Originally Posted by captjns

Had an F/O fiddling with a so-called smart phone while trying to get a way from the gate on time.

Asked the newbie if I could take a look at his phone... Took out the battery and gave the phone back to him. Told Junior, if he was a good little doobie, he'd get his battery back after the last flight of the day.

Originally Posted by atooraya

I once had a captain who was super chatty while we were taxiing so I asked him to see his tiller. When he handed it over to me, I said, "You'll get this back when you can learn how to respect sterile cockpit." I can assure you he learned his lesson.