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PilotRon

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Jumpseater (wannabe employee) on a flight had to let go a steamer. Our Honey-pot was a 5 gallon paint bucket with a trash liner.
Well after he drop anchor he decided that it stank so bad he would throw it out the window. Would have worked but the corner of the bag hit the corner of the window and the "prize" inside was released back inside the cabin all over the guy. After he was absent from the flight deck for about 45 minutes the PIC got a little worried. He went back to fing this guy sitting on the floor cold, naked except for his boxers waiting for us to land. yup, in the bucket was his pants and shirt newly painted brown
 
Pardon me while I pick myself up of the floor from laughing so hard! Really have to feel for this poor soul. Hopefully it wasn't the first leg of the day!

Reminds me of a buddy who, back while flight instructing, had a student get sick. Rather than hurl in the plane, genius decided it would be ok to open the window and let it go outside. Well, my friends, all it does in a C150 is re-enter the window, make a u-turn at the back seat due to the airflow swirling around the cabin, and promptly nailed the instructor in the back of the head. Add insult to injury, he had to clean the plane afterwards!

Oh the days...

2000Flyer
 
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The Company that it happened at was IFL out of Pontiac Michigan
 
A while back an instructor at my company was doing an intro flight with a prospective student - of course the day was a little turbulent and the prospective student started feeling a little sick. Instead of using the sick sac the instructor had, the guy unbuttoned the top couple of buttons on his shirt and pucked in his on shirt/lap.

At least the instructor didn't have to clean the plane.
 
One Sunday afternoon I was flying with a student whose wife joined us for the ride. I arrived at the airport shortly after church and was starved. About 30 minutes into the flight I thought I smelled something similar to pot roast with carrots and potatoes, my favorite Sunday afternoon fare. Thinking that my student's wife was enjoying a little snack, I savored the aroma for several minutes. That is, until my stark realization that she was not enjoying a snack; rather she had just vomitted....just as I did as soon as we landed!
 

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