Is your CAPT over 60?

[Whataburger]

.........ways to figure out if you are flying with someone over 60



10. Orders a "Geritol frappachino" at Starbucks.

9. Layover clothes consist of black shoes, white knee socks, bermuda
shorts and yellow golf shirt.

8. Yells "I've landed and can't get up", then laughs uncontrollably.

7. Uses his AARP card as a second form of I.D. at the jumpseat desk.

6. Medic alert bracelet keeps setting off the metal detector.

5. Uses the aircraft power outlet to charge up his wheel chair batteries.

4. Carries a Commodore 64 computer on the road.

3. Thinks the Northwest Flight attendants in Narita are "hot".

2. Bids the Clark layovers, but doesn't remember why...

and the number one way to tell if you're flying with someone over 60.......

1. Flys across the country with the left landing light on all of the way.

 

[SuperFLUF]

As someone who flew with one of the US's oldest pt121 captains, (grandfathered pt135 guy) I'll add:

Misses every radio call cuz he can't hear a damn thing anymore.

Along with setting the wrong altitude in the alerter, turning to the wrong heading or slowing to the speed instead of heading, turning to the heading instead of slowing to the speed.....over and over....

I know sometimes many can mis hear and make a mistake but how about 90% of the time? FO's will soon need a 60+ override pay for the extra effort required to keep everyone alive.

 

[jws717]

Tells me
"young man you need to get out of this industry its horrible."
Then marches on Washington so he can spend another 5 years in it himself.

 

[C-150ETOPS]

As someone who flew with one of the US's oldest pt121 captains, (grandfathered pt135 guy) I'll add:

Misses every radio call cuz he can't hear a damn thing anymore.

Along with setting the wrong altitude in the alerter, turning to the wrong heading or slowing to the speed instead of heading, turning to the heading instead of slowing to the speed.....over and over....

I know sometimes many can mis hear and make a mistake but how about 90% of the time? FO's will soon need a 60+ override pay for the extra effort required to keep everyone alive.

I thought I left this bullchit after leaving Part 135 jets for an airline.

Let me add a few:

-Not 100% slow with everything. One geezer was always lightning quick with one thing, turning off the altitude reporting when busting an altitude. The customers always got a kick out of the free zero-G flights too.

-No needed messy constraint ridden STARS. Just wait till the FO attends business in the back before descent. That way when he returns, just stare into space when realizing you're at FL410, 30 miles from destination.

-My personal favorite; who cares if you're in a LR-25 at 100', a 45 degree bank, annuciator lights blinking away. "What did I do wrong?" is a normal question at age 64. However, attempting to kill a CEO doesn't impress most. Ignore GA call of course.

-Come back from big name training recurrent. Attempt to pass on new procedures made up by sim instructors to pass "Goat" through training in order to not lose 50K contract. Multiple "Goat" discounts were the norm.

-Go face down outside of normal business hours. Normal behavior from all ages of course, not waking up to make a decison is the difference.

-Slam airplane onto ground just short of structural failure. Just stand there and say nothing when asked if he let the "young whipper-snapper" fly.

 

[Whataburger]

Rumor has it that we are negotiating supplimental Broken Hip Insurance.

 

[mdf]

I wonder if they are going to have to install"Clappers" in all crew hotel rooms now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XUOhjW2AXM

Heck, I think they even used actual airline pilots in this commercial.

 

[Quiet Flight]

made up by sim instructors to pass "Goat" through training in order to not lose 50K contract. Multiple "Goat" discounts were the norm.

So it's official? We'll call over 60 guys "Goats"? I like it. Like "newbie" for the probationary guys. Although it is a bit of a slap in the face... to the phrase "goat rope". But I think they might end up going hand in hand.

 

[gutshotdraw]

We've been dealing with geezers for years....my personal favorite?

"What does this button do, again?"

 

[RCA]

Nothing disrespectful about this thread!

 

[brainhurts]

3 different pairs of glasses and a "sectioned pill box" to keep his meds straight.

 

[petitepilot]

PIC should mean something. I am fed up with babysitting inept people who should call it a day. As I've said before, study and know your equipment, stay awake the entire flight without nodding off, get a hearing aid if you have to read my lips to understand me, think about retiring if you are taking drugs for hypertension and everyone around you tells you to chill out, and realize that avoiding drinking fluids all day so you don't have to do the walk of shame doesn't mean your DR thinks rehydration at the bar that night is acceptible. WWJD

 

[§kyye Candy]

3 different pairs of glasses and a "sectioned pill box" to keep his meds straight.

good one...

hey Brain, what's up with your avatar? Is that a copy of the paper that came out on the birthdate of the new "sr. goat flyers?!"

 

[ultrarunner]

.........ways to figure out if you are flying with someone over 60



10. Orders a "Geritol frappachino" at Starbucks.

9. Layover clothes consist of black shoes, white knee socks, bermuda
shorts and yellow golf shirt.

8. Yells "I've landed and can't get up", then laughs uncontrollably.

7. Uses his AARP card as a second form of I.D. at the jumpseat desk.

6. Medic alert bracelet keeps setting off the metal detector.

5. Uses the aircraft power outlet to charge up his wheel chair batteries.

4. Carries a Commodore 64 computer on the road.

3. Thinks the Northwest Flight attendants in Narita are "hot".

2. Bids the Clark layovers, but doesn't remember why...

and the number one way to tell if you're flying with someone over 60.......

1. Flys across the country with the left landing light on all of the way.

Dude, you GOTTA send that into Dave. Seeing how he doesn't have any writers at present, he could use the good gouge.

That is classic!

 

[Bluto]

Dude, you GOTTA send that into Dave. Seeing how he doesn't have any writers at present, he could use the good gouge.

That is classic!

Yeah, but wouldn't that make him a scab? How would you like it if you were out on strike and some Hollywood writer came in and flew your MSP turn???

 

[Sluggo_63]

Dude, you GOTTA send that into Dave. Seeing how he doesn't have any writers at present, he could use the good gouge.

That is classic!

So, what you're saying is... there is a television writer's strike going on, and you want him to send in this list to David Letterman, so he has a Top 10 list to use during a strike. You want this guy to freelance and cross the picket line so Dave can have some entertainment to put on late night tv, so you no longer have to watch reruns? You realize that you're asking this guy to SCAB, right?