How do you react to passengers claiming there is something wrong with the airplane
01-06-2009, 06:33 PM
#91
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: Student Pilot
Posts: 409
Originally Posted by withthatsaid182
Back a couple of years ago I used to instruct as well as pump gas at this small airport in CT. Airnet stopped in nightly with there Caravans and Navajos. One of there Caravan pilots was known to pull onto the ramp and cut the engine in the turn and roll to a stop. In the summer he was also known to fly shirtless. Right next to the FBO's ramp was a resturant/bar that housed plenty of arm chair quarterbacks. One of the resturant customers actually called the local FSDO because they felt that the Caravan was parking too close to the building. Eventually Airnet included in their "OpSpecs" that the pilots must park "xxx" number of feet from the building. The pilot was so fired up because of the whole thing that he started parking smack dab in the middle of the ramp. It was pretty amusing to watch all the theatrics.
Last night I was commuting home on a Dash 8. One of the passengers across from me was going nuts because we were taxiing out on one engine. That was a sight to see as well.
Sorry I've been so busy lowering the standards in the regional airline industry, it has actually crossed over and I'm bringing down the standards of APC.
Last night I was commuting home on a Dash 8. One of the passengers across from me was going nuts because we were taxiing out on one engine. That was a sight to see as well.
Sorry I've been so busy lowering the standards in the regional airline industry, it has actually crossed over and I'm bringing down the standards of APC.
Their is plural possessive. Like, "Their teapots are aligned in a neat row."
Also, it is spelled restaurant, I do believe...
Im sorry for being a turd... I really am... I just could not help myself!
Still friends?
01-06-2009, 09:04 PM
#93
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Originally Posted by withthatsaid182
... Last night I was commuting home on a Dash 8. One of the passengers across from me was going nuts because we were taxiing out on one engine...
This was in ATL, I stopped and applied the brakes thinking what the heck is going on? I took my headset off and the (very large) lady pointed her finger in my face and said something like "hello! do I have to be reminding you one of your engines is not working?!" ..and she rolled her eyes as in - 'those pilots are morons for not realizing that!'
I grabbed the intercom so others could hear and said something like "folks, some of you seem to be nervous over the fact we use only one engine while taxing. I would like to assure you that's a perfectly safe and a normal procedure at our airline! We normally operate the right engine when flying to our destination and switch to the left one on the way back... - this saves us a lot of gas..."
The vast majority of our passengers on that route were regulars we saw day in and day out and most of them were laughing pretty hard in the back. The lady who 'punched me' said "oh, I didn't realize that" and went back to her seat...
Memories... JayDee - Eye hop eye speiled it all wright four u...
01-08-2009, 04:06 AM
#94
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Position: Student Pilot
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Originally Posted by JayDee
There implies a place... Like "Go over there." or "JayDee is being a douche over there."
Their is plural possessive. Like, "Their teapots are aligned in a neat row."
Also, it is spelled restaurant, I do believe...
Im sorry for being a turd... I really am... I just could not help myself!
Still friends?
Their is plural possessive. Like, "Their teapots are aligned in a neat row."
Also, it is spelled restaurant, I do believe...
Im sorry for being a turd... I really am... I just could not help myself!
Still friends?
01-08-2009, 08:38 AM
#95
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Joined APC: Jan 2009
Position: PA-31/left, LJ31/right
Posts: 350
Originally Posted by GauleyPilot
Actually, they don't. However, APC is not the place to talk about that or politics.
Relax man, It was meant to be funny, not to offend anyone. I hope I haven't offended you. If I have, I am sorry. If it were realy happening to me, I'd say to the person sitting next to me something along the lines of, "I'm sure the pilots have families to go home to and see. I don't know what that noise was, but they probably woulden't fly if it wasn't safe."
01-08-2009, 02:21 PM
#96
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Position: BE-20, RA390
Posts: 644
Originally Posted by mshunter
Relax man, It was meant to be funny, not to offend anyone. I hope I haven't offended you. If I have, I am sorry. If it were realy happening to me, I'd say to the person sitting next to me something along the lines of, "I'm sure the pilots have families to go home to and see. I don't know what that noise was, but they probably woulden't fly if it wasn't safe."
Last edited by GauleyPilot; 01-08-2009 at 02:31 PM.
01-08-2009, 04:34 PM
#97
Day puke
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Out.
Posts: 3,865
Originally Posted by FlyBoyd
this is the most awesomest post ever! he was like shah and i was like cool and whateveeeer..anywho..c ya
Rant on...
YGBSM! Do you actually talk like this? You expect people to take you at least a little bit seriously? I'll give you a few caps here and there but come on dude!!
...Rant off.
Rant on...
YGBSM! Do you actually talk like this? You expect people to take you at least a little bit seriously? I'll give you a few caps here and there but come on dude!!
...Rant off.
Originally Posted by JayDee
There implies a place... Like "Go over there." or "JayDee is being a douche over there."
Their is plural possessive. Like, "Their teapots are aligned in a neat row."
Also, it is spelled restaurant, I do believe...
Im sorry for being a turd... I really am... I just could not help myself!
Still friends?
Their is plural possessive. Like, "Their teapots are aligned in a neat row."
Also, it is spelled restaurant, I do believe...
Im sorry for being a turd... I really am... I just could not help myself!
Still friends?
I have flown with you guys.... You're the ones who, when I was five miles out, told me I was at Vapp+1. Thanks guys!
01-09-2009, 05:03 AM
#98
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: retired
Posts: 645
Originally Posted by FlyJSH
I have flown with you guys.... You're the ones who, when I was five miles out, told me I was at Vapp+1. Thanks guys!
They start calling out "Vref - 5, -10" after touchdown...
01-09-2009, 07:13 AM
#99
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Position: PA-31/left, LJ31/right
Posts: 350
Originally Posted by GauleyPilot
Don't worry!!!! NO OFFENSE TAKEN AT ALL!!. Didn't mean to imply it. It was only an attempt by me for an intro to the body of my post.
01-09-2009, 09:44 AM
#100
Drinkin' coffee...
Joined APC: Sep 2007
Position: P-p-piiilatusss
Posts: 680
i always fly at like Vapp plus a couple knots b/c i don't trust those electronic weight and balances...a lot of times i put the Vapp in and it's right on the white line...
then again my math is similar to my grammar so i should probably just stay away from those flip cards...
(is it normal that the yoke shakes like crazy and tries to push forwards when i'm on final???)
then again my math is similar to my grammar so i should probably just stay away from those flip cards...
(is it normal that the yoke shakes like crazy and tries to push forwards when i'm on final???)
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