Super Bowl

[#%&@$!]

Heard this yesterday about one of our crews, don't know if its true or if I'm just circulating a tale...

Aircraft 1 - "Center, have you got a score on the game?"

Center - "Sorry, no, but its on 750 AM

Aircraft 1 - "Roger, thanks"

An FO in a CRJ overhears this and decides to tune in the game. A minute later -

Center - "Regional 6789, confirm you're sqwaking 7500"

Before the CA has a chance to figure out what's going on the FO answers looks at the transponder and replies -- "Affirmative"

The CA comes on and swears up and down its a mistake but the damage is done. They never saw the fighter escorts but were met at the gate by FBI an SWAT team and a lot of paperwork.

 

[USMCAirWinger]

Perhaps if the FO had some experience this would not have happened. (read, airlines need to quit hiring 500hr wonders)

 

[bailout]

So, how much trouble did you get it?

 

[belchfire]

Doh!!!

'Course I heard that some of the RJ's
don't even have an ADF...

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Ouch......learning experience for the F/O.....unfortunately it was probably at the expense of the Captians certificates.

Any details about the experience of the F/O? Would be interesting to see. No names of course.

 

[DDpaysoff]

Those buttons are too close to each other. They need to add a scan feature to the adf on that thing. A CD player and spoiler would be cool too. ASA could use some of those wheels that keep spinning even when you stop. The atlanta folks would dig it. Since that seems to be the most popular rim in the northern georgia area. Airtran will probably beat them to it. They seem to have a genious marketing department, not.

That would be some combo Elton John painted on the side with G-wheels spinning as they hold short of 8R. It might confuse the controllers though. "Airtran Stop, I told you to hold short of 8R, you have traffic taking the runway." We are stoped sir, the brake is set, it's just our cool wheels still spinnin'. They could paint Ice-Cube on the tail too. Now that would be creative.

750 is a Clear channel communications station out of Atlanta, I believe. That new orleans station 870 is the bomb for Monday night football. You can listen from Georgia to kansas on that station. Of course, I have only heard this

 

[shamrock]

They could paint Ice-Cube on the tail too. Now that would be creative.

On that subject, do you think the natives in Atlanta got excited the first time they saw Northwest's new paint job with the big NWA on the side?

Sure would be disappointing to see a bunch or tourists/businessmen get off the plane when you're expecting Dr Dre and Ice Cube.

 

[DDpaysoff]

ROFL! I can see the low rider with dayton's now driving down I-285. "Hey, did you see that sh!t, the NWA charter 75 is landing at Jackson. Let's go meet them."

I can see the flight attendants now, "Sir, you need to stow your firearm in the overhead bin, please."

There is some interesting stuff being painted on airplanes now. I'm just trying to guess what airtran is going to paint on it's airplanes next Liberace or Carson Kressley.

 

[Smacktard]

Heard this yesterday about one of our crews, don't know if its true or if I'm just circulating a tale...

I think it's a tale because we heard...a brief sampling of the game while I was trying to tune in a final fix...that's it, while enroute from CVG to HSV on 700, not on 750. Being from Atlanta, I tried all the am stati...final fixes...that night, 640, 680, AND 750. I figured if we could get it on 700 which is broadcast out of Cinci (I think or maybe it was Dayton) surely we could get it on something closer to HSV.

 

[~~~^~~~]

Good Stuff

 

[flyer172r]

Perhaps if the FO had some experience this would not have happened. (read, airlines need to quit hiring 500hr wonders)

You have no idea how many hours the FO had, or how long he's been with his company, so maybe we need to quit jumping to conclusions when all we know is that someone made a mistake.

 

[chperplt]

Didn't this same story pop up last year??

 

[Nindiri]

Sounds a little like an urban legend. Even 250 hour CFI's know the difference between a transponder and an ADF.

 

[flyguy75000]

You have no idea how many hours the FO had, or how long he's been with his company, so maybe we need to quit jumping to conclusions when all we know is that someone made a mistake.

So you are asking them to put away the "Jump..... to Conclusions" map? Thats no fun.

 

[Lear70]

I still have the prototype map... it's more fun to make the brand new 18 year old F/A do the "jumping".

 

[flyinlow67]

Originally Posted by flyer172r
You have no idea how many hours the FO had, or how long he's been with his company, so maybe we need to quit jumping to conclusions when all we know is that someone made a mistake.

Sounds like though dost protest too much.

I think I have heard this in various forms through the years though. It is a cool story, and probably has a base in fact somewhere down the line.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Did you hear about the guy who cycled through 7700 while center was asking him about his transponder code?
(what an idiot)

 

[USMCAirWinger]

Originally Posted by flyer172r
"You have no idea how many hours the FO had, or how long he's been with his company, so maybe we need to quit jumping to conclusions when all we know is that someone made a mistake."

Sounds like I hit a touchy-feely spot!

 

[flyer172r]

Sounds like I hit a touchy-feely spot!

Sounds like you need to stop making assumptions about people.