How to tell you're flying with an older Capt.
Copied from someone else on this forum. Just beat him to the posting. Feel free to add to the list-
1 Orders a Geratol Frappachino at Starbucks
2 His layover clothes are black shoes, white knee socks, burmuda shorts and a yellow golf shirt
3 Yells out of layover hotel windows "you kids get out of my yard"
4 Uses AARP card for 2nd form of id at jump seat desk
5 Medic Alert bracelet keeps setting off metal detectors
6 Uses A/C power outlet in cockpit to charge wheelchair batteries
7 Thinks Delta international flight attendants are "hot"
8 Bids Wilmington, NC layovers and can`t remember why
9 Flies cross country with left hand landing light on all the way
10 Has Metamucil and Bengay stickers on his black bag
11 Has that musty, "old man" smell
12 Parks his Rascal in employee parking lot
13 Straps his walker to his roller bag
14 Always bids any Florida layovers
15 Too short to see over the instrumernt panel
16 He is in the lav more than the pilot seat
17 Always wants someone to "pull his finger"
18 Smells like "Depends"
19 Doesn`t trust the FMS because it never works right and is "out to get him"
20 Thinks CRM and "teamwork" are concept to steal "captain`s authority"
21 Wears underwear older than you
22 Wistfully remembers the Eisenhower administration
23 Knows how to use "the Google"
24 Gripes about the low fiber content in the crew meals
25 Erectile pump falls out of suitcase during TSA search
__________________
"I think we're going to need a bigger boat."
|