Originally Posted by DENpilot (Post 2033772)

TOTD to the pilot walking around concourse A in Denver this morning with mistletoe taped onto the brim of his hat.

Originally Posted by cardiomd (Post 2033560)

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Originally Posted by Albief15 (Post 2034250)

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Originally Posted by cardiomd (Post 2033560)

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Originally Posted by Albief15 (Post 2034250)

You really don't add much value here. Even your Yeager quote is asinine. You have just enough knowledge of aviation to not know a damn thing about what 99% of the guys on here really do day to day.

For what its worth, a T-38 used to have an AOA indicator. It was a very nice visual backup to the tactile vibration the jet transmitted at various levels of AOA. The indicator in the F-15 was not used in tactical maneuvering, but was an invaluable tool in AHC and BFM instruction when I could show a pilot on tape review the energy state and AOA at various points in a maneuver or engagement.

Yeagher was made a saint by "The Right Stuff". Most who have worked with the guy will tell you he is an arrogant ass, and a good pilot. Bob Hoover is an outstanding pilot, and an ambassador for pilots everywhere. Be Bob Hoover. Wannabes worship Yeagher. Real professionals in the industry respect and emulate Hoover.

I don't know jack-**** about angioplasty, valve replacements, or other cardiac related matters. I would never attempt to substitute the books I've read, the aerospace physiology training I've done, or my experiences with friends or family for a consultation with an MD who was an expert in his field. As a pilot who has flown 36 years, including lots of time in GA, military fighter operations, and various airline types , I can tell you that the differences between the genres are deep, pronounced, and not subtle. When you start to make pronouncements and declarations about stuff you really don't understand, you reveal a brash overconfidence in your own experience and a condescending tone towards those who take their craft as seriously as you do.

If there was a nicer way to tell you to S-T-F-U, I'd try to do it. That's about as nicely as I can put it.

Originally Posted by deadseal (Post 2034458)

By the way it's retarded that some chick tried to get her boyfriend through. We all know it. Yeager was an ass. We all know it. Bob Hoover was just a dude. We all know it. And guns have no place on a flight deck. We all know it. Are you gonna take pot shots through the peep hole? Give me a break. Anyone who has a gun on the flight deck is lacking something in their pants to compensate for.
Troll la troll la troll!

Originally Posted by GucciBoy (Post 2034281)

Or maybe they're just trying to be nice. Maybe they understand a lot of dudes are stuck. Maybe they're trying to make you feel like if they had anything to do with it they'd be glad to have you next to them up front. Sorry your butt hurts. Merry Christmas.

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Originally Posted by mooney (Post 2034350)

It was very much his business! Please explain how a non crew member, going through KCM with zero or a half assed bag check screening is not the business of ANY flight crew? If you saw a regular pax sneak thru security would that not be any of your business either? Plus as has been said it is idiots like that that screw it up for the rest of us.

Originally Posted by CloudShredder (Post 2034495)

Heard this one play out on the radio the other month.

"Airline #### descend at pilot's discretion and maintain FL340."
"PD to 340, Airline ####"
*a few minutes pass by*
"Airline #### descend and maintain FL340."
"Descend and maintain FL340 now, Airline ####"
"I thought you you said pilots discretion, which means WE descend when WE WANT down to 340!"
"Airline ####, affirmative, but now I need you to descend to FL340 due to converging traffic that would be hazardous to your health."
*In the most sarcastic tone possible* "Ohhhh Okayyyy I guess we'll descend to FL340 for our healthhh...."

Way to berate the controller for doing his job...

Originally Posted by encore (Post 2034524)

I feel like I've been hearing more and more of this kind of stuff as time goes by.