Really? I flew with guys who didn't drink. I even flew with a guy who had more than one wife. But I never flew with anyone who would have talked about it on the radio :confused:

Sounds like a cool story to me. Or somebody trying to be funny... THAT I could see, probably would have done it myself if I thought of it.

Unfortunately not. I'm part of a pilot group on Facebook and about once a month someone explains how they asked for a different code because ATC assigned them one with 666.

While I think the idea of a superstitious pilot is laughable, the posts usually have dozens of comments from other pilots saying they do the same thing. Makes me wonder if the accept a clearances to 13,000 feet.

Most frightening thing I’ve read in a long time!

It was out of MFR yesterday evening. I have no idea if the crew was serious about it, but they did request a new squawk code.

What about a squawk 1313?

Not really frightening, it's all legal. One official state marriage (taxes), the rest are just church weddings. Same ballpark as swinging IMO, not really my cup of tea, but whatever makes consenting adults happy.

The subject even came up because over the course of the trip my military experiences were discussed, including socializing with the (multiple) wives of arab dignitaries.

After over 20 years of marriage, one wife is enough for me!

None of the concourses in DTW have a gate 13.

Apparently the higher ups there are superstitious too.

There was an old story about a CA who refused to “ident”. It seems that long ago he had lost an engine right after identing, and feared it might happen again. :p

I have regularly asked for a 666 call sign when I am mad at my company. Also asked for 420. Got a good laugh out of that one every time I checked in. Told the controller when asked about the unusual call sign that the company was always looking for new ways to generate income. I am based in a state that is 420 “friendly”.

Yes I am happily a TOTD.