And the baggage handlers/rampers and the mechanics, and the fuelers, and everyone else that has access to the aircraft but doesn't have to go through the security apparat except us crewmembers.

My retirement flight cancelled,I dead-headed the night before. The next day the C/P said" flaps" is coming from SNA for his F/D shower... Crew sked said" naw, his Jepps were on the counter this morning wrapped with a yellow ribbon and his uniform is hanging in the middle of the crew lounge.we think he is gone". My plaque sat in the C/P's office for two years...Talk about a bad attitude.

Nothing wrong with going out like that. When my dad retired from NWA
He didn't like the DC10 bid pack that month and said "thats it". Turned in his papers. Never told anyone. His family didn't know for 2 weeks.

Heard a good story of a Delta captain that was a few months away from retiring and was just starting a trip in ATL. There were long delays and after an hour of waiting in line he turns to his FO and says tell ground we need to go back to the gate. The FO asks why, but he just repeats that they need to go back to the gate. Once they get back and he sets the parking brake he says, that's it, I'm done and am going home.

That's awesome!

I heard a similar story about an Eastern 727 Capt. in MIA, back when Lorenzo was taking them over.

BUT...this story goes; he set the parking brake while still in the line up, got up, got his stuff, walked to the back of the plane, dropped the aft air-stairs, and walked away, across the taxiway, to his car in the parking lot by the hanger.

The Eastern story is true..what a guy...

I applaud the head-work....very efficient.

The capt that shut the engines down for 3 minutes of wings and tail deicing.

....some stations aren't engines running deice approved....