Who is the biggest loser you have flown with?

[Hamburger]

Biggest Loser?

That's easy,

Every Captain that begins his briefing with the dreaded words:

"I'm pretty laid back"

Pay bump is great, it's great being in command, but the best part of being a Captain is never having to hear this.

 

[osu_av8r]

Dh

Man, it was drilled into my head as well about treating DH like an MDA. That's how we did it during initial training and that was how it was expected for stage checks and check rides. I drilled it into my students heads as well. When you think about it, the regs say you cannot CONTINUE the approach below DH. If you start the missed approach and that results in you going below DH then that is okay since you are not CONTINUING the approach.

Infact, the PTS makes no mention of going below DH in regard to tolerances, just that the decision to go missed must be promptly made at that point. This contradicts the mythical minus zero foot tolerance that was drilled into most of our heads.
Good topic. Something that is easily misunderstood and passed on.

 

[gkrangers]

Man, it was drilled into my head as well about treating DH like an MDA. That's how we did it during initial training and that was how it was expected for stage checks and check rides. I drilled it into my students heads as well. When you think about it, the regs say you cannot CONTINUE the approach below DH. If you start the missed approach and that results in you going below DH then that is okay since you are not CONTINUING the approach.

Infact, the PTS makes no mention of going below DH in regard to tolerances, just that the decision to go missed must be promptly made at that point. This contradicts the mythical minus zero foot tolerance that was drilled into most of our heads.
Good topic. Something that is easily misunderstood and passed on.

Agree with everything stated in this post....good post.

 

[stupidpilot]

Back in the day when I was flying on demand cargo we had quite a few losers.



The Captain whos wife allowed him 5 dollars per day to eat on. The wife who also called dispatch 27 times per day to try and locate her starving husband.

The Captain who on a 10 day rotation would carry an onion, and a block of cheese as a snack.

And.............for those who knew him, and flew with him. Does anyone remember Precious?

I totally remember PRECIOUS!!!!!!!!!! Also, that Lear Capt who had the onion & block of Cheese bought a suit for his FEDEX interview from the Salvation Army store. He thought it made him look frugal so it would look like he would save the company $!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tracearabians]

WOW! we

 

[tracearabians]

What,s the deal with all these uniforms and hats ? I'm a nudist and it is very refreshing to fly totally naked !!

 

[Captain Oveur]

I wonder how many people in this thread are both the
author and the subject of a post
(hey, I sure some people I've flown with have considered
me at least a bit strange )

 

[aussiefly]

What,s the deal with all these uniforms and hats ? I'm a nudist and it is very refreshing to fly totally naked !!

LOL so whats it like flying a stick ????

 

[tracearabians]

Old doper I flew with out of KMEI would always fall asleep. Suddenly he would wakeup, grab the contol wheel and holler "Warp Speed" ! No lie !

 

[tracearabians]

Is that the same dude accused of murdering his wife ? They both worked for FEDEX and he also had a jump school east of MEM .

 

[Joe Schmo]

Any captain who briefs,
"OK well just like to let you know that I'm by the book, I always like to do things by the book. There's by the book, and there's not by the book and I'm always by the book. So lets just keep things by the book the whole time ok, any questions?"

Yea as opposed to my d*ckswinging I was doing the rest of the week. As if this needs to be said.
I KNOW WHAT "BY THE BOOK IS" I GOT IT, COVERED THAT IN TRAINING.

 

[tracearabians]

HEY, This nut I was telling you about screaming "WARP SPEED" coming out of a stupor got on his cell phone while taxing out at ATL to call and complain about a room at the hotel were we had ron. HE WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT!

 

[tracearabians]

Its Great!

 

[FedEx1]

Yes, it is definately a bad sign when you meet your captain, and he tells you how laid back he is and how he flies by the book. Real laid back guys WON'T tell you they're laid back!!!! They just ARE.

The guy I am with now, who thinks he is really laid back, it so uptight, I wish I had brought some coal for his a$$ so I'd have a new diamond for my wife when we get back. I was the pilot not flying, and doing the radios- he would make SURE he was the one to change the dial to the new freq every time. Then, even though we both heard ATC, and then I read the freq back to ATC, he would dial the new freq in, point at it, and say, "That's 1....3......2......decimal....8.......5......." really slow. He thinks tht means he is "extra safe." Safe?!?!? Is there a danger in flipping the wrong number into the radio that I am not aware of? Besides, isn't that what the standby side is for? And I wasn't messing up the freqs in the first place.

The really fun part was when he told me he got a vasectomy, and then a few weeks after, apparently you go back to the doctor to see if it "took"... by leaving a sample... you get the idea... but he gave me the DETAILS. I had to tell him to stop, I was going to get a visual of his fat, stubby sausages wrapped around his 2 inch pecker that I didn't need. SEE?? You are all cringing! See how I felt???? It was worse for me!!!!!!

My last trip with this guy... ever....

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

^^^
Thanks dude. We didn't need the visual either.

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