What's the dumbest question you've been asked as a pilot?

[ERfly]

"Where's the big plane?"

"Is this it?"

 

[turbodriver]

Will you call me later?

you wish....

 

[cezzna]

I took a couple on a sightseeing flight in a C-172. The guy in the back seat asks me (I Sh!t you not) how many engines the airplane has.

 

[scottn2flying]

You're a pilot! That must be exciting
Answer: Not if I do it right

 

[check6]

good thread.

After putting left x-wind correction in with the ailerons and turning to the right, I was asked if the "steering wheel" (yoke) worked opposite of how a car was driven!!

After pre-flighting below a control tower, getting in, starting up(facing the control tower), getting ATIS, talking to the ground controller and explaining that the ground controller is in the tower next to the tower controller. . . ."Where is the tower?"

Not a question, but watching a 172 taxi down an access road(not a taxiway), hitting two tails(and not stopping) with the right wing, then a fence. He said the wind blew him off of the taxiway. I'm glad I didn't check him out.

 

[Foldem]

Had a guy whom I was taking on a scenic flight, on a perfectly beautiful sunny day, ask me if 'it was sunny up there, too.'


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[Way2Broke]

Not really a question, but a FA for ASA after landing in Macon, Ga. Landies and Gentleman, welcome to Macon. You may set your clocks to the local time be setting them back 20 years. Love it!

 

[FR8 DAWG]

Too many to list

About two days after flying for a regional I realized that my uniform was basically a "Have question, please ask me Device." Here are some of the highlights of my survey:

Are you a pilot? A: No, I just where this to get through security a little quicker.


Your a co-captain right, when are you ever going to really fly A: Dumbfounded, couldn't think of one (by the way, what is a co-captain).


In DEN (by the baggage carousel). "Sir, there's a bag stuck on the carousel." A: Ohh let me find a plumber to come unclog it.

At bars, at least once a night, "So when are you flying next?" A: I'm actually going right after this beer.

Flight Attendant at training. "How longs your training? About two months I said. She said, darn I should have done that instead, it would be just a couple more weeks than our FA training." (She wasn't joking either).


Jumpseating home, "I'm glad your sitting back here, because if that guy up there flying screws up you can go help him." (I fly an RJ, this was on a 76).

In summary, I can garuntee one thing. Whering a monkey suit in a airport with some dorky hat, draggn' bag will teach you only one thing. People are stupid.

Hope this helps,
Dog

 

[flightcrew]

Q Can this thing actually fly?
A I guess we'll see in a moment.

Q Your F/O looks so young, does he have a drivers license?
A No mam' that's not required for the job.

Q Oh my God, this plane is soooo small.
A It's bigger than your trailer.

Q (Man pointing to cockpit) Is this the bathroom?
A No sir, it's the cockpit the lav is located in the back of the a/c.
Q Well, can I still go in there?

 

[cosmotheassman]

Someone asked us if we worked for Orkin in a restaurant one day...I said, yes we're here to clean up all the bugs in the kitchen...