Originally Posted by
flynwmn
Philadelphia to Syracuse on piedmont as the FO I just finished talking to Dispatch since the capt didnt have a cell phone, was told that the plane was stuck in Harrisburg waiting on flow control back in to Philadelphia I told the capt about the flow control delay and this woman tells me what do I know you're just the assistant to the pilot.
I had a similar experience... trying to get to MMUN from FLL and there were significant flow-control delays from ATC. (typical for that route of flight during the season)
I was explaining to the lead passenger why we wouldn't be able to taxi-out for another 40minutes when he cuts me off with a "You're not even a real pilot!! I want to speak to the Captain about this!!!"
To that, I responded, "Certainly.... the Captain will be with you shortly" and quietly went to work on some other non-pertinent task.
About 5 minutes later, the Captain returns from his visit to the "porcelain altar" and proceeds to repeat exactly the same thing I said. -- The guys wife and daughter were soooo embarrassed I think they were actually going to slap him!! (he was "extra" nice to me after that)
This type of thing does not happen very often, but it's really no big deal when it does.