Wierd Capt / FO / FE

[AKAAB]

We have a few.

Thank God one of them is retiring on Friday! ::snip::

"Holy bananas! We're 20 minutes early. Is this anyway to run an airline? You bet it is".

Again, thank God he's retiring on Friday. I'll never have to fly with him again. Another one of the horrible hundred gone forever!

GP

Yeah, I skipped the party, too.

Not so sure about the "horrible hundred". I think you'll find the wildcards pretty much in the first three classes. After that, it's the 5% rule on down the line. Think about it...

Frankly, I can do without the guys that insist on providing their own boarding music and hanging dice or other talismans on the panel. Grow up and show some respect for your position, please.

 

[Road Rash]

This may have been coverd, buuut, what really pushes my buttons is the micro manager captian. I had this one guy who tell me to call ground every time after push back... After a couple of weeks of this I would just look at him and reeeaaalllly. I dont think he ever got it...

 

[JOIF18]

FedEx1, I flew with a guy that did that, too. Probably the same guy... just a few weeks ago. Kinda caught me by surprise. No notice, no nothing, just a "happy snap" for the scrapbook I guess.

 

[FedEx1]

Yeah, if "that guy" has the initials, D.E... must be him. Weird.....

 

[Special Ed]

I was crop dusting in Arkansas for a pretty low buck operation that attracted all sorts of nuts. Us younger guys were there building time, hoping for a better seat the next year, and the older guys were there because they had "problems", and no one else would hire them. The owner had a party for us at a local beach (just a gravel bar on the river, but a popular local hangout) One of the older pilots shows up naked...just got out of his truck, and walked to where we all were, flips open a lawn chair, flops down & cracks a beer like it's nothin special. There were kids running around, guys wives and girlfriends... were all sort of thinking WTF. I'd say he lasted about an half an hour or so, no one was talking to him, so he just packs up the lawnchair, walks back to his truck and leaves, still naked as the day he was born. I reckon the sun was too much for big moe and the twins.

 

[Resume Writer]

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Come on - Let's hear about the reeeaaalllly bad ones.....................

We have one Captain nicknamed "Peek-a-boo"

Another one was fired after he hung out a cockpit window to clean the windscreen while his FO taxied - apparently forgot to take his Prozac

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I remember both of those pilots well. We used to call the second Captain you referenced as "Jiminy Cricket." I was flying with him once to New York. He was very big into Ballooning. He won an award from Popular Science and that was the reason why he picked up the trip. Anyhow, in the morning we were all waiting for the van in the hotel lobby that was to drive us to JFK. He had his award "unwrapped" and proudly displayed for all of us to see. His friend was with him, and that gentleman still had his award wrapped up.

FWIW, he always backed up the flight attendants. I remember one time he came out of the cockpit, while we still on the ground, and reprimanded a passenger who was giving us grief.

As for Peek-A-Boo, you have to understand the story of how he got his name. Allegedly he would use dental mirrors to look under the doors of FAs in hotels to see if he could catch a glimpse of anything. There was also a rumor that he somehow would make his way into FAs rooms and somehow pry out the peephole and turn it around so he could see inside their room while out in the hall.

I will never forget a flight attendant I was flying with came back from the cockpit and said, "Guess who we are flying with? He held up a napkin to his eye, where he had punched out a hole, and had "Room 208" printed on it. We all knew who the Captain was without ever having to ask!

We also had a Captain on the 757 who was very methodical about the way he ate his food. He would eat fried rice and push it all into a big pile on his plate. He would then take a bite, and proceed to push it all back together again. After about the 10th time he did this, I left the cockpit.

We had a First Officer, now a Captain, who we nicknamed "stinky." He would wear the SAME uniform shirt for his entire 4-day trip. By the 4th day, he was, well, stinky!

We also had a Captain (reference "Gone with the Wind" for his name) who would clean the "door sills" on the aircraft. He would open the aircraft door on the ground and proceed to clean the inside. He actually pointed this out to me one time, and said that it made the aircraft perform better or something like that!

