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Old 07-15-2013, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Speaking of guys who talk about their qualifications, we have an FO who is a retired Navy Captain. Before a flight he walks through first class introducing himself to the passengers as Captain so and so. Tool.
Damn....that's pretty bad.
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Old 07-15-2013, 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by badflaps View Post
Last downtown DTW layover, walking towards Cobo,stopped by the police, they gave me a ride.... said it was easier than doing the paperwork. By the way Inkster is aptly named.
That happened to me right next to Houston Hobby. Police officer said the hotel had a bar and recommended a beer there as opposed to getting mugged.
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Old 07-15-2013, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Speaking of guys who talk about their qualifications, we have an FO who is a retired Navy Captain. Before a flight he walks through first class introducing himself to the passengers as Captain so and so. Tool.
Originally Posted by DeadHead View Post
Damn....that's pretty bad.

Although it's not a requirement, it is strongly suggested that all captains at Delta do that.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob View Post
Although it's not a requirement, it is strongly suggested that all captains at Delta do that.
Yeah but he's taking about a first officer to do that on his own. Whole different bag of marbles there. A captain has a little more discretion for that type of thing and there's nothing toolish about that.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob View Post
Although it's not a requirement, it is strongly suggested that all captains at Delta do that.
We have a few guys here who would do that to our overnight letters.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by captjns View Post
The ones interested in background and experience are the ones jabbering on the PA.
Thought about you yesterday captjns. I was dead heading and a passenger in first asked for cognac. He never got to the bread sticks, though.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Justdoinmyjob View Post
Although it's not a requirement, it is strongly suggested that all captains at Delta do that.
In 27 years of domestic and international DAL travel, I've never seen that. I'd probably mutter, tool, under my breath - or engage in a more toolish "I'm a pilot too!"

Which reminds me of another story:

Flying on a DAL 737 (ICT-ATL) where I can see the engines. I notice mx putting in oil. During the entire flight, I notice a nice brown streak running down the side of the engine. I contact the FA. She says, "nothing to worry about", I tell her I'm a pilot and that leaking oil is usually not a good thing". Her response - "do you fly a 737?" I kinda kept quiet after that, but a "I'll let the CA know, or yes we are aware and are monitoring" would have gone a lot further for customer service.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by N9373M View Post
In 27 years of domestic and international DAL travel, I've never seen that. I'd probably mutter, tool, under my breath - or engage in a more toolish "I'm a pilot too!"

Which reminds me of another story:

Flying on a DAL 737 (ICT-ATL) where I can see the engines. I notice mx putting in oil. During the entire flight, I notice a nice brown streak running down the side of the engine. I contact the FA. She says, "nothing to worry about", I tell her I'm a pilot and that leaking oil is usually not a good thing". Her response - "do you fly a 737?" I kinda kept quiet after that, but a "I'll let the CA know, or yes we are aware and are monitoring" would have gone a lot further for customer service.
Had a passenger get off one day making a mild scene as he was deplaning about our dangerously close proximity to another aircraft as we were landing.

So I tried to explain parallel runway operations. He insisted that we were closer than 500 feet and wanted to know why we didnt respond to our TCAS. So I politely asked him what TCAS.

Figured that was one way to shut him up.

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Old 07-15-2013, 12:48 PM
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The chick that sat beside me in the middle seat that wouldn't slide over to the empty window seat and smelled like a egg-McMuffin.
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Old 07-15-2013, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by N9373M View Post
In 27 years of domestic and international DAL travel, I've never seen that. I'd probably mutter, tool, under my breath - or engage in a more toolish "I'm a pilot too!"

Which reminds me of another story:

Flying on a DAL 737 (ICT-ATL) where I can see the engines. I notice mx putting in oil. During the entire flight, I notice a nice brown streak running down the side of the engine. I contact the FA. She says, "nothing to worry about", I tell her I'm a pilot and that leaking oil is usually not a good thing". Her response - "do you fly a 737?" I kinda kept quiet after that, but a "I'll let the CA know, or yes we are aware and are monitoring" would have gone a lot further for customer service.
Was it a 737-200? If it was leaking, you were OK. It was when of course it stopped that you should have been worrying.

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