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My next door nighbor is a mid 50's ish house wife who tells me she is deathly afraid of flying...and then I see her driving her Surburban around town at 50mph in a school zone, texting!!

When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"

LOL! Nicely done sir! I remember one person telling me I should be in the military, because apparently being chased by a heat seeking missile is safer then being subjected to terrorists :rolleyes:

I've never understood how people can be so afraid of flying, but so ready to do some of the dumbest jackass-style stunts I've ever seen on this earth-nevermind the way half of them drive.

Crazy Canuck

07-07-2012 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DogWhisperer (Post 1225996)

Talking with a general public peeps...."oh, so your a first officer.....when are you going to become the pilot?"

Will we get to see a cockpit creation about this one? :D

Rock, can't say I've ever been asked what my route is. Considering I fly Metros to 3000 foot gravel strips in the middle of nowhere, Canada, I can't say it's a particularly glamorous set of routes to choose from.

DogWhisperer

07-07-2012 11:20 AM

Mmmmmmmaaaybeeee.....

cactusmike

07-07-2012 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Rock752000 (Post 1226037)

"So, do you have like a 'regular route' that you fly?"

Or, from the guy who knows everything about being an airline pilot simply:

"What's your 'route'"?

:rolleyes:

Yep, get that one all the time.

LateralFlyer

07-07-2012 11:30 AM

While commuting, the passenger who tapped me on the shoulder to ask me a plethora of stupid questions after I had put on my headphones.

That was this morning.

Rabid Seagull

07-07-2012 11:44 AM

How about: Pilots who read the ATIS verbatim.

"10sm visibility"

Pax - "it's 10 miles only/ exactly?"
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( for you domestic folks...)

"temperature 15 degrees celsius.......um.....oh....uhhhm.....oh.....that's 59 degrees fahrenheit"

Pax -"celsius? Isn't that a drug I need to see a doctor about when it lasts for more than 4 hours?"
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"broken clouds at 3,000"

Pax - "I think the pilot just said there's something broken"

How about "mostly cloudy".

buckeye88

07-07-2012 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rabid Seagull (Post 1226108)

Ha ha yes. I roll my eyes :rolleyes: when captains give that speech " It's 3sm with mist"

TOTD to the captain who gave the pax a two minute lecture on wake turbulence while we waited to depart behind a 757.

detpilot

07-07-2012 01:42 PM

The southwest crew in CHS today who were not paying attention, missed their hold short instruction, and then railed on the controller for "talking too fast" (she wasn't)... Congratulations, you are the TOTD!

DirectTo

07-07-2012 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LateralFlyer (Post 1226101)

While commuting, the passenger who tapped me on the shoulder to ask me a plethora of stupid questions after I had put on my headphones.

I always liked the ones who would look at me when commuting, in uniform, on the plane, and say "are you a pilot?"

No, I just wear this while traveling to screw with the smurfs.

johnso29

07-07-2012 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by detpilot (Post 1226157)

A SWA crew scolding someone for doing something too fast? Oh that's ironic. Lol. :D

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