I guess I could go on forever!

Kathy

 

[Ty Webb]

The owner had a party for us at a local beach (just a gravel bar on the river, but a popular local hangout) One of the older pilots shows up naked...just got out of his truck, and walked to where we all were, flips open a lawn chair, flops down & cracks a beer like it's nothin special.

You know, a lot of time has passed . . . . we've all moved on. Whadda ya say we just forget all about it, OK? It won't happen again, I promise.

 

[Donald]

I've had plenty of captains wipe down everything with an alcohol wipe and once, I had one that pulled out a paint brush and started dusting. But a buddy of mine actually had one that wore surgical gloves while in the seat.

 

[AKAAB]

I've had plenty of captains wipe down everything with an alcohol wipe and once, I had one that pulled out a paint brush and started dusting. But a buddy of mine actually had one that wore surgical gloves while in the seat.

Okay, flag on the play - ten yards for unnecessary roughness. If all of the Captains are so foul, what's the problem with trying to avoid catching whatever disease they picked up on the last layover? Call me weird, but I also wash my hands whether they need it or not.

As for dusting, the cockpit is our office and some of us prefer not to have someone visit the cockpit and notice the cookie chunks and Dorito fallout wedged in the panel gaps. Now, some guys are obsessive about it, but I think trying to keep the cockpit relatively clean is not out of the ordinary.

And, FO's, if a Captain offers you a breath mint, take it!

AKAAB

 

[semperfido]

i always thought the lav on an airliner must be one of the nastiest places on the planet.

 

[canyonblue737]

while i don't do it i have seen a million guys do the wipes and paint brush cleaning routine. truth be told if we all did the cockpits wouldn't have 5 years of crumbs covering 3 inches of flooring and panel.

 

[Nolife]

Nam

The Mr. Rogers thing is true... I was with him at Khe Sahn.

 

[fastbird]

Had one that decided to paint her nails in cruise.

Had another that loved to eat Sardines during cruise.

Then, there is the ass bomber who caused me to pull the Oh-Two mask for relief and then a few minutes later the FA calls to ask who stunk up the plane!

 

[ChperpltII]

Then, there is the ass bomber who caused me to pull the Oh-Two mask for relief and then a few minutes later the FA calls to ask who stunk up the plane!

Sorry about that...

 

[TNPILOT]

We have a captain who takes his Playstation with him on overnights. He also likes to preach to the FOs because he's a bible beater. He's heading to CAL soon...have fun with that piece of work.

How could the XJT guys forget to mention "3 cup". This guy asks the FA's for a drink and 3 cups so that he doesn't have to drink out of a cup that anyone has touched. Word is that he used to live in the EWR crew room sleeping in his robe and yelled at anyone who talked.

 

[Dizel8]

Had one that decided to paint her nails in cruise.

Sorry about that

 

[Cactus73]

How could the XJT guys forget to mention "3 cup". This guy asks the FA's for a drink and 3 cups so that he doesn't have to drink out of a cup that anyone has touched. Word is that he used to live in the EWR crew room sleeping in his robe and yelled at anyone who talked.

"3 Cup" get the honors for the most wacked out pilot I've ever flown with.

-He keeps all the paperwork for every flight in a file in case "they" ever come after him. Just to piss him off, I would take all the paper work and stuff it in the trash bag on the taxi-in. I would then place my half-full coffee cup on top of it. It was a riot watching him trying to dry it all off and put it in its correct order for his file.
-3 cups, because you can never be too sure.
-He did sleep in the EWR crew room while he was on reserve. He slept in his hat and wore the same thing for six days straight. The crew trackers would beg scheduling to assign him a trip and the FO's would all call in sick when assigned to him. When he did shower, he went over to the old crew room ramp showers.
-He would go back to use the LAV during flight and literally be gone for 30+minutes - in the lav the whole time.
-He was the worst pilot I've ever flown with. Pulled power to idle at 100 feet while I tensed up in the right seat and waited for the smash - he did this every time.
-He keeps a ham radio in his flight case. He got mad at me when I asked him what it is for and if he's going to use it to contact aliens while in flight.
-The Embraer is known for numerous false messages on the EICAS - he would ask for the QRH for every single message - even if it was normal.
-He spent 9 years in the USAF. When I asked him what he did he told me....
"it's classified."

