Originally Posted by
m3113n1a1
A few years ago we were assigned a squawk code with a 666 in it..the captain asked me to request a different one. I thought he was joking, but then it became clear he was serious. I told him if it bothered him that much, he could request a new code himself. And he did!
Seems almost delusional to me, but whatever, the guy was fine to fly with otherwise!
I always get a kick out of the idiots who have stupid ideas but instead of carrying them out themselves, they task someone else with their idiotic musings. In my last job we called them colonel and general.