Lamest PA phrases

[NoName]

First of all, the place where the pilot(s) sit and fly the airplane is a cockpit, not a "flight deck". It wasn't called a "flight deck" in your 152, or T-38, or whatever you learned to fly in. It wasn't a "flight deck" tooling around in your Baron or Hornet...it was a cockpit then too. It doesn't magically become a flight deck instead of a cockpit just because now you're at an airline talking about it through a PA to some passengers. Does a Challenger have a "cockpit", vs. a CRJ's "flight deck"? Do you think that FDR stands for "Flight Deck Recorder", and if so, what does CVR stand for? Saying "flight deck" with a straight face is not unlike using the moniker "sanitation engineer" to describe the garbageman and seriously meaning it. The only "flight deck" I can think of is topside on an aircraft carrier where Naval aviators land their aircraft whilst they sit in their cockpits.

Why is it lame?, because it sounds like you're desperately trying to impress your audience by trying to make it sound like you're on the bridge of a ship, at the helm, a la' Capt Kirk/Picard.

And the "sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight" phrase is THE most overused PA phrase in the sky, and now is simply just an indicator that you don't know what the he11 else to say. Better to say nothing, because this phrase is so overused that it's become a parody of itself. It's lame if you actually believe people take your advice.

for the same reason we call f/a's, f/a's and not stewardesses. flight deck sounds better anyways, and no one but apparantly you cares. since its so boring why dont we just stop thanking people for flying too

 

[lurker]

I always assumed it was changed to flight deck because cockpit had a naughty sounding word in it.

Kind of like Uranus or harrass, which now gets pronounced yur-ah-nuss and hair-ess.

 

[Freddie Spencer]

First of all, the place where the pilot(s) sit and fly the airplane is a cockpit, not a "flight deck

Just had a look in the Boeing manual, and everything is referd to "Flight Deck" (like flight deck door, flight deck lighting, flight deck Seats, flight deck Overhead Hatch etc.). Guess if you fly a Boeing then you sit on a flight deck...

 

[Salty Dog]

I've made a personal decision to begin using the word "stewardess" at every opportunity. It just sounds classy.

Of course, when I begin my obsequious groveling for airline employment, I'll change my tune.

In the mean time, they're stewardesses. (but never just "stews")

I'll let you know how it goes...

 

[UPSer]

What's a PA announcement? I've never done one.

 

[Resume Writer]

What's a PA announcement? I've never done one.

You mean you don't talk to the boxes and tell them when they are going to get there?

Kathy

 

[HAZ-MAT]

You mean you don't talk to the boxes and tell them when they are going to get there?

I sing to my check bags

 

[172driver]

How about, "We appreciate your patience." Do they really have any choice? They're trapped in a metal tube with no way out and are probably not feeling very patient anyway.

 

[apdsm]

A few days ago, my father asked me, "Do the sky hostesses ever come up to the cockpit"?

I dare anyone to call them that!

 

[Typhoon1244]

A few days ago, my father asked me, "Do the sky hostesses ever come up to the cockpit"? I dare anyone to call them that!

Better yet, try the Al Bundy thing: "Waitress! Waitress!"

 

[SuperFLUF]

Better yet, try the Al Bundy thing: "Waitress! Waitress!"

Call 'em Coke servers. They love that one.

How about that wav file that was floating around last year?
I think it went something like this: ".....folks, I'm packin' a Sig-Sauer .357 caliber semi-automatic with a 12 round magazine. The first officer has an AR-15 with a 30 rd clip as well as a Desert Eagle .50 caliber semi-auto.............."

 

[Typhoon1244]

I said this elsewhere, but it bears repeating:

One of my PA pet-peeves is pilots who insist on talking to passengers about APU's, minimums, ILS's, clearance delivery, "holding at CAPTI," etc, etc. Remember, you're talking to people who think an "aileron" is some kind of French yogurt.

K.I.S.S.

 

[jumppilot]

How about that wav file that was floating around last year?
I think it went something like this: ".....folks, I'm packin' a Sig-Sauer .357 caliber semi-automatic with a 12 round magazine. The first officer has an AR-15 with a 30 rd clip as well as a Desert Eagle .50 caliber semi-auto.............."

http://www.scottschlegelmilch.net/Pilot_PA.mpe

 

[PiperDriver]

How about, "We appreciate your patience." Do they really have any choice? They're trapped in a metal tube with no way out and are probably not feeling very patient anyway.

I was thinking the same thing last Sunday when we were stuck on the ground in EWR because of CO's computer glitches.

I wasn't feeling very patient...

 

[PiperDriver]

Better yet, try the Al Bundy thing: "Waitress! Waitress!"

I once asked a CO FA to explain why the button that calls them over to the seat shows a pic of a person holding a tray. Looks like waitress to me...

 

[CatYaaak]

for the same reason we call f/a's, f/a's and not stewardesses. flight deck sounds better anyways, and no one but apparantly you cares. since its so boring why dont we just stop thanking people for flying too

Because thanking a customer is good ettiquette, while calling the cockpit a "flight deck" reeks of psuedo-self-importance.

 

[SuperFLUF]

Because thanking a customer is good ettiquette, while calling the cockpit a "flight deck" reeks of psuedo-self-importance.

If the company that pays your paycheck (and the airplane flight manual) wants you to call it the "flight deck" then you call it the flight deck.
The psuedo-self importance comes from the pilot who thinks that their way is right and everyone who doesn't do it their way is wrong.

 

[TWA Dude]

There is a reason for this statement. We are required to check that our doors have been disarmed so there is no slide deployment.

I'm aware of that. Forgive me for reliving the past but at TWA it was an FA announcement. When AA procedures were instituted it became an FO announcement made during the critical time of pulling into the gate. Dumb.

Dude

 

[ibaflyer]

What about anouncements that begin with the word.. "AND"

"AND ladies and gentlemen this is...."
"AND from the flight deck........"
"AND Indy Center, Twin Cessna XXXX......."

That just drives me nuts

 

[CatYaaak]

If the company that pays your paycheck (and the airplane flight manual) wants you to call it the "flight deck" then you call it the flight deck.
The psuedo-self importance comes from the pilot who thinks that their way is right and everyone who doesn't do it their way is wrong.

Let me guess, you tell the pax to "just sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight" too?