On the lighter side...
 

I’m seeing a lot of pens left in the airplane that are not official “pilot pens”. A true pilot pen has the following:

1- is cheap
2- usually has advertising on it
3- click top, no caps!
4- doesn’t last long because of #1

Please post any other miscellaneous observations other than a ***** about the company.

But for real, who keeps leaving the iPad mounts vertical? Do you even Netflix?

I have been leaving pens in the cockpit since these new fos are unprepared and dont bring one.

On overnights I’ve become very wreckless, I been using the “facial soap” in the shower.

I’ll have you know I keep a hefty stock of hotel pens in my back oftentimes near 50 strong.... I’m probably the reason we lose hotels.

Vertical is so much better for reading approach plates than horizontal. So much better.

No! Please, no horizontal is only choice. Vertical at night is like having a 70" tv next to your face!

On another note, I left a pair of glasses in the cockpit the other week, popped of my shoulder harness and they tossed my glasses. Spent the entire leg trying to find them. I really have no clue where the hell they landed

Yea it really is. Nearly every other chart is better in horizontal, though. I still debate with myself about which way I actually prefer ha. Most times I get in and it’s like that already so I just leave it. I do see some CAs get really bent out of shape about it sometimes and that’s always good for a laugh.

Night mode and a dark lock screen background should make it bearable either way...

We’re the glasses lost in a CRJ/145/175?

Crushed behind the pedals when a good FO returns the seat and pedals to giant status.

Phone chargers are my fav's. ;)

175.......

Ehh yea, definitely not familiar. If it were a CRJ I’d agree with the above in that they’ve probably just about become part of the seat assembly by now.

Does that one former Assistant Chief Pilot heart sack on any of the other fleet types? Or is that just a 145 thing?

It's made an appearance on the 175. But definitely the most widespread on the 145. Including 145s that other airlines are flying...

That’s awesome hahahaha

Ok clue me in, what’s a “heartsack”? LoL

We had an unpopular assistant chief pilot in the office a few years ago. His last name rhymed with sack. Graffiti was found all over the 145 cockpits to the tune of "xxx loves sack". That same graffiti has been discovered in our old planes at other airlines. There have been pilots at XJT and TSA asking guys here "who is xxx and why does he like sack?"

I’ve been seeing a lot of stickers in the caps lately. I’m really curious which pilot is carrying around Tinkerbell and monkey stickers.

She is a check airmen... any ideas yet??


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This thread is gold. Props to the OP

I like the mouth breathe into a hot mic, to let my FO know that I'm still alive.

And yet nothing from Hard Lemonade...

Great idea!
I like to leave my speaker on extra loud so that we can still hear it after we put the headsets on. That we really don’t miss any calls, you know, safety

Having a noise cancelling headset and flying with a pilot who leaves their hotmic on makes me unbelievably annoyed. I spent several hundred dollars on this thing so I could get some peace and quiet up here but instead I get to listen to your Darth Vader impersonation all day long.

On a different note. Tall Embraer pilots, is there a position that you can sit in which keeps the other pilot from bashing your knee in with the ailerons without having to do the awkward control column leg hug thing?

You're welcome...!

Yes. Those that use the communal headsets without the mic covers. I can’t believe the number of guys that don’t have their own headset. Yes, it is one more thing to carry, but even with the wipes, I prefer not to have someone else’s mic against my mouth. And the noise canceling is nice to have.

Man, what a waist of money...

I do everything that the company expects me to do. So since the HI6-Bot sends out the automatic generated quarterly message that passengers complain that they are not getting enough info from the flight crews; I blast a thundering loud, long winded PA during the middle of our super early kickoff flights. I make sure to explain every boring feature that we will be flying over, especially since they can't see them during the black of night. Then I go on to explain how much experience I have, compared to my FO. Delta will be proud of me!

Yeah I have to agree. It grosses me out just having to wrap up the communal headsets when someone leaves them in place.

On hotel overnights......why do I take the shower cap when know one in my family wears one? BTW- I have accumulated a very impressive collection of hotel soap and conditioner! The lotion ....well.....that never makes it out of the room.

I thought I was the only one that did that!
I took the online training that they offer to FA’s so that I can advertise the credit card over the PA. Plus it’s $25 per app you submit. There’s your Endeavor pay raise right there people!

....when you’re arriving at your overnight hotel.... at midnight....or say.....leaving at 4 am, has the thought of not slamming the hotel room door ever crossed your mind? Lol....it’s ridiculous...wham.....wham....wham....wham.

I once stayed at a hotel on an overnight, there was a group of 4 or 5 folks in the next room when i arrived, door open, drinking beers, music kinda loud, cutting up being somewhat raucous.

They saw me arrive at my room. and one of them even mentioned that "this guy is gonna need sleep so we need to keep it down."

they didnt... as the night wore on the woke me up numerous times, paper thin walls, music, laughing, beer bottles clanking into the trash this went on until about 3am.

My 430 wakeup call came super early and by then they had all apparently gone to sleep. so i got showered and dressed, set the alarm clock on the night stand for 5:30 am, turned the volume knob to full and wedged the alarm between the side table and the wall with the speaker facing the wall. and checked out

obviously, i wasnt around to see how that went when the thing started wailing "beep beep beep beep!"

...but id like to think it caused them a considerable amount of annoyance.

You sir, are great. My hats off to you!

Beautiful work!! That’s a keeper.

Dilly dilly!