NJA Cockpit Culture

[G200_PILOT]

Most of the guys I fly with have their own Bose QC2 headsets and bring along their MP3 player. Personally, I have an iPhone. I have about 2000 songs on it and about 6 or 7 movies. It's great because you can listen to music while doing other, flight related, things. On long trips, a movie passes the time really well.

If you don't have an iPhone, I recommend looking into an Apple iPod Touch. It's the newest iPod out and it plays songs and movies and also has WIFI internet access. I bought my wife one for Christmas and she can't put it down.

If you have the Bose QC2, it hooks right into the UFLYMIKE jack and works great.

That's what I do anyways.

 

[Hung Start]

What do we talk about? Has it ever changed?

The three "B"'s

Broads, booze and barbeque.

Same way back in the dark ages, I suspect.


Hung

 

[Simon Says]

Something quite novel; fly the airplane and manage the flight.

There is always ONE! There is one guy in recurrent that always has the "what if questions" and there is always ONE on flightinfo that is holyier (sp?) than thou.

I don't have nearly the amount of time as yourself, but I can read a paper and feel with my arse and hear with my ears when something is not right with the airplane. I simply look up to see. I actually monitor the aircraft far more reading a paper than not because I am accutely aware that I am reading a paper and not staring out the window.

 

[Waldom]

Sensitive, are we, Simon?

 

[Simon Says]

Sensitive, are we, Simon?

Yeah, I read your post at a bad time.

Come on, have you ever read the paper while flying?

 

[Dr Pepper]

Pretty silly that we can turn around in our seats to talk to the pax when they are standing next to us, but we can't read the paper.

On long flights, I tune in the AM stations on the NDB and listen to talk radio. It usually stimulates conversation. The moment I get tired, I play brickbreaker. It wakes me up.

 

[blueridge71]

Tear the crossword out of the USA Today and take it into the cockpit. I also have one of those aviator reference maps of the US that shows cities and points of interest along with VORs. That helps pass the time.

 

[fischman]

Int'l Ops over 6 hours? The "I spy with my little eye" game helps a ton.

There is usually plenty to keep us busy on board.

I spy with my little eye something big and blue. :laugh:

 

[paulsalem]

I spy with my little eye something big and blue.

The ads on FI?!

 

[FLYLOW22]

You must have a bigger tank than I do!

Genetics. imp:

 

[FLYLOW22]

I spy with my little eye something big and blue. :laugh:

SKY!!!

 

[theskyking]

I thought you were talking about something I have on day 7 away from the wife...

 

[pilotyip]

Does any one still have NDBs to tune in Rush on the AM stations?

 

[Buckeye]

I stare straight ahead or read the AFM or constantly recite limitaions and memory items. When that runs out I usually sway back and forth in my seat looking like Rain Man. imp:

 

[CA1900]

Does any one still have NDBs to tune in Rush on the AM stations?

Yeah, there are a number of Classic Rock stations listed in the back of the Ac-U-Kwik book.