Superstitious pilots

[mckpickle]

Always carry my 4 leaf clover!

The ATR was REALLY HOT in the summer. So my FA bought me this little hand held fan. It was cute and I said hey if we loose the left engine I'll just hang my hand out the com hatch and there we go. Wouldn't ya know later that day #1, smoke fire, shut donw and feather, the whole 9 yards. She blamed it on me and my silly comment!

Needless to say, I forgot to try the fan out the com hatch thing.

 

[414Flyer]

Havent met that many superstitious pilots (unless you want to count the holy roller who insisted the earth was 6,000 years old) but have met some fairly experienced pilots, who still believed in the downwind turn leading to a stall, and the running an engine oversquare, old wives tales.

 

[pilotman2105]

Hadn't thought of the warding off of vampires with my piece of wood. Guess it serves multiple uses.

 

[T-Gates]

I'm not too superstitious, but I had this real old flight bag that was a hand-me-down from an uncle that was an EAL pilot. I had that thing forever... Then last December the bottom fell out of it in Appleton, WI. I broke down and went to my other flight bag. The next month was HELL!

Almost made me superstitious!

 

[navigator72]

SP

I carry a small gold cross in my flightbag that an old lady gave to me before I left for flight school to keep me safe.
So far so good!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I'm not generally a superstitious person, but I have observed that whenever someone says "boy, it sure is smooth out here," we pick up moderate chop within the next five minutes.

Or telling the Passengers in your PA that the seatbelt sign is off, and that you are expecting a smooth ride. Then, before you can finish your announcement, bam, turbulence.