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...accidentally tripped the Left Main Start circuit breaker while fumbling for my approach plate...at night...IMC, extinguishing my EFIS and all cockpit lighting, and killing the autopilot.

...mistaken Wright-Patterson for Dayton.

...talked to the flight attendant through the intercom and the passengers through the PA, simulataneously, about how horrible the weather in MDW was.

...hollered "JESUS! MAX POWER!" when someone flushed the toilet in a Saab.

...asked my FO "Was that a runway?" while taxiing.

...asked my FO "Where the hell am I going?" while taxiing.

...asked my FO "Where the hell are you going?" while he's flying.

...asked my FO "Where the hell am I going?" while I'm flying.

...asked the FO "Who the hell are you?" after I hopped into the wrong airplane.

..told my FO "you didn't see that."

...filled out a NASA report in flight.

...back-dated a NASA report.

...called in-range over Center freq.

...called Center on Company freq.

...called for catering on ARINC.

...caused a passenger to scream in terror, in flight.

...knocked both the cockpit and cabin fire extinguishers from their brackets while landing in a Jetstream in Milwaukee.

...set off the GPWS trying to recover from a high approach.

...set off the Config warning when setting landing flaps, because I forgot to put the gear down.

...set off the Config warning because I forgot to push the condition levers all the way forward.

...bugged the wrong speed on takeoff.

...been lost.

...been confused.
 
C/L Max said:
I have never...set off the Config warning because I forgot to push the condition levers all the way forward...
Would you believe the Brasilia doesn't give you a takeoff "CONFIG" warning if the condition levers aren't up? The only warning you get is this insane muffled leaf-blower sound from the props...

...at least, that's what I was told.

Speaking of NASA reports I've never filed...

I've never crossed a point at FL240 that I was cleared to cross at 11,000. (I imagine the controller couldn't remember whether he'd given us the restriction or not...)

I've never heard a F/O promise that he removed all the gear pins...only to have the nose gear stay down after takeoff.

I've never been accidentally given a climb and a turn that were intended for another aircraft...and gotten a really good look at the belly of an American MD-83.

I've never tried to show my new wife a snap roll in a 152, only to screw it up so badly that it turned into an erratic split-S...at dusk, yet...and heard her shout "wow, that was amazing! Can you do it again?"

I've never been late to the airport because the flight attendant slept through her wakeup call. Twice.

I've never forgotten my F/O's name in the middle of a conversation. (People can tell when you're looking at their I.D. badges, I've discovered.)
 
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Gotta add a few..

I've never

...practiced unusual attitude recoveries while doing paperwork in a non-autopilot aircraft in IMC.

... followed the wrong airway 8 miles from the VOR and made a huge course correction.

... added a little power in the flare to give the gear time to come down

.... left half my cargo sitting on a cart just outside the office door and flown across the state.

... left the master on and begged a loaner battery.

... left the landing gear down on a 6 month 135 check and wondered why I was so slow in cruise.

... moved the fuel selector valve to off instead of moving the heater control in a seneca.

... had the flaps stuck at 15 and moved them to 30 to see if that would unfreeze em.. and flown 30 miles back to the field stuck at flaps 30.

... used power settings higher than the company settings.

... discussed the sexual deviance of the chief pilot on company freq.. while he was listening...

Thats enough for one day.. gotta get another username so I can cut the jail time down if they catch me... :eek:
 
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FlyboyPhil said:
I have never... moved the fuel selector valve to off instead of moving the heater control in a Seneca.
Did you stay warm?
 
I've defintely never...

...taken off with the oil cap off

...read magazines in formation flight and lost sight of the other aircraft

...asked approach for a "transponder check" to find out where the position of the aircraft I lost

...done hammerhead turns in a 206

...done 60 banks in slow flight 500 AGL in a 206

...flown under 15' powerlines on a dry lake

...dropped various objects to hit abandoned trailers or porta-potties

...had a metal lapboard hit me in the head in severe turbulence

...put in the altitude in the VSI window of the altitude preselect

...had my girlfriend perform "services" in night IMC

...flown though the stream of fuel being dumped from an aircraft i was chasing

...taken off with full up trim...numerous times

...taken off with the speed brakes on

...told my girlfriend what i was going to do with her when we got home on ground frequency

...grabbed a pitot tube right after turning the heat off resulting in severe burns and many obscenities

...stained my sandels and feet red with hydrolic fluid leaking under the rudder pedals

...7 hours thirty minutes bottle to throttle

...done a jump start from a motorcycle

enjoy
 
Re: Re: I have never...

