

Is that like stereo?

Speaking as self-appointed Supreme Ruler of Mesaba Pilots and High Muck-a-muck of Prop Drivers, I think we all know that these are trying times at both of our airlines. We all have our tools, too.

That said, Mesaba FOs are a scrappy bunch and are likely to fight dirty. I can't count the times (well, I can't count, period) that I've seen my FOs getting brass knuckles, chains, and shivs confiscated at security. (Just kidding, Mr. TSA.) I'm just glad no one got killed!

 

[BoilerUP]

Wow - RJ humor...hilarious.

Don't you have anything better to do than bag on regional pilots?

 

[John Pennekamp]

Is that like stereo?

Speaking as self-appointed Supreme Ruler of Mesaba Pilots and High Muck-a-muck of Prop Drivers, I think we all know that these are trying times at both of our airlines. We all have our tools, too.

That said, Mesaba FOs are a scrappy bunch and are likely to fight dirty. I can't count the times (well, I can't count, period) that I've seen my FOs getting brass knuckles, chains, and shivs confiscated at security. (Just kidding, Mr. TSA.) I'm just glad no one got killed!

Now, that's funny, I don't care who you are.

 

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I wasn't going to weigh in on this thread because I thought it was kind of dumb, but if 4,000 page views, more posts than the Comair investigation threads and professions of group apologies are in the offering, apparently users of the Flight Info Board are interested in this story.

The only version of the story we have is from the coffee tosser. Now throwing coffee all over someone's uniform is a pretty low move. Why are you guys encouraging that sort of behavior?

Maybe the other guy was a commuter, on his way to a job interview, or maybe things did not unfold exactly as the coffee tosser exaplained it to his Chief Pilot. This is more the sort of thing that should be dealt with by ALPA professional standards.

I think all of us hold vans for other crews, but once a great while a guy doesn't wake up, crew scheduling moves things around, or someone is ill. Sounds like some folks had a rough morning... but why do we on this board ridicule a pilot for wanting to be on time? Is it not "cool?"

I thought the purpose of this board was first to help folks with employment questions, then as jobs became less plentiful the board morphed into a good source for industry news and opinion. Now it seems to be headed towards Jerry Springer land. Why?