Tool of the day
07-31-2012 | 12:11 PM
#2171
Line Holder
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07-31-2012 | 01:07 PM
#2172
Eats shoots and leaves...
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From: Didactic Synthetic Aviation Experience Provider
07-31-2012 | 04:04 PM
#2175
The Brown Dot +1
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From: 777B
FNG here. I registered mainly for this epic thread. TY all who have contributed to help properly define toolishness in today's modern aviation. And to help recognize my own toolish tendencies.
I nominate all those who fly in Merida's airspace, and either don't know or simply cannot pronounce the controlling agency's name.
Merida owns the Yucatan and the Southern Gulf of Mexico. And here's how it is pronounced.
MARE-eh-dah. It's easy. Say it with me.
It's not "Meridia". Not "Meedia". Definitely not "Meridian". MARE-eh-dah. And please don't say "Adios" to the controller. Mexicans don't say it to each other any more, if they ever did. It makes you sound like a fool. Do we say "To God" or "Go with God" to each other when we say goodbye? It's like saying "Fare thee well" or something.
I feel better now...
I nominate all those who fly in Merida's airspace, and either don't know or simply cannot pronounce the controlling agency's name.
Merida owns the Yucatan and the Southern Gulf of Mexico. And here's how it is pronounced.
MARE-eh-dah. It's easy. Say it with me.
It's not "Meridia". Not "Meedia". Definitely not "Meridian". MARE-eh-dah. And please don't say "Adios" to the controller. Mexicans don't say it to each other any more, if they ever did. It makes you sound like a fool. Do we say "To God" or "Go with God" to each other when we say goodbye? It's like saying "Fare thee well" or something.
I feel better now...
Muchas gracias por su experto lexicon en la lingua de la Yucatan.
A-Dios herramienta
Last edited by scambo1; 07-31-2012 at 04:15 PM.
07-31-2012 | 04:49 PM
#2176
Gets Weekends Off
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From: Urban chicken rancher.
Besides, can't be any worse than FedEx guys constantly calling ops on guard.
07-31-2012 | 05:04 PM
#2178
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I was whining to a Mexican Flight Instructor at Cuernavaca, Mexico (CVJ) about the intersection and nav aid names around Mexico City and he said, "Sh*t man, all those names are Indian names, we can't even say them."
I always like the clearance that included a 350nm leg on a NDB bearing.
We had a car and a driver for transportation around the city and to and from the airport. On the way to the airport, we passed a pilot with one or two stripes walking to the airport. I asked, "I wonder what kind of a pilot he is?" The driver didn't miss a beat and said, "A poor one."
I was a tool for not picking him up, wish I had that to do over.
I always like the clearance that included a 350nm leg on a NDB bearing.
We had a car and a driver for transportation around the city and to and from the airport. On the way to the airport, we passed a pilot with one or two stripes walking to the airport. I asked, "I wonder what kind of a pilot he is?" The driver didn't miss a beat and said, "A poor one."
I was a tool for not picking him up, wish I had that to do over.
07-31-2012 | 06:08 PM
#2180
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Two things:
APA put out years ago, "Junior Manning is a pilot IQ test."
and
After 30 years, I don't need an ignore button to ignore a FA. I fly with mostly the same group, so there are FA's I respect, listen to, take advice from on occasion and FA's that walk onto my aircraft that I don't hear a word they say.
Now that may be bad in an emergency, but, in my experience, those FA's I push the mental "ignore" button on, usually create emergencies.
Coming into DEN, early, we were, of course, advised we would have to wait 30 minutes for a gate. Below sterile, the "B" FA calls and says, "We have a woman vomiting blood." I call Company and viola, we have a gate.
In the "good old days" you could listen to the conversation between FA's. The "A" called the "B" and asked what was up? The "B" said a woman is vomiting blood. The "A" FA asked, "Is that the one that drank so much red wine?"
I kept that conversation to myself and we got in 30 early - with a gate. The "B" went on my "ignore" list.
APA put out years ago, "Junior Manning is a pilot IQ test."
and
After 30 years, I don't need an ignore button to ignore a FA. I fly with mostly the same group, so there are FA's I respect, listen to, take advice from on occasion and FA's that walk onto my aircraft that I don't hear a word they say.
Now that may be bad in an emergency, but, in my experience, those FA's I push the mental "ignore" button on, usually create emergencies.
Coming into DEN, early, we were, of course, advised we would have to wait 30 minutes for a gate. Below sterile, the "B" FA calls and says, "We have a woman vomiting blood." I call Company and viola, we have a gate.
In the "good old days" you could listen to the conversation between FA's. The "A" called the "B" and asked what was up? The "B" said a woman is vomiting blood. The "A" FA asked, "Is that the one that drank so much red wine?"
I kept that conversation to myself and we got in 30 early - with a gate. The "B" went on my "ignore" list.
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