Is he still finishing it off with the offer to give the ladies his phone number, that being 1-800-HOT-CAPTAIN?

I kid you not, that's what his P.A. ended with when I was on his flight.

When he flew out to the Ike in 2010, he didn't talk about the moon unless asked but asked us how it was to fly triple cycle combat missions.

Very nice and humble man.

Yes, PLEASE show my post to the SpecOps guys you know--and pass along the thanks for their service that my pax wanted them to have!

After they embarressedly say "You're welcome" or "It is my privilege to serve" (my two normal responses), then please let them know you are too embarrassed to even mention to your pax that you served ...

I never said I needed public thanks ... You must have failed English comprehension at VMI.

The number is 1-888-HOT-CPTN.

I wish someone would call. :(

You need a cuddle?

I'd call you to come over but my dog would bite you!:eek::D

It's true. When I mention my thousands of hours of hand flown ILS's in snow storms and ice storms I get nothing.... but when I mention my two space shuttle landings in severe clear, no wind with an auto pilot doing all the work, they eat it up!:rolleyes:

If you really want to hear them cheer, on the F/O's leg, you tell them this is his first landing in the airplane, and his wife just had triplets, and he hasn't had a good night's sleep in weeks... so be kind.

And after every "Firm" landing, on taxi in, I'll pick up the mic and say, "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm sorry about that landing. It's not my fault, and it's not YOUR fault, it's the ASS Phalt!"

When did it become normal to brief passengers on past career exploits, planes flown, military vs. civilian background, what I had for breakfast, grooming habits of the FO, etc? I've been making PAs to passengers for almost 10 years now and have yet to find a tactful way let alone any need to work in the accomplishments or background of any crew member beyond names. A possible exception would be fake accomplishment (world roller derby champion, international aerial gymnast of the year, etc.) or birthday as a joke for a flight attendant or friend deadheading.

Face Book, Twitter, encourage folks to explain their existence in detail, I'm thinking this is a carry over. It started when we showed mommy our first unassisted bm........:D

Additionally, I always assume on the PA that I have at max 30 seconds to make my point before people's attention spans evaporate. That theory has served me well.

Back in the day SWA FAs didn't have any trouble keeping pax attention and no pilot would brag about someone's QV over the PA, much less their own.

Jus' sayin'...