I'm sure some others have more stories about this douche bag.

 

[sweptback]

-The Embraer is known for numerous false messages on the EICAS - he would ask for the QRH for every single message - even if it was normal.

I flew with a guy like this once. We're about 500' AGL and DING! EFIS COMP MON. He was flying, turns to me and says "better run the checklist." I kind of gave him the "are you serious?" look, and reached over with my left hand to sync up my DG. At that point I knew it was going to be a long 4-day.

 

[bigshooter]

Okay,

 

[klhoard]

"3 Cup" get the honors for the most wacked out pilot I've ever flown with.
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-3 cups, because you can never be too sure. . . <snip> . . .

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That just means you know exactly which cup to "target". . .
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[Vwipe]

Gotta put my 2 cents in

This dude at my old airline was a hypocritcal tree hugger. He hated the facts that airplanes made ssooooo much noise and burned fossil fuels (as he pushed up the throttle on the mighty 1900D) Then he hated plastic use so much he would load his pockets up with trail mix....snack time would come....out would come the mix, pocket lint and all...then down the hatch.

So I axed him one time...asked him, "why don't you donate your check to save the whales, or the spotted owl group"? Answer... "why would I want to do that"

The only good thing about this guy, He was great interview material. Thanks

 

[ATRedneck]

"3 Cup" get the honors for the most wacked out pilot I've ever flown with.

In all fairness, he was the FO on the flight where the LIT station manager got chopped into strawberry Jell-o when he diddy-bopped into the propeller... but I'm sure he was pretty wacky before that.

The Embraer is known for numerous false messages on the EICAS - he would ask for the QRH for every single message - even if it was normal.

DU4 OVHT! Oh sh!t!!!!!

Am I the only one who thinks that with the hat, the mirrored sunglasses, the moustache... maybe the Village People had a pilot and replaced him with the Indian or something?

 

[Dangerkitty]

In all fairness, he was the FO on the flight where the LIT station manager got chopped into strawberry Jell-o when he diddy-bopped into the propeller... but I'm sure he was pretty wacky before that.

When I was at COEX I was pretty good friends with the Captain of the LIT flight. He seemed to make it out OK. As far as "3-cup" goes I heard he was way long gone before that.

Thank God he was never my FO. I was getting hilarious stories about that moron on a weekly basis.

 

[PHXFLYR]

We have a guy that everyone calls Full Stall Paul...he thinks you have to land a Dash as the stick shaker goes off. Needless to say, he's had at least a few tail strikes and still continues to fly...unbelievable

Is he SBY based and boo- koo senior? If it's who I think it is,I flew with him in the Dash in the late 80's. One leg into BWI he try's to engage the gust lock 20 miles out while I'm flying. Told him if he tried anything like that again while I was assigned as his F/O, I'd walk off the trip on the next leg. Strange. I also rememer "The Alien". Quite a bunch of characters...

PHXFLYR

 

[Flechas]

"3 Cup" get the honors for the most wacked out pilot I've ever flown with.


-He spent 9 years in the USAF. When I asked him what he did he told me....
"it's classified."

I'm sure some others have more stories about this douche bag.

I asked him what he flew in the Air Force, and while shaking his head he said "A desk"...

On the 3rd day I found out he was "3 Cup" .I didn't know, but the captain in the trip before had told me about him, but didn't mention his name. He yelled at a flight attendant in the crew room for 5 minutes in front of everybody because she didn't swipe her I.D. to get in (Wasn't even his FA, not that it makes any diference). She was almost crying, poor girl. Then I saw her and told her "I'm in a 4 day with that clown", she said "Yeah that f***ing 3 cup". So I told our FA that he was 3 cup and from that moment she gave him 3 cups for averything he asked.