Typhoon1244 said:


I've never been late to the airport because the flight attendant slept through her wakeup call. Twice.


Hey Typhoon,

On this one, I'd be very certain that you explain it so that your wife has no reason to believe that you had anything to do with the FA oversleeping.


And while we are talking about flight attendants:

I have never asked a flight attendant when her baby was due only to be told, "I'm not pregnant!" If that had happened, service to the cockpit would have probably gotten somewhat sparse after that.
 
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Oh, I almost forgot. I have never...

...over torqued an engine on a go around.

...gotten to my destination, only to find the departure station's copy of the release sitting on the glare shield.

...departed the gate late because I misread the release's valid time.

...inadvertantly set the Saab's CTOT too high, set the power levers too low, and broken everyones' necks from the acceleration when the FO flips the switch (like a surprise catapult shot, if you will).

Whew! It's a good thing I've never done any of those things. Ever.

Honest engine.
 
FlyboyPhil said:
Gotta add a few..



...practiced unusual attitude recoveries while doing paperwork in a non-autopilot aircraft in IMC.

eek:


I guess you have to stay on top of those unusual attitudes

:p
 
Re: Re: Re: I have never...

FD109 said:
Hey Typhoon...I'd be very certain that you explain it so that your wife has no reason to believe that you had anything to do with the FA oversleeping.
Good point. I can assure you I had nothing to do with it. This particular F/A, although a nice gal and very good at her job, is old enough to be my mother. And as one of my first officers once said, "I ain't goin' down like that..."

Me, personally, I've never slept through a wakeup call during a layover. In Houston.
 
- Told ground "I have information S" and then 5 minutes later ground make the statement "Information S is now current"... woops... busted on that one... thank god it wasn't me.

- I never have applied pressure to the yoke with the autopilot on causing it to go way out of trim and then let go .... the ubrupt correction waking the Captain up.

- and I have never done about 90% of the posts on this thread... really I havn't :)
 
I have never waited for my FO to trim the airplane out then stuck my feet behind the control column and sent the airplane into a slight decent... only to let him retrim and then let go.. And I never did it for 4 days straight.
 
Typhoon1244 said:
Okay, for all you current and ex-Brasilia drivers:

I have never...

...shut the airplane down with the back-up battery still on.


......nor made it to the hotel before I realized it.

I've never tried to use the same flight number all day long.

I've never gone on a tirade about verifying the AutoFx switch position with a new-hire IOE while taxiing out, only to have to reject due to "Ding-ding-ding! Autofeather!"

I've never flattened both right mains showing a new-hire how quickly you can stop the E-120 (on a 7000' runway).

I've never "accidently" selected CON thrust instead of CLB to make a commute home.

I've never flown from LAX to ELP in a Lear 25 w/o turning the pilot O2 on.

I've never had a cute FA "pass out" in my room an overnight, in YYZ, with free porn and beer. It didn't happen in BUF either.

I've never told the FO I needed to take my headset off for a minute, at night w/my hotmike off, then sneak the boom mike down by mister browneye, go hot on the mike and let one fly.

I never remarked how my boom mic smelled like ass after that either.

I've never said to an FO: "Dude, check out this hot chick getting on board." only to find out she was a 13 year old Unaccompanied Minor.

I've never told the FA to "Get this chick thats getting on's number for me." only to find out it was the FAs underage daughter coming on the overnight with us.
 
Captain X said:
I've never said to an FO: "Dude, check out this hot chick getting on board." only to find out she was a 13 year old...
Bonus points if her father catches you looking. (Never happened to me...in DFW.)
 
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I have never, ever tried to casually sneak into a conversation with a girl how I'm (gonna be) a pilot.
 

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