Who is the biggest loser you have flown with?

[Joe Schmo]

Luckily I never had to fly with this guy....

My Sophmore year at ERAU in 2001(Daytona Campus) I went to eat at this mexican restaurant not too far from the school. At the bar I notice a ERAU instructor in his uniform (Epilates and all) with two Jeppesen Approach Plate binders sitting in front of him. One was opened in from of him and the other was positioned so that the girls sitting 5 or 6 sits down from him could clearly see the words "Jeppessen" on his binder. He was also having a beer and smoking a cigarette. I guess he really needed to study some ILS approach... mmmhmm.

At that moment I was embarressed myself to be a pilot and definitely embarressed to be going to the same school as him.

Long story short I transfered out of ERAU the next semester (financial reasons mainly). I don't think I've ever seen so many "super pilots" as I did when I was at ERAU. I got nothing against pilot factories like Riddle, but they do seem to attract some really interesting folks in the flying department.

HW

Yea defintely got a good point, I worked at the flight desk there for a few years when i went there. I used to get a kick out of the CFI's who would always call to check there schedules while at the bar.

"Scuse me babe, I just gotta call and check my FLIGHT SCHEDULE for tommorow, Oh I must have not mentioned that, you see i'm a FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, yea yea I teach people to fly"

Yea erau definetly had a very unique bunch of folks.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

I remember flying with a Riddle-Diddle in a C172 years back. He bitched and
whined about my landings. So I let him land it once. He hit nose wheel first
damn near plinking the prop. This guy was an instructor there.

I'll take "Tools and Tool Boxes in the Cockpit" for $1000, Alex.

CE

 

[gkrangers]

I've done ground at a bar before. :0

Granted...not to look cool....cuz we are hungry/thirsty and it beats the back room at the hole in the wall FBO...

 

[apu]

As an FO: captain who, upon seeing that you are about to sync the props, slapps your hand and says "My quadrant!"

 

[G100driver]

A flight instructor who wanted me to go to the bar with him while he gave me ground

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

I've done ground at a bar before. :0

Granted...not to look cool....cuz we are hungry/thirsty and it beats the back room at the hole in the wall FBO...

Ah, denial about your toolness!!

Admitting that you have a problem is the first step in recovery!!!

 

[Learsforsale]

Yea defintely got a good point, I worked at the flight desk there for a few years when i went there. I used to get a kick out of the CFI's who would always call to check there schedules while at the bar.

"Scuse me babe, I just gotta call and check my FLIGHT SCHEDULE for tommorow, Oh I must have not mentioned that, you see i'm a FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, yea yea I teach people to fly"

Yea erau definetly had a very unique bunch of folks.

I used to work behind the desk too, the only thing better then the super pilots were the super flight supervisors. I remember waiting in a long line at 0600 to ask permission to go on my long xc for commercial. They scan down all the TAFs and look for a "G" in the wind section, if there are any gusts its almost always a no-go. So much for letting the student develope there own judgement.

 

[troy]

I used to work behind the desk too, the only thing better then the super pilots were the super flight supervisors. I remember waiting in a long line at 0600 to ask permission to go on my long xc for commercial. They scan down all the TAFs and look for a "G" in the wind section, if there are any gusts its almost always a no-go. So much for letting the student develope there own judgement.

An instrument rated Private pilot having to ask for permission to XC, Classic!

 

[Joe Schmo]

I used to work behind the desk too, the only thing better then the super pilots were the super flight supervisors. I remember waiting in a long line at 0600 to ask permission to go on my long xc for commercial. They scan down all the TAFs and look for a "G" in the wind section, if there are any gusts its almost always a no-go. So much for letting the student develope there own judgement.

Yeah when I went on my cross country I handed the flight supervisor a table menu from Denny's, you know the ones with the cartoon map of the area, I think that set me back a few weeks.

 

[Way2Broke]

Bump, I hate to see a good thing die.