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Old 05-20-2012, 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by ce170b View Post
Depends, they were two different captains, both at the red-headed stepchild side of yv.
The 1st one left for greener pastures. The 2nd CA is still there. He is also the one who noticed a newly married groom just getting on our flight from Nassau & proceded to conclude his announcement with best wishes to the bride & "to the groom....buddy your life is over"! Stay classy regional airline captain.
His life is over, but it happens to us all at one time or another.
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Old 05-20-2012, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar View Post
Tool Box of the day: The ALPA forums. Never seen so many senseless personal attacks by people who have to work together in very confined spaces for hours on end. That place is embarrassing.
Agreed. The most definitive example of synergies in the merger. The whackos from both airlines have that place locked tight. It's now "All Crazies, All the Time". I feel bad for the poor people that occasionally try to inject a little sense and civility, as they are hopelessly outgunned.

Then again, if that forum was any good, Southwest pilots wouldn't be able to discuss anything here, without the benefit of our input...
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Old 05-20-2012, 04:41 PM
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ALPA forum, (aka 12 Angry Tools) isn't even worth the time to log in.
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Old 05-20-2012, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ce170b View Post
Flew with a CA a few years back that would call his fiancee every morning before an O dark 30 departure to say all that mooshy cr@p that soon to be married people say all while I sit in the cockpit trying not to listen. The icing on the cake was his sign off, he would say "I love you" and then kiss the mic on the phone a couple of times. Awkward. Maybe not quite a Tool moment but definitly a lose your man card moment.

Another TOTD & I am sure I will be stepping on toes with this one is the pilots who call their spouse while in the cockpit after every leg to tell them they have landed safely. Seriously, come on save it for the dangerous van ride in SDQ.

Or the CA who insisted on talking to his wife on his phone while taxiing to get deiced in CVG. Once in the line and about numero 4 for the hose down he decides to shut both engines down. Sure as shootin' the line moves up & the deice boss is yelling at us to move up. El Capitan, still jabbering on the phone, bring the thrust levers up on quiet engines. Tool.

This reminds me of a captain, who I actually enjoyed flying with most of the time, surprised me during taxi out one time by getting out his phone and while dialing his wife says to me, "My wife is pregnant and due any day now, I don't care what you say or do, I'm calling her EVERY chance I get. I forgot to call her during the turn so...Hi honey everything ok? Great, I gotta go bye!"

Poor guy. Can you say, "couvade syndrome?"
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Old 05-20-2012, 08:48 PM
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Listened to someone explain over the radio to Bradley Approach that he wanted to overfly the Charlie but didn't have an electrical system...not sure if that's a "tool" moment but it was definitely a w t f moment!
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:27 AM
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Guy could've been talking on a battery powered handheld backup after his alternator went T.U.

Totally legit.
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Old 05-21-2012, 02:32 AM
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The cessna pilot who takes off and then calls tower asking if a presidential TFR is in effect "because I know I'm not supposed to fly in one." Really? You take off and then ask if there's a TFR?
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Old 05-21-2012, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by csucbrown View Post
The cessna pilot who takes off and then calls tower asking if a presidential TFR is in effect "because I know I'm not supposed to fly in one." Really? You take off and then ask if there's a TFR?
I have no problem with that... what if he flight planned and there was a TFR that was supposed to go "hot" 30 minutes after he took off (or go "cold" right after takeoff). I'd be damn sure to ask if it came up early, or go down yet, becasue I know those things rarely go as scheduled...
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Old 05-21-2012, 07:28 AM
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Professional pilots sniping on private pilots, high school seniors that make fun of kindergartners, professional athletes that scoff at little leagers...

Do I need more, or do you guys see the pattern?

If you want to look for tools, look at professional pilots like yourselves. Even the regionals have some of those.
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Old 05-21-2012, 08:42 AM
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Guys who jump on the Chelsea band wagon
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