Yep. I plumbed on the L1011 for a few years and flew often with a Captain who would rather swallow razor blades than tell the truth. The crazy thing was that he was as rich as Midas. Owned a company that leased surplus military equipment to movie makers. Came from a rich Memphis family who owned car dealerships, a nationally branded family company (he was on the BOD), and apparently 1/2 of West TN. And he had quite an amazing flying background that needed no embellishment (F104's, F84s).

Yet, he lied about everything. I listened to the same stories change every month and eventually I came to the conclusion that everyone had - he didn't really know what the truth was anymore. Sad tool.

Speaking of guys who talk about their qualifications, we have an FO who is a retired Navy Captain. Before a flight he walks through first class introducing himself to the passengers as Captain so and so. Tool.

The ones interested in background and experience are the ones jabbering on the PA.:mad:

Announcing your flying hours/history may be tool-ish, BUT I'm willing to bet customers would rather hear that than, "I'm Captain xxxxx who's got 40 hours on this bird, am still on IOE which, btw is being conducted under the tutelage of Captain xxxxxxx, who's doing his first ever IOE.....

YES!!!!!!!! Pax could care less and any pilots on board just hope it stops sooner than later. Resumes are for people looking for work, not for those who have a job to read over the PA.

All PA's are outlined in Flight Manual part 1. Thats what the boss wants, thats what the pax get.

Damn....that's pretty bad.

That happened to me right next to Houston Hobby. Police officer said the hotel had a bar and recommended a beer there as opposed to getting mugged.

Although it's not a requirement, it is strongly suggested that all captains at Delta do that.

Yeah but he's taking about a first officer to do that on his own. Whole different bag of marbles there. A captain has a little more discretion for that type of thing and there's nothing toolish about that.