You know you are a regional CA when.....

[Flying-Corporal]

Hey, the thread about regional FO was hilarious. I thought I would throw this one in:

- When a making a PA announcement in a B1900, you say "Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking..."

- You ask your jumpseaters to present another proof of id in addition to their airline badge and then you pretend to decide for a few seconds whether to allow let them on board or not

- You tell your FOs how diffucult and selective the upgrade process is and how many FO actually have failed in the past

- You yell at the FA telling her that it's your ship and that in the future she has to ask your permission to do sth

- On a 35 min flight you talk to 4 passengers on board 5 times telling them how beautiful the view of the city is, about the weather forecast for the next week, that the landing will be made by your FO, etc., etc.

 

[mamba20]

You say "From the flightdeck" Where else are you calling from? The lav?

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Flying-Corporal

You walk onto the airplane five minutes before boarding, take a picture of your F/O and Flight Attendant banging in the lav, and make it your avatar.

 

[arthompson]

You say "From the flightdeck" Where else are you calling from? The lav?

UAL Captains do that too

 

[mckpickle]

You come onto this board and actually still care and try to make a diference. Then get a gun and shoot yourself in the foot for wasting your time.

 

[xjgearbtch]

You insist that the FA refer to you as "Captain" ..... yeah we have one of those here.

 

[Lino Duce]

You might be a Commuter Captain if...

You make sure your First Officer's know YOU have the tiller, and it's your show.
Then you pull out some serious tunafish and through the putrid fumes you tell your nautious co-pilot to go check the lights.........at 3pm!

Gotta love that upgrade!!!

 

[wmuflyguy]

You say something like this...

But be ready, as Captain I accept nothing less than perfection. And absolutely NO junk food or vending machine garbage is allowed on my flight deck.

Duce

P.S. I give no warning on control checks. It's not my fault if your flab gets in the way.

 

[Windsor]

You say something like this...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lino Duce
But be ready, as Captain I accept nothing less than perfection. And absolutely NO junk food or vending machine garbage is allowed on my flight deck.

Duce

P.S. I give no warning on control checks. It's not my fault if your flab gets in the way.



LOLOL.... My left nut just fell off cuz i was laughing so hard.

 

[Soverytired]

You might be a commuter captain if . . . .


Your crew calls you a CHEAP ASS BASTARD and you think it's some kind of compliment.

 

[Terrain Terrain]

when your FO does somthing without you asking, like turning on some pumps or something you say "turn those pumps on" after he allready did it, just to make yourself think you are all knowing

 

[Alchemy]

When you "always try to keep things standard".

When you have to get up and use the lav (if so equipped) at least once per hour on any flight greater than 45 minutes in duration.

When you have to ask your FO,
"brickyard, who the hell is that?"
"Shuttlecraft, who the hell is that?"
"Freedom, who the hell is that?"
"Gateway, who the hell is that?"
"Waterski, who the hell is that?"
"Air Shuttle, who the hell is that?"
"Bluestreak, who the hell is that?"

I guess it's good that they have a life outside the cockpit, but sheesh, at least know who the competition is.

 

[arthompson]

Who is Bluestreak?

 

[Alchemy]

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/regional/psa-2005030579.htm

Bluestreak is PSA, a USAirways Express carrier, flying CRJ's. Stands for Pacific Southwestern Airlines, formerly known as jetstream.

 

[The_Russian]

- When a making a PA announcement in a B1900, you say "Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking..."

That's great!

 

[arthompson]

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/regional/psa-2005030579.htm

Bluestreak is PSA, a USAirways Express carrier, flying CRJ's. Stands for Pacific Southwestern Airlines, formerly known as jetstream.

I know the history behind the current PSA, I just wasn't aware of their call sign

 

[TCBKING]

You call the other regionals and or their pilots.. "COMPETITION"

 

[arthompson]

Amen to that!

 

[Alchemy]

Uhh, yes. I don't mean that with animosity, it's just the reality of the situation.

When you are bidding for work from a customer, the other people you bid against are your competitors.

 

[Terrain Terrain]

you are so scared to call dispatch for crew meals you make your FO do it

 

[Alchemy]

You make a terrible landing, and your buddy is jumpseating in the back, so after landing, you stealthily couple the Flight Guidance to the FO's side, hoping everyone will think it was the FO's leg.

 

[Slice121]

You have to take the jet from your 350 hr FO in the flare on a VFR day because he lacks the skills to safely land in a 10kt x-wind.

 

[TCBKING]

...........and you take the controls from the FO...

 

[OPECJet]

...........and you take the controls from the FO...

You'd rather end up on CNN?

 

[PCL_128]

...........and you take the controls from the FO...

And what would you do, oh wise one? Just let the guy create a smoking hole? Sorry, I'd rather hurt the guy's feelings.

 

[TCBKING]

i dont let him fly to begin with and politely ask the chief pilot to retrain his poor performing dangerous ass...

That will be $200 for your education today, oh dumb ass.......

 

[Terrain Terrain]

you take over on you "bad" FOs landing and damn near kill 50 people, then act like you saved the day


classic

 

[Flying-Corporal]

- as a 24-year old CA you tell your FOs how you're planning to be a B-767 CA by the age of 28

- you tell your FOs that graduating from ERAU was the best thing in your life

 

[EDUC8-or]

During the FO's legs, you can't keep your hands off the heading bug, when you're in NAV you spin it around before the AP cuts the corner. When ATC keeps telling you "Fly present heading" during an arrival you snip at your FO because you've already spun it around and he'll be flying the wrong heading if he doesn't spin it back around. I'd hate to wait until we roll wings level to just sync the bug...

I also liked the one about the FO flying when it's their leg, how come I've NEVER flown with a CA who announces it will be his leg?

 

[Pattern-Master]

They post on MYSPACE with some B.S. stories about themselves and there paychecks, and don't forget the gay pics of them selves in the right seat looking back at the camera shots