Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
So these guys aren't just confined to the regional ranks, huh? I flew with one of these tools and every time we'd leave the airplane, even on a 5 leg day with 3 different aircraft, EVERY TIME whiiirrrrrrr...the seat all the way down. Whiiiirrrrrrr...the pedals all the way forward. Smacksmacksmack the armrest all the way up. Finally asked him why, for the love of all that is good and holy, did he do that!? Answer? "The instructor said we were supposed to on my last PC". Seriously? Seriously!? I guess there are two nominations here: this guy for thinking it seemed like a useful technique he picked up from an instructor. And whoever the dumbass instructor is who's teaching this! Now, who is the bigger tool, I do not know. C'mon folks, we're all ABOUT the same size. Leave the seat and pedals where they are and let the next guy make the small adjustments as he sees fit. All you're doing is wearing out a mechanism.
Also closing the tol cards to the front page and setting the transponder to 1200. Why?
The reason I do this is to show the next guy what a tool I am!
But seriously, I know I know, checklist discipline and all, but the main reason I do this when I'm the next guy is so its obvious I have forgotten to set the weight and transponder. My brain doesn't work so well sometimes!
Also, had an instructor tell us to move the seat all the way back and down and pedals all the way forward to make it easier for the next guy to get in.
Never done it, sure it makes sense if the next guy is 7ft tall and 300 lbs!