strange passenger requests

[LivestockTony]

Hi,

I'm in a bit of a slow period at work, so as a hobby I've taken up building missions for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X...

I'm about done with my first (just needs to be voiced), but my next one I want to divert from the navigation/systems failure/flying generally thrust of most of the missions out there and focus on the human factor..

Specifically, in my next mission, the player will be cast as a new-hire private jet captain. His first flight will be a flight from Santa Monica, to [somewhere] and during that flight his passenger will make a bunch of requests- for example, at the start the passenger will demand that the player not fly the noise abatement departure procedure. If the player agrees to all the demands, he fails- the flight will have been unsafe. If he denys all of them, he'll fail (be fired)- some will have been reasonable.

SO...

My question is, what requests have passengers made to you that were strange? Which did you comply with? Which could you not comply with?

I realize that most people who own or charter private aircraft are probably pretty reasonable. And certainly someone who owns or charters a jet should have the air conditioning set how they like it, etc.. And MSFS does not provide options for doing laundry or washing the plane. I'm looking more for things that would change the path of the flight.

Thanks,
-TF

(I fly pallets and boxes around myself- if they start to make requests I'm going to run to the National Enquirer, not make a FSX mission out of it. And while I do have my own stories, I kind of want to run with this while the idea is still fresh...)

 

[Rokit88]

Fly the noise abatement profile. ALWAYS.

Other idea.
1. Immediate return to airport for pax forgot their Keys, ipod, crack pipe, etc.

 

[skybert]

How about a passenger who is "a little too into flight sims" and wants you to help make up some trips?

 

[osy007]

blow up doll

A passenger once brought on a blow up sheep doll.

He requested that we make sheep noises while he banged his sheep.

Maybe you could build that scenario into your program?

 

[LivestockTony]

Fly the noise abatement profile. ALWAYS.

Other idea.
1. Immediate return to airport for pax forgot their Keys, ipod, crack pipe, etc.

That's a great idea, thanks!

How about a passenger who is "a little too into flight sims" and wants you to help make up some trips?

Haha... I'd obviously consider that a perfectly reasonable request! :laugh:

A passenger once brought on a blow up sheep doll.

He requested that we make sheep noises while he banged his sheep.

Maybe you could build that scenario into your program?

um... no.

-TF

 

[Herkdrv]

A passenger once brought on a blow up sheep doll.

He requested that we make sheep noises while he banged his sheep.

Maybe you could build that scenario into your program?

Did you make them

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

After you drop off the passenger, you now fly to [somewhere] to pick up fluffy, the family pet.

 

[flyguy75000]

I hate to be the jerk, but you should try bedding some girls as a hobby instead.

Or even watch some baseball.......you are taking the aviation d0uche bag image to a whole new level, my friend.

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

How about the pax start smoking the reefer in the back and you start to smell it. What do you do?

 

[nerdpilot]

Asked to roll a jet, asked for a tour of the Grand Canyon, Asked to fly past the destination and just fly around for another 30 minutes and to keep the door closed. What is the weirdest is not being asked to close the door while two of the freakiest people got it on in a very vocal way. Hope that helps...........and..........get another hobby!!!!!!

 

[BEfly]

A charter passenger wanted to convince his wife that he ownedthe airplane so we played along. He tipped us out and after we dropped him off in Stockton it didn't end, his wife learned of flightaware and he had told her that he was sending the airplane away to MX in Vegas!!??!!! We continued the fun and filed for vegas but diverted to PHX. I'd like to know what she thought when the internet said the airplane was in the Bahamas the next week.

A group of guys we took to Daytona for the race wanted to stop on the way back home to Vegas to buy a poker chip set. We chose Tulsa.

Not an inflight request or my flight but our company flew a passenger to Trinidad, CO. for a sex change. Its supposedly the capital of the world for that.

 

[LivestockTony]

There are some great ideas above, thanks guys!

...you are taking the aviation d0uche bag image to a whole new level, my friend.

but... but... my hair's not spiky and I don't even own an ipod!

 

[rettofly]

Pax requests

Had a former owner of the a/c who is rated in it demand that we fly it per his (totally non-approved) operating procedures. Um... not!

 

[JJET44]

Angalina Jolie asked me to pet her kitty if you know what I mean!!!

 

[murfdawg998]

I hate to be the jerk, but you should try bedding some girls as a hobby instead.

Or even watch some baseball.......you are taking the aviation d0uche bag image to a whole new level, my friend.

Amen brother!!!!!!!!!!!! My thoughts exactly

 

[icefr8dawg]

How about the pax start smoking the reefer in the back and you start to smell it. What do you do?

duh, you put the mask on, (maybe and get a month of for detox.....i said no, no no......

 

[Jedi_Cheese]

duh, you put the mask on, (maybe and get a month of for detox.....i said no, no no......

Bzzzzzzz! The answer we were looking for was remind them of the 'puff, puff, pass' rule.:beer:

As I was told, it was in a turbo commander and there wasn't a mask available.

