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

[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!

 

[EastCoastLR35]

I was asked last week if I had graduated from high school yet.
Smart A$$

 

[screwed_again]

The dumbest question ever asked.....is "What is the dumbest question ever asked as an airline pilot?"

 

[Jet_Driver]

PLease... give me a break

I was in security line the other morning for my 6AM show at KLIT when a passenger who noticed I flew for the airline he was going to be flying on asked me:

"What kind of airplane are we flying to ORD this morning?" I answer,"Why it's a CRJ-700 built by Bombardier." He comes back with the dumb question,"Is that a big plane?"

I politely told him,"Don't worry, it will get you there."

 

[scangadah]

My wife actually blasted me one time for being a pilot and not knowing the name of all US airports...:smash:

I hope you kicked her right in the box.

 

[LAXSaabdude]

"Is that a big plane?"

The impossible to answer question. To some people anything less than a 767 is "small" (lots of people complain in the MD-80). To others, anything that is not a turboprop is "big" (equally funny, because the ATR-72 is bigger than an ERJ).

I always just say "Yes, it's a large plane".

By FAA definition, anything more than 12,500 lbs takeoff weight is "large", so if their definition is not the same as mine and the FAA's, it's not my problem.

LAXSaabdude.

 

[Flying_Corporal]

I was asked last week if I had graduated from high school yet.
Smart A$$

did you?

 

[whaleroast]

Are you going to drink that entire 12 pack?

 

[EastCoastLR35]

did you?

Yea I did 10 years ago.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

I was in security line the other morning for my 6AM show at KLIT when a passenger who noticed I flew for the airline he was going to be flying on asked me:

"What kind of airplane are we flying to ORD this morning?" I answer,"Why it's a CRJ-700 built by Bombardier." He comes back with the dumb question,"Is that a big plane?"

I politely told him,"Don't worry, it will get you there."

but you should have also said no it isn't:cartman:

 

[FR8FO]

checking in at the hotel in mdw:

manager: so you guys from out of town?

no we live right down the street, we just went out and bought these uniforms and like to stay in $120 a night hotels for the hell of it