Don't penguins have flippers?

 

I would never let my 4 girls do that. My boy however, I don't like very much so I'd secretly hope someone runs him over.

 

Yeah, I know, right? The little jerk should be practicing to be a grown up, and playing on his iPhone 5C, while letting his sugar and testosterone levels build up to a nice crescendo during the flight, so that indignant passengers with no children can give exasperated sighs and do little non-virtual rolleyes to themselves.

If my idiot son wants to childishly play cars in the concourse, amid indignant tools, I hope he has a good time. I hope he picks a good one, because cars are really cool to him, and I hope has a blast. Then, he can do like he always does, and be a pleasure to fly with.

 

While not completely toolish, but still very annoying after a day or two. Pilots who attach themselves to your hip and want to talk to every other Crewmember you see.

Example:
Me: "hey I'm going to grab something to eat"
Other Guy: "Sure hold up i'll come with you"
(Precedes to strike up a 10 minute conversation with a buddy of his)


Example B:
Other guy: "So you going to the crewroom on our sit"
Me: "yeah probably/might doze off for a bit"
Other guy: "cool I'll probably come with you and do some stuff in the computer"
(Stops 3-4 times to talk with buddies on our way)
Me: "hey I'll catch up with you down there"
Other guy: "oh hold up ill come with you"


Anyone else ever experience this?
There should be a word for this type of complex.
Maybe Flight-Crew Separation-Anxiety Disorder or Lonesome Airline Pilot Diaspora.

 

Maybe you're just THAT cool?!?!

GJ

 

Cool of the Day?

 

I had an FA that wanted to follow the CA and me around for an entire trip. The strange part was he obviously didn't like us and could tell that we didn't like him, yet still followed us around. I remember he asked if we were going to the crew room for our long sit and in my head I said, "Only if you aren't."

 

Nope. Even I was amazed. You can't fix stupid.

 

 

I agree, not toolish so much as annoying.

I like pilots in general in that we (as a group) are generally not babble-heads. A comfortable silence works fine, unlike some other work groups to whom even 2 seconds of silence is death; there must be continuous talk at all times.

This I think connects to what you are talking about in that there are exceptions, and some guys feel like they have to talk to everybody they see and know, even if it's an inconvenience to you.

The easiest escape method - make the "telephone" signal with your hand, and pull out your phone. "Got to make a couple of calls." Then head on your merry way to some private area to read, sleep, eat, whatever.