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Old 04-27-2012, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Why wouldn't you look out the peep hole? It's there in case the FA is being held at gun point, isn't it?
I always do look out the peep hole like everyone else. It goes without saying. I guess you missed my point
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Old 04-27-2012, 05:30 PM
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I always do look out the peep hole like everyone else. It goes without saying. I guess you missed my point
Some guys are too lazy to look out, and the CA had probably recently seen it. I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Old 04-27-2012, 07:23 PM
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People who fight the inevitability of the word "irregardless."

Just accept it. Its happening.
When in doubt I recommend Bill Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words.
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Old 04-27-2012, 07:53 PM
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Don't bunch all the bugs together, for lady pilots this is no problem but to separate the damn bugs is a hassle when you don't have long nails, I'm not going to forget to set my speeds.
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Old 04-27-2012, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8 View Post
I noticed there are temporary tools, and tool places. Take, for example, the pit of dispair, the ATL crew lounge. You take a perfectly normal pilot, say a pilot that would acknowledge another pilot anywhere else in the world, and put them down there for, oh, five minutes... TOOL.

You can experience this by walking in quickly, before you yourself turn into a complete TOOL, and send out a little "hey, how you doing" to one of the tools walking around around like he has a broom up his [bleep!]. If they glare at you, full of indignation, you know they've been there long enough.

If they try desperately to avoid eye contact, like a sad depressed Goth teenager, or a feral cat, then you know you're in the DTW crew lounge.

If everyone is more tanned, and more friendly than you, and all they want to do is make eye contact with you, but ever so briefly, and then they immediately forget what they were doing, because someone else comes along, you're in LA.

If they do all of the above within the span of a microsecond, and then they want to hear more about that feral cat, then you're in a Flight Attendant lounge.
APC post of the year! So true. And it takes an LA guy to corroborate it. What's up with the tools (collectively) in that dungeon of a pilot lounge in ATL? They scare me.
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Old 04-27-2012, 07:58 PM
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How about the guy who cuts his fingernails in the cockpit, letting the clippings fly all over the place - especially if you are eating!

Scoop - Seen it happen.
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Old 04-27-2012, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by mike734 View Post
Why wouldn't you look out the peep hole? It's there in case the FA is being held at gun point, isn't it?
No, we don't worry about that. Normally the stench of soiled cat litter repels the terrorist. All we want to do is pee pee.
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Old 04-27-2012, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by forgot to bid View Post
Not exactly a Tool thing, but just an irritating terms:
  • "breads and cheeses."
  • "fresh fish."
  • "authentic Italian."

I'll use them in sentences:

Annoying flight attendant: "The Captain bought some breads and cheeses and we put out a spread in the hotel crew room and drank wine..." or "Who wants to get the breads and cheeses?" I believe it's correct to say breads and cheeses, it just sounds so pretentious.

Again, the flight attendant speaking on the van at 11pm at night: "Excuse me van driver, do you know where I can get some FRESH fish? I really just want some FRESH FISH. It's hard to find a place with good FRESH fish." How do you know it's fresh?

Lastly: "We need to find some authentic Italian. Excuse me van driver, is there an authentic Italian place around here?" When you're walking around Milan looking for authentic Italian... well... they're all authentic to me at that point.

Again not Tools, just annoying terms.
You're killing me! You're quite erudite to have that take on the breads and cheeses...I would have guessed theys just gots poor schoolin'.
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Old 04-27-2012, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Sink r8 View Post
I noticed there are temporary tools, and tool places. Take, for example, the pit of dispair, the ATL crew lounge. You take a perfectly normal pilot, say a pilot that would acknowledge another pilot anywhere else in the world, and put them down there for, oh, five minutes... TOOL.

You can experience this by walking in quickly, before you yourself turn into a complete TOOL, and send out a little "hey, how you doing" to one of the tools walking around around like he has a broom up his [bleep!]. If they glare at you, full of indignation, you know they've been there long enough.
And I thought I was the only one who got this treatment (yes, in ATL). "How ya doing?" [crickets] Did I not say that loud enough for him to hear me? I'm pretty sure I spoke loud enough. What's his deal? Oh, well.
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Old 04-28-2012, 01:45 AM
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