Originally Posted by
ce170b
Flew with a CA a few years back that would call his fiancee every morning before an O dark 30 departure to say all that mooshy cr@p that soon to be married people say all while I sit in the cockpit trying not to listen. The icing on the cake was his sign off, he would say "I love you" and then kiss the mic on the phone a couple of times. Awkward. Maybe not quite a Tool moment but definitly a lose your man card moment.
Another TOTD & I am sure I will be stepping on toes with this one is the pilots who call their spouse while in the cockpit after every leg to tell them they have landed safely. Seriously, come on save it for the dangerous van ride in SDQ.
Or the CA who insisted on talking to his wife on his phone while taxiing to get deiced in CVG. Once in the line and about numero 4 for the hose down he decides to shut both engines down. Sure as shootin' the line moves up & the deice boss is yelling at us to move up. El Capitan, still jabbering on the phone, bring the thrust levers up on quiet engines. Tool.
This reminds me of a captain, who I actually enjoyed flying with most of the time, surprised me during taxi out one time by getting out his phone and while dialing his wife says to me, "My wife is pregnant and due any day now, I don't care what you say or do, I'm calling her EVERY chance I get. I forgot to call her during the turn so...Hi honey everything ok? Great, I gotta go bye!"
Poor guy. Can you say, "couvade syndrome?"
