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

[buckwheatt]

As an FO.....

So when will they let you actually fly the airplane and not just talk on the radio.

 

[belchfire]

hehehe

The couple walks up to me and asks
"How much would it cost to call Florida
on that pay phone?"

Completely befuddled by the confusion
between my uniform and that of a BellSouth
employee the best I could come up with
was "I have no bloody idea!"

 

[jackotron]

"Did you guys fly here like that?" Her husband just started shaking his head and looking down...

Priceless. Those didn't happen to be my folks did they? Did you drop them off at YYC?

Jack

 

[Mike man]

It was not asked to me, but my FA...

Had a PAX walk up front while boarding and ask the FA, who is standing next to the cockpit door boarding the PAX's, if...

PAX: Do you have any elbow pads?
FA: Elbow pads? No!
PAX: My elbows hurt really bad.
FA: I' sorry about that.
PAX: I really need some elbow pads.
FA: I don't know what to tell you.
PAX: How about where I can get some elbow pads.
FA: I don't know, we don't have anything for you to use. Please take your seat.
PAX: I can't put my elbows on the arm rests without elbow pads.
FA: Then don't put you elbows on the arm rests. Please sit down!!

 

[Flightist]

Somewhere West of Boise...

Ture story:

I had a student who was getting her first X-country training and was doing a great job of following along with her sectional. I had just pointed out to her that we had crossed the Oregon-Idaho border when she looked out and asked me why she couldn't see the line (state border) that's on the sectional. After realizing she was really serious, I told her that they're a bit short on public funds in this area so they have a guy go out with one of those chalk application thingies they use on baseball diamonds once in a while. And it must have been a while since they last applied it. She seemed to be going for that idea when I decided it wasn't good form for me to make my students look like total idiots so I told her I was joking with her. Luckily for the aviation world she gave up flying.

 

[bafanguy]

Had a woman ask me if it was OK to flush the lav while sitting at the gate. I guess she was more accustomed to early train travel...

I can remember being on a train from ORD to JAN as a kid and seeing the tracks whizzing by through the john hole ( trains are cooler than airplanes ).

I told her it would be just fine to flush. She asked an honest question and I never would have embarrassed her by giving her further details.

 

[flyer172r]

A couple days ago I was in RIC waiting for a deadhead flight to PIT that had been delayed. I was standing around chatting with a couple flight attendants when someone came up to me and said, "Hey, I heard we have a plane but we're waiting for a crew. Can't you guys just fly it?"

I got all sarcastic and said, "Yeah, sure, we don't really need a captain." To his credit, the guy picked up on the sarcasm and shut his mouth.

 

[BR549]

I bet most of you would ask equally dumb questions about someone else's profession that you had no knowledge of. And you wonder why pilots have the reputation they do!

 

[Instigator]

I bet most of you would ask equally dumb questions about someone else's profession that you had no knowledge of. And you wonder why pilots have the reputation they do!

Great. Buzz kill. Go away and find someone else's cornflakes to piss in.

 

[ackattacker]

Had a woman ask me if it was OK to flush the lav while sitting at the gate. I guess she was more accustomed to early train travel...

Not a dumb question on 300 series ATR, the dang things won't flush if the props aren't turning. French logic.

 

[KaptainKarl]

The dumbest question?

"Can I get you to walk my resume into Mesaba, please? I hear that's the place to be. Aren't you guys growin or sumpthin? Sure wish I would get in that quagmire."

 

[PolarTwins55]

I was talking about flying with a friend of mine and I told her that I'm a private pilot. She asked me if I could fly her on a 747.

 

[Way2Broke]

I was talking about flying with a friend of mine and I told her that I'm a private pilot. She asked me if I could fly her on a 747.

What was your answer? Just curious since it was a "her"

 

[dash8driver]

I bet most of you would ask equally dumb questions about someone else's profession that you had no knowledge of. And you wonder why pilots have the reputation they do!

you're probably right.... and they also probably gather around and talk about the dumbest questions they've ever heard too. so what's your point?





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[PolarTwins55]

What was your answer? Just curious since it was a "her"

damn right i can!