Flying Pet Peeves!!!!!

[SCT]

Redheadbro,

You think that is bad. Try coming out of TEB (my second home) doing .90 going to CLT and getting cut off by a USAIR bus coming out of Philly doing .76.........ATC: Can you slow as much as pratical?

I feel your pain brother.

 

[BornAgainPagan]

My pet peeve is to the morons who automatically equate one political persuasion with intelligence and bring it up in the cockpit.

 

[C425Driver]

People who preach their religion to me in the cockpit and think I'm going to hell because I don't want to hear it from them.

FO's who think they're Captains.

Captain's who act like CFI's for the entire trip.

Controllers who issue taxi clearances for clearing the runway while we're deceleratng through 100kts.

The TSA.

Pasengers who take their seat then pull their cell phone out and talk as loud as possible about some really important business deal and think the rest of us are impressed.

 

[empenage]

Pet Peves?

I hate it when people bitch and moan about stupid, irrelevant sh!t because they like to moan and complain and whine.

 

[Birdstrike]

Accepting 'good enough' instead of striving for excellence

It would bug me when copilots accepted 5050 or 4975 instead of constantly correcting to maintain the assigned 5000. Same thing with heading. 067 degrees is not 065 degrees.

Granted, in a helo or anything else there are times when +/- 100 ft or 10 degrees is outstanding flying... and who can continually hand fly 066 degrees with no error... but my point is that we were all taught to be continually be making the small corrections and I eventually had to say something if the corrections weren't being made.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Pet Peves? I hate it when people bitch and moan about stupid, irrelevant sh!t because they like to moan and complain and whine.

You're in the wrong industry, my friend! Maybe you should consider becoming a massage therapist. This...

Excessive thrust to start moving or taxiing across a ramp.

...is not "stupid, irrelevant sh|t." It's not even a "pet peeve." It's careless and reckless.

And it's something I used to think the mainline guys had a monopoly on...until I started commuting and riding in back of a lot of our RJ's. It's more common than I thought. Nine times out of ten, if you just release the parking brake and wait, it'll roll. There's no need to go to takeoff power to leave the ramp!

 

[EagleRJ]

Pet Peves?

I hate it when people bitch and moan about stupid, irrelevant sh!t because they like to moan and complain and whine.

Are you kidding me? All pilots exel in bitching and moaning about topics both relevant and irrelevant. Ever since Orville complained about the drafty cockpit, it's never changed. It's in the job description and always will be.

Oh, and Skywest EMB-120 crews:
We know you're faster than the Mighty Saab, so when ATC tells you to slow to 220 for spacing, save the crying. It gets old after awhile!

 

[dhoward]

Whiney pilots

I can't stand whiney pilots who gripe about everyone and everything. Just deal with it! Do your job and shut your hole.

 

[Typhoon1244]

...Skywest EMB-120 crews...when ATC tells you to slow to 220 for spacing, save the crying.

Why do you think Skywest guys are the only ones doing that? You should hear Southwest getting a speed reduction! (Granted, it doesn't happen that often...)

Why, even I've been known to reply, "[sigh] ooooooookay, slow to two-fifty, Candler Blah-blah-blah..."

 

[guitarflyer]

Following Southwest...ever hear of a glideslope?

 

[Dash8]

indubitably PHL

 

[labbats]

Not using a radio at an uncontrolled field just because you don't have to.

Private pilot students.

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Listen, Then Talk!!!!

 

[metrodriver]

on a uncontrolled field somewhere in the bahamas: this is xxxx airlines, a beech 1900 D airliner, 30 mile final, decending through 9000' for landing runway 9 at yyyy, traffic in the area in the area please advise, and what is the wind doing?

a: I don't care about D airliner, Beech 1900 is enough, as a matter of fact I don't even care what airline or flight number. Beech 1900 is all I need to know to plan my arrival or departure. 30 miles out and distance, fine. Traffic in.......... if you listened up there are 5 planes inbound, 3 waiting on the ground. the frequency is already congested enough with everybody in the Bahamas and adjacent Florida talking on 122.8. The wind: a look down at the ocean shows perfectly calm water, meaning calm wind at the airport.

People 'checking in' or 'with you' when talking to the next controller. He knows you're coming. When you open your mouth, he knows you are there

 

[bigD]

Guys that begin every radio call with "and". Usually they'll drag the word out a bit too:

"Aaaand XXX traffic, Cessna 123AB left downwind for 18."
"Aaaand XXX traffic, Cessna 123AB left base for 18."

 

[barnyard]

Golden Eagle

Wow, Golden Eagle is checking in!!!
Your the Air Force, right??
What Kind of jet is it??? Do you have anyone important on board???
Watch out Here comes Maverick!!!

No, You're a friggin Twin Cessna. You dont ever hear Chancellor of Titan or Businessliner or god forbid Utililiner do you???
Shut up Golden Eagle.

 

[RipCurl]

People 'checking in' or 'with you' when talking to the next controller. He knows you're coming. When you open your mouth, he knows you are there

Serious question: How are you supposed to let them know that you are on freq?

 

[groundpointsix]

Serious question: How are you supposed to let them know that you are on freq?

Read the AIM.

 

[bigD]

Serious question: How are you supposed to let them know that you are on freq?

I think metrodriver was talking about the usage of "with you" or "checking in" - not the fact that you're checking in to begin with.

"Houston Center, Cessna 123AB level eight thousand." is all you need per the AIM.

 

[RipCurl]

Oh it's just the extra phrase that he was talking about. I thought he meant that it bothered him when people called up initially, period...