FBO etiquette

[NotFurloughed]

Loud Talker

I fly with a "loud talker" - It appears as thigh it's a personality thing. If he's on the phone its important, and all should know about it. I swear he would answer the phone at a funeral.

You have my apologies if you ever run into him....

Also, whats with people wearing their phones (or blackberries) on their belts with the ringer on the highest volume....

It's called vibrate - use it.

For those of you without vibrate on your phones, you have my aplogies - just get a new phone...I don't need to hear the latest R. Kelly hit when your wife calls you....

 

[alaskaborn]

Speaking of tips, aren't they really just bribes for decent service the next time you're at that FBO?

 

[irapilot]

Also, while on this nit-picky thing - please, for the love of god, don't go in the restroom that is right next the crew lounge and make a huge fecal mess, make the whole crew room stink like a bronx sewer for the rest of the day and come out grinning and leave in your shiny jet.

 

[Count Dracula]

I fly with a guy who uses a knee board in the airplane and stands at the urinal with his pants down to his knees.

 

[flyboydk]

I fly with a guy who uses a knee board in the airplane and stands at the urinal with his pants down to his knees.

Haha, the guy I usually fly with will stand in front of the mirror in the restroom and drop his pants to his knees while he adjusts his shirt to tuck it in again while everyone gets a nice look at his tighty-whiteys.

 

[G100driver]

I fly with a guy who uses a knee board in the airplane and stands at the urinal with his pants down to his knees.

Yea I did that as well .... when I was 4!

 

[Count Dracula]

He was at the urinal with his harry a$$ showing as I walked in and I made an immediate 180. My luck he would of turned and started talking to me while everyone else looked at me like "You know this freak?"

 

[Twotter76]

How about the guys who start both engines, and just sit there. Are you guys filing a flight plan, getting a standard pilot WX briefing, AND doing the first flight of the day checklist? The fractional guys are the worst in those straight wing Citations.

Our checklists arent exactly laid out in such a manner as to get us moving in a hurry. In fact I have watched glaciers pass me as I went through the checklist items. Once we do get moving our taxi checks are very quick, mostly because weve done damn near everything before we started moving, hmm come to think of it this might actually be a very good idea. Something to consider.

I fly some corporate stuff on the side and some of you guys run through everything so fast that you miss half of it in order to get the boss moving 2 seconds after he gets on the plane. The hell with that. Ill go when im good and ready, the line guys can wait. And so can the people in the back.

 

[maximizer]

Haha, the guy I usually fly with will stand in front of the mirror in the restroom and drop his pants to his knees while he adjusts his shirt to tuck it in again while everyone gets a nice look at his tighty-whiteys.

Must've been a Jarhead.

 

[Hawkster54]

People need to learn the difference between there, their, they're, we're, where, were. Call me anal, but I think I learned this in 4th grade. I bet "there" resumes "where" a mess. Those of you who are thinking..."I don't get it?" are the ones I'm talking about.

To stay on the subject...I hang out at the fbo for six hours by choice. Our company will pay for a hotel but it's one of the hotels that Dr. Jack Cavorkian (no clue how to spell his last name) used to host his assisted suicides. It's creepy as F*ck in there, the beds have reddish colored stains on them, and you wake up itchy all over. So, yes, I'd much rather spend the day at the FBO "napping" like a 65 yr old because my 9-5 job began at 3:30am.

Everyone else can do whatever it is that they do while I sleep like a 4 yr during nap time. Talk loud, fart, ********************, turn on a friggin stobe in the quite room, do run ups out side, and blast snoop on the cell ringer. If you have have a problem then tell the person. In the meantime, while all of you duke it out, I'll be sound asleep.

 

[JediNein]

Also, whats with people wearing their phones (or blackberries) on their belts with the ringer on the highest volume....

Vibrate? After a day spent teaching in piston twins, you think I can feel anything, let alone hear anything? My POS cell phone doesn't have an indoor detector to know when to go into quiet mode. I'm just happy if the POS cell phone will actually receive 4 out of 5 calls without needing to reboot.

I set it for the ramp and leave it there. If you don't like loud noises, wear ear plugs and get out of aviation.

 

[willNOTfly4free]

...and if you do leave your ringer on, please, for the love of God, do not let it be the Top Gun theme song!

 

[slotationdriver]

How about the guys who start both engines, and just sit there. Are you guys filing a flight plan, getting a standard pilot WX briefing, AND doing the first flight of the day checklist? The fractional guys are the worst in those straight wing Citations

The Citation Ultra is extra noisy on the ramp, and it takes forever for our gyro's to spool up. Usually a diamond, i mean beech400, mm hawker 400 hoggn the GPU.
There should be a man law against watching some crap TV show in a pilot lounge. Monk is not acceptable, Walker Texas Ranger is!.

 

[Oh-ryan]

I fly with a guy who uses a knee board in the airplane and stands at the urinal with his pants down to his knees.

Hey dipsh!t,

I have to use the kneeboard because you suck as a copilot. Not only do I have to fly the plane, but I have to read checklists, copy clearances and talk on the radio because you can't seem to stop twittling your beanbag for 2 seconds. There is no way I would be able to do it all without that kneeboard

I do that thing in the bathroom cause I know it pisses you off. It's the only way I can get back at you for all of the misery you cause me. Next week I start wearing a thong... enjoy the show!

 

[NotFurloughed]

Cue the cat screeching...

Vibrate? After a day spent teaching in piston twins, you think I can feel anything, let alone hear anything? My POS cell phone doesn't have an indoor detector to know when to go into quiet mode. I'm just happy if the POS cell phone will actually receive 4 out of 5 calls without needing to reboot.

I set it for the ramp and leave it there. If you don't like loud noises, wear ear plugs and get out of aviation.

Easy there...I think everyone here is half joking (except for the pants-around-the-ankles-guy).

The phone may not have an indoor detector, but your brain does. And if you can't figure that "POS Cell phone" out maybe you should turn in that mighty "piston twin" for a nice 152.

And I don't mind loud noises, just annoying noises like piston twins and people on public boards that cannot take a joke.