Things I Hate About Flying the Line

[Dubya]

YUM overnight

PSP....121 deg.
YUM....118 deg.
BFL.....120 deg.
SGU.....105 deg.
LAS......116 deg.
.......with bad packs

Ugly FA's with no mute button

Stupid people handing you their car keys in front of the hotel

Waiting 45 min. for van at LAX

Hotels that don't bake cookies

Stupid people standing in front of the Baggage claim sign...asking you how to get to Baggage claim

The super cool business man who watches you preflight and asks you if you are "winding up" the props

Same guy asks if this "little guy" has to "flap it's wings" to fly

AA gate agents that say they don't have enough time to list you for the jumpseat...you'll have to call...which NEVER works....and in the 1:34 seconds you take to explain that nicely...they could have listed you

757 jumpseat

MD80 jumpseat

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A_____ lets see some creative responses here


The regional pilot coch-walk,you cool badarses..jesus...you guys are so entertaining...maybe this belongs on the other list....maybe it deserves it's own thread...TBD...you're not cool...you're just chilly..and chilly ain't never been cool.

Crews that are too cool to wave, nod, smile.

4 day trip with Captain Obvious

...who recites the start cycle EVERY time..."fuel flow,rotation, T6"....uke:

....and takes 10 minutes to explaing his fuel decision every leg and calculating it because....you know..he's just babysitting me.

.....and starts quizzing you about approaches as you are hand flying the approach at LAX with GS out

.....and takes his time bringing up the power in an EMB 120 for taxi because of dangerous "breakaway thrust"

.....and quotes Top Gun with a super cool pilot voice

i'm sure there's more....

W

 

[Metro752]

I think the heat is getting to ya,

Stay Cool!

 

[Dubya]

I think the heat is getting to ya,

Stay Cool!

Just playing Devil's Advocate!

W

 

[acaTerry]

YUM overnight


Stupid people handing you their car keys in front of the hotel
People are stupid, get used to it.

Hotels that don't bake cookies
Too many fat pilots, nobody died from lack of cookies.

Stupid people standing in front of the Baggage claim sign...asking you how to get to Baggage claim
You are a pilot, people are lost at the airport...out of their element. Its a service industry, quit crying and be a man, help them.

The super cool business man who watches you preflight and asks you if you are "winding up" the props
No sense of humor? Got thrust envy? At least you are in a 30 seater, try the J32.

Same guy asks if this "little guy" has to "flap it's wings" to fly
See above

757 jumpseat
MD80 jumpseat
Its a free ride, stop whining. Try commuting from PHX to IAD for 4 years in those things, then complain.

...who recites the start cycle EVERY time..."fuel flow,rotation, T6"....uke:
Are these standard callouts? If so, he's DOING HIS JOB

....and takes 10 minutes to explaing his fuel decision every leg and calculating it because....you know..he's just babysitting me.
or so you think. Maybe he's involving you as a crewmember. Thin skin!

.....and starts quizzing you about approaches as you are hand flying the approach at LAX with GS out
Again, DOING HIS JOB

.....and takes his time bringing up the power in an EMB 120 for taxi because of dangerous "breakaway thrust"
I've seen luggage carts tipped over and FOD cans blown all over the ramp. He's being careful, he's DOING HIS JOB. Now try doing yours instead of being so eager to complain about it.

W

See above in blue...
The ones I deleted were ones that I agree with you on. I think you need to thicken your skin.

 

[Metro752]

Just playing Devil's Advocate!

W

Oh I know, i read the other thread, just razzin ya. = )

 

[Sig]

(Thinking about grandpa, reading his logbook, knowing I have twice as many hours as he did when WWII ended, yet I'm 1/10th the pilot and instructor he was...)

- Knowing I have to stop my Cutty/Soda/Twist libations soon to remain legal for my trip tomorrow. I'd rather just toast his passing until I myself have passed into P38 flying somnolence...

 

[Sig]

And I need a good cigar. But, three CSTs too late, and I'm not moving.

edit:
I knew there was a reason I married this woman!

Ahhh..... A gennyoowine R&J Escudo. No questions asked (thanks, Baltimore! There's a reason she wrote a song about ya)! And a gorgeous woman to stare at while I grieve?! AWESOME!

 

[Dubya]

acaTerry? Just like the other thread...having fun with a topic. Have a laugh. Heck have two. I bet you are blast in the cockpit. Is that you Captain Obvious?

Maybe you can tell me how to calculate fuel...I bet you are good at it. That whole pounds to gallons thing is a head scratcher.

Oh...and let me make sure I understand you correctly...you believe it is his JOB to quiz me WHILE i'm hand flying the approach? Furthermore...it's a Checkairman's job to quiz me...not Captain Obvious.

W

 

[Sig]

Uhh, what?

I hate the fact that a real aviator passed, and I had to stop hoisting his favorite drink, and my assigned trip that I can't just drop starts tomorrow.

I hate the fact that he died a few weeks ago today, and I'm just now getting it.

That's all. Move along.


OH! I love setting get-home power/Starbuck's power/money power en route, depending on the schedulers' mood that day. Is that better?

 

[paulsalem]

I hate the fact that he died a few weeks ago today, and I'm just now getting it.

I'm sorry for your loss Sig. You share his genes so I'm guessing being 1/10th as good as he isn't all that bad.