He carries a very full briefcase with him, so I asked him what he had in there "paperwork and schedules, in case they come after me and to figure out when the company is screwing me out of pay" I said, dude you are crazy, "You shoud see my house, I have 3 full drawers"...


He's the weirdest person I've ever flown with (Besides ATRedneck J/K). Very bad pilot too. Couldn't land that thing, he flared like in a C172. I coud write a book about the 4 day I had with him and all the weird stuff he did.

 

[Flechas]

In all fairness, he was the FO on the flight where the LIT station manager got chopped into strawberry Jell-o when he diddy-bopped into the propeller... but I'm sure he was pretty wacky before that.

Man, when he told me that story, I thought he was telling me a joke, because of the way he tells the story.

Man, when I was on the ATR we got to LIT......!!!!!

It made me sick when he told me the end of it, and he had a grin, what a nuts... Then I was told by somebody that he didn't want to get off the trip, he didn't want to lose housr "because of that".

All kidding aside, he doesn't belong in a plane...

 

[ATRedneck]

When I was at COEX I was pretty good friends with the Captain of the LIT flight. He seemed to make it out OK. As far as "3-cup" goes I heard he was way long gone before that.

Thank God he was never my FO. I was getting hilarious stories about that moron on a weekly basis.

Yeah, AC never seemed to have any lingering effects. You can't hold yourself to blame for someone else's cranio-rectal inversion.

I think I was the only other ATR captain besides you to never fly with Three Cups. The stories were funny as hell though, as long as I wasn't the one flying with him!

Now flying with Flechas on the other hand... :laugh:

 

[BORAT]

Sweet, I made it through the whole thing without reading about myself...I used to run into a guy who would walk into the local Starbucks in FULL UNIFORM...Captain Latte, I called him...Anyway he'd be in his monkey-suit, hat and everything nowhere near the airport! I went up to him one day and told him I was interested in learning how to fly, and the guy gave me the "You ever been in a cockpit before, timmy?" speech...Well I played dumb and went with it. About two weeks later, I picked up an open trip and who was I flying with? CAPTAIN LATTE Himself. The trip sucked, he was a jerk and wore his hat the entire time...

 

[Dangerkitty]

I asked him what he flew in the Air Force, and while shaking his head he said "A desk"...

On the 3rd day I found out he was "3 Cup" .I didn't know, but the captain in the trip before had told me about him, but didn't mention his name. He yelled at a flight attendant in the crew room for 5 minutes in front of everybody because she didn't swipe her I.D. to get in (Wasn't even his FA, not that it makes any diference). She was almost crying, poor girl. Then I saw her and told her "I'm in a 4 day with that clown", she said "Yeah that f***ing 3 cup". So I told our FA that he was 3 cup and from that moment she gave him 3 cups for averything he asked.

He carries a very full briefcase with him, so I asked him what he had in there "paperwork and schedules, in case they come after me and to figure out when the company is screwing me out of pay" I said, dude you are crazy, "You shoud see my house, I have 3 full drawers"...


He's the weirdest person I've ever flown with (Besides ATRedneck J/K). Very bad pilot too. Couldn't land that thing, he flared like in a C172. I coud write a book about the 4 day I had with him and all the weird stuff he did.

Hey FLECHAS,

Why dont you put an anonymous note in "3-cups" V-file letting him know how much fun people make of him. Refer to this thread and let ask him to join flightinfo!! Then he can see it for himself.

I dont think it would change him much but maybe, just maybe it would kick his paranoia into high gear.

 

[p3hawk]

Hey, that's my FO

My last FO does the same thing. Wears his uniform everywhere. DInner, school play's etc. Likes people to ask him questions at the terminal.

I find the whole thing amusing.