 

[flyguy75000]

Bzzzzzzz! The answer we were looking for was remind them of the 'puff, puff, pass' rule.:beer:

As I was told, it was in a turbo commander and there wasn't a mask available.

Bzzzzz. Wrong answer for you also. It's "puff, puff, give, ni**a......you f*ckin up da roetayshun"

That's if you wanted to get specific, of course.
Big perm, big wurm.........

 

[NCherches]

Angalina Jolie asked me to pet her kitty if you know what I mean!!!

I am guessing if he builds flight simulator profiles that he does NOT know what you mean...

 

[osy007]

duh, you put the mask on, (maybe and get a month of for detox.....i said no, no no......

Gave me a good idea for a scenario....

Turn to O2 mask into a bong. Mix that shiite up with an extra O2 hit and your really flying. Then bounce around the blow up sheep doll.

I'm gonna go put down my comic books and go build that scenario on my FS2004. Whippppieee!

 

[TangoIndiaMike]

Strange PAX Requests...

How about the FO starts chatting up how much he loves his pet cat to all the passengers...

 

[osy007]

True story, no lie !!!

Had another co-pilot mentioned to the pax that the cabin was like a dutch oven.

I don't think he knew what actual " dutch oven" was.

 

[AnimalMother]

Did you make them

Not only did he make them, he volunteered to take the place of the sheep.

 

[AnimalMother]

I am guessing if he builds flight simulator profiles that he does NOT know what you mean...

LOL. YOu owe me for a new monitor. I just spit my beer all over it.

 

[thunderworm]

had a px ask to charge his cell phone while flying. we have an outlet for such things. and every five min ask for it back and then to charge it again for about 2 hrs. it was really annoying but what else do we have to do. also had a px as not to turn so sharp because it hurt hear ears. wtf that means. the return for left whatever happens all the time. the real question is what do you do when you are already late because they showed up late and there is another flight right after you drop them off and they are already late now as well and will be really late if you go back for there sweater.

 

[taters]

Angalina Jolie asked me to pet her kitty if you know what I mean!!!

You mean casualy stroke the soft folds of her moist vagina?

 

[Fly91]

Hi,

I'm in a bit of a slow period at work, so as a hobby I've taken up building missions for Microsoft's Flight Simulator X...

I'm about done with my first (just needs to be voiced), but my next one I want to divert from the navigation/systems failure/flying generally thrust of most of the missions out there and focus on the human factor..

Specifically, in my next mission, the player will be cast as a new-hire private jet captain. His first flight will be a flight from Santa Monica, to [somewhere] and during that flight his passenger will make a bunch of requests- for example, at the start the passenger will demand that the player not fly the noise abatement departure procedure. If the player agrees to all the demands, he fails- the flight will have been unsafe. If he denys all of them, he'll fail (be fired)- some will have been reasonable.

SO...

My question is, what requests have passengers made to you that were strange? Which did you comply with? Which could you not comply with?

I realize that most people who own or charter private aircraft are probably pretty reasonable. And certainly someone who owns or charters a jet should have the air conditioning set how they like it, etc.. And MSFS does not provide options for doing laundry or washing the plane. I'm looking more for things that would change the path of the flight.

Thanks,
-TF

(I fly pallets and boxes around myself- if they start to make requests I'm going to run to the National Enquirer, not make a FSX mission out of it. And while I do have my own stories, I kind of want to run with this while the idea is still fresh...)

Back in 2000 I flew for a charter company that had the WWF wrestling contract to fly their wrestlers around. In short, they're all kind of low-rent people. We would pick them up at Peachtree in Atlanta and fly them to wherever their shows were, wait till the show was over and fly them back. Their only requests on the way out were 2 cases of beer and a bunch of Subway sandwiches. But when we got to where the shows were to drop them off they would always ask us to get some marijuana if we could and hookers, for the flight back. They asked every time, like we would finally do it, idiots.

 

[Fly91]

True story, no lie !!!

Had another co-pilot mentioned to the pax that the cabin was like a dutch oven.

I don't think he knew what actual " dutch oven" was.

I had one of those clueless co-pilots once. After we dropped a customer and his family off in TEB, and a customer who was obviously pretty sharp and understood what a dead leg is. He asked the co-pilot if we were just heading back to Florida....the co-pilot said, "no, we're staying here overnight to try to fill the dead leg home". LOL

 

[Amish RakeFight]

During cruise in CAVU, your passenger walks up front, gets friendly and convinces you to have a few drinks, which you do. Not smart of course, but after you've had say XX amount of drinks you encounter some weather, divert and shoot the approach at an alternate. Be sure to pause the simulator during this passenger engagement as the "sim pilot" actually drinks up a few and then gets back on that plastic yoke and rudder set up.

Once mastered, insert mary jane instead of the booze and repeat.

 

[hawkerjet]

Had a female first time flyer who asked me when she showed up if we had any brown colored airplanes we could use on the trip. Taken aback, I replied we did not. She then frowned and boarded the aircraft. I was not quick witted enough to infuse a UPS reference......