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waldo135 08-12-2018 02:29 PM

...and again...

Mesabah 08-12-2018 05:45 PM

25. "October is breast awareness month."

House of Usher 08-12-2018 06:36 PM

26. "Passport Plum"

27. "Industry Leading"

Flying Monkey 08-12-2018 06:46 PM

I take PA lessons from Monty Python and Co.

https://youtu.be/Hh_shsRfXqk

tennisguru 08-12-2018 06:55 PM

There’s been several times I wanted to make this PA...

https://youtu.be/A-7-5f3DwmY

forgot to bid 08-13-2018 03:03 AM


Originally Posted by Karnak (Post 2653898)
21. Fire
22. Lost
23. Genitals
24. Boeing

All words that make passengers nervous. ;)

I think all of those are valid for the list. :D

ecam 08-13-2018 04:57 AM

Since our company deadheads us on full fare tickets, I fly all the major airlines quite a bit. And I have a lot of say in what airline my ticket are bought on. By far Delta pilots make the most PA announcements of the major airlines, but you do hear them on the others occasionally. And the passengers don't like it. I know this because I look around and most of the people I can see seem irritated to have their movie/game/work interrupted by someone with diarrhea of the mouth and an overinflated sense of self importance. Rolling their eyes, throwing up their hands, openly complaining. And maybe pilots don't realize that the FAs are already on the PA nearly constantly these days spewing info about drink options/overpriced food/credit cards/etc.

So from a passenger standpoint:

* NOBODY cares where you're based. Shut up and fly the plane.
* NOBODY cares how many years you were in the military and which jet you flew. Shut up and fly the plane.
* DO NOT break in every 15 minutes on a transcon to tell us what natural landmark or podunk town you grew up in we're flying over! Shut up and fly the plane.
* NOBODY cares about detailed reports on the weather on landing. We all have smart phones these days. If you can't resist, just say sunny/partly cloudy/cloudy/rain/snow and the temperature. The gate of arrival is nice to hear.
* Stop using jargon! Don't say "broken clouds". The folks have no idea what that means and you sound like an idiot.
* The same applies to maintenance delays. KISS. They aren't mechanics and all they hear is "this plane is junk and we are going to die".
* NOBODY cares what kind of engines your 30 year old 757 has or how much thrust they produce. They just want you to shut up, fly fast, and land early.
* Stop yelling!
* Jesus cries every time someone says "sit back and relax" or other asinine aviation cliches.
* We don't need a detailed announcement and description of the chop every time you turn the seatbelt sign on and off! By the way, the FAs still have to make an announcement about the seat belt sign even if you do, so we get our movie interrupted twice. Just stop.

Bonus points:
* People who ostentatiously overuse the word "do". (Mostly FAs)

Now queue all the delta nerds to attack me like angry fire ants in 3,2,1 because I had the audacity to criticize them again. Well guys, stop being this way and we won't make fun of you constantly. Just shut up and fly the plane.

MJP27 08-13-2018 05:11 AM


Originally Posted by ecam (Post 2654186)
Since our company deadheads us on full fare tickets, I fly all the major airlines quite a bit. And I have a lot of say in what airline my ticket are bought on. By far Delta pilots make the most PA announcements of the major airlines, but you do hear them on the others occasionally. And the passengers don't like it. I know this because I look around and most of the people I can see seem irritated to have their movie/game/work interrupted by someone with diarrhea of the mouth and an overinflated sense of self importance. Rolling their eyes, throwing up their hands, openly complaining. And maybe pilots don't realize that the FAs are already on the PA nearly constantly these days spewing info about drink options/overpriced food/credit cards/etc.

So from a passenger standpoint:

* NOBODY cares where you're based. Shut up and fly the plane.
* NOBODY cares how many years you were in the military and which jet you flew. Shut up and fly the plane.
* DO NOT break in every 15 minutes on a transcon to tell us what natural landmark or podunk town you grew up in we're flying over! Shut up and fly the plane.
* NOBODY cares about detailed reports on the weather on landing. We all have smart phones these days. If you can't resist, just say sunny/partly cloudy/cloudy/rain/snow and the temperature. The gate of arrival is nice to hear.
* Stop using jargon! Don't say "broken clouds". The folks have no idea what that means and you sound like an idiot.
* The same applies to maintenance delays. KISS. They aren't mechanics and all they hear is "this plane is junk and we are going to die".
* NOBODY cares what kind of engines your 30 year old 757 has or how much thrust they produce. They just want you to shut up, fly fast, and land early.
* Stop yelling!
* Jesus cries every time someone says "sit back and relax" or other asinine aviation cliches.
* We don't need a detailed announcement and description of the chop every time you turn the seatbelt sign on and off! By the way, the FAs still have to make an announcement about the seat belt sign even if you do, so we get our movie interrupted twice. Just stop.

Bonus points:
* People who ostentatiously overuse the word "do". (Mostly FAs)

Now queue all the delta nerds to attack me like angry fire ants in 3,2,1 because I had the audacity to criticize them again. Well guys, stop being this way and we won't make fun of you constantly. Just shut up and fly the plane.

Awesome, you should write the next FOM revision on PAs.

Cirrus2turbine 08-13-2018 05:14 AM


Originally Posted by ERflyer (Post 2652800)
That drives me crazy too. In fact all self-aggrandizement PA’s bother me. Shut - up. Keep it short and simple.

+1 I site in the back (hopefully changing in the near future) 125K average per year. I never care where the crew is based. I like crews that keep the announcements (both pilots and FA's) to the absolute bare minimum.

FliesInSoup 08-13-2018 05:21 AM

28. FA's announcement, 25 minutes from the airport, begins with "Ladies and gentlemen we've been cleared to land...".


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