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Old 04-17-2012, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by cni187 View Post
I'm 35 and was deadheading next to a 15 yr old high school chick who wouldn't stop asking me questions in that horrible high school speak, "So is it LIKE scary flying a plane?" AWKWARD!!

sooo many bad and inappropriate innuendos.......ill refrain
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Old 04-17-2012, 05:53 AM
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The captain on my last trip who took both the takeoff and landing on our legs even though I was to expire in 8 days.......
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Old 04-17-2012, 05:59 AM
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That was fairly common with MSP330As. Got the old "I had to wait 25 years to be a widebody capt" a couple of times. DTW was much better as most of those guys had been widebody capts for a decade or more..Also were a lot more fun on layovers.



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The captain on my last trip who took both the takeoff and landing on our legs even though I was to expire in 8 days.......
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:02 AM
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Originally Posted by NWA320pilot View Post
The captain on my last trip who took both the takeoff and landing on our legs even though I was to expire in 8 days.......
On the ER a few months back, I had a this Captain that was raving about how beautiful the 767-300 ER flew and the power and roll response it had and how much he would rather fly the ER than the 75. He asked me what I thought about the ER, I told him "the ER has the best set of Radios in the Fleet!" He didn't get it!
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:03 AM
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When jumpseating the captain introduces himself as "Hi, I'm CAPTAIN *&^%". Duh!!!!!!!! Or the ones who only introduce themselves on the welcome PA without mentioning the REST of the crew! BTW, when giving the weather report, how many passengers know what a "broken cloud" or "6 KNOTS" is? I asked a guy who used to do that and he said EVERYONE knows.............so we asked five FA's and not one single one of them knew! (He changed his PA after that)...............so he's NOT a tool anymore.....LOL
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:35 AM
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Me... Because I learned Morse code from that guy, and I still remember it to this day...


Originally Posted by Gearjerk View Post
Flew with a Captain at my prior Regional airline, whom married a flight attendant, and wore his Captain uniform to the wedding. (Similar to someone wearing their "Military Dress uniform" instead of a tux.)

En route he used to brag about being able to teach someone Morse code in less than 20 minutes, and giving the reason why spiders' legs curled their bodies when they died. (Answer - Spider has an eight ventricle heart, one for each leg, and when they died, their legs each curled around its body.)

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Old 04-17-2012, 06:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8 View Post
DAL had a "tool of the decade", a certain SVP that would never fly, except when there was something new or interesting going on, and so he'd be trained on that airplane, flying that inaugural.

I hear he showed up for very difficult negotiations on pre-BK paycuts in a new Aston Martin, or something like it, and wanted to talk about his car.
ALPA's update on him was really funny. Something along the lines of "He left Delta to spend more time with his family. After six months his family must have had all they could stand and he was next employed at United." (or something like that)

At United he instantly promoted himself to "Captain" which caused some consternation among those who had paid there dues and earned their Captain position. Not sure how that was resolved.

Yes, the idea of driving a new Aston Martin to negotiations demanding pilot pay cuts was typical of management in that era. At our division we had a manager who had his own parking space and would alternate between a V12 Mercedes Convertible and his 6 Series Cabriolet. (Not sure if it was a real "M" car, but it had all the stuff on it)
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Brocc15 View Post
The deadhead pilot that kept talking to a girl behind him inviting her to sit next to him, using pick up lines like "you could be my future ex wife." .... She was so obviously uncomfortable and not interested. I was deadheading as well and was embarrassed for all pilotkind.
Originally Posted by cni187 View Post
I'm 35 and was deadheading next to a 15 yr old high school chick who wouldn't stop asking me questions in that horrible high school speak, "So is it LIKE scary flying a plane?" AWKWARD!!
So are you saying this 15 y/o high school chick was trying to pick you up?
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar View Post
ALPA's update on him was really funny. Something along the lines of "He left Delta to spend more time with his family. After six months his family must have had all they could stand and he was next employed at United." (or something like that)

At United he instantly promoted himself to "Captain" which caused some consternation among those who had paid there dues and earned their Captain position. Not sure how that was resolved.

Yes, the idea of driving a new Aston Martin to negotiations demanding pilot pay cuts was typical of management in that era. At our division we had a manager who had his own parking space and would alternate between a V12 Mercedes Convertible and his 6 Series Cabriolet. (Not sure if it was a real "M" car, but it had all the stuff on it)
That SVP went to MidEx for a stint, and then left for UAL with no notice. The UALALPA MEC drafted a resolution which forbade him from flying revenue flight for UAL.
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Old 04-17-2012, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by acl65pilot View Post
That SVP went to MidEx for a stint, and then left for UAL with no notice. The UALALPA MEC drafted a resolution which forbade him from flying revenue flight for UAL.
What I can't figure out is where all the millions in bonus money goes.

Our M6, SL600, driving "you Line Check Airmen are bleeding this Company dry" friend was last seen managing a flight school. Ironically working for a former LCA.
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