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#8391
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 647
the captain who pulls out his ipad to show me his new truck equipped with a vanity license plate that says "flyboy." then proceeds to set the best econ fuel thrust setting in a crj over the rockies on a day when moderate to severe mountain wave is reported, then goes to sleep. Fun day of correcting negative trend vectors, max powering out of decreasing airspeed, and listening to flyboy sawing logs in the left seat.
#8392
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Dec 2005
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The captain who pulls out his iPad to show me his new truck equipped with a vanity license plate that says "FLYBOY." Then proceeds to set the best Econ fuel thrust setting in a CRJ over the Rockies on a day when moderate to severe mountain wave is reported, then goes to sleep. Fun day of correcting negative trend vectors, max powering out of decreasing airspeed, and listening to FLYBOY sawing logs in the left seat.
#8393
After he included the altimeter setting, wind speed and direction, cloud layer heights and so on, my captain said "Reach over and shake your neighbors hand and introduce yourself. He might save your life one day." I wanted to crawl into the ducting vents. You really can't script this stuff.
#8394
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I don't feel the need to say my name or my qualifications or where I'm from or what we are flying over or any other stupid fluff the pax really don't give a cr@p about
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#8395
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: 7th green
Posts: 4,378
Well, if you see something people are interested in, it's nice to point it out, i.e. "There's the Grand Canyon on the left." Just keep it simple. Especially when you know you have a lot of vacationers on board like going to Alaska in the summer. Then not so much when it's just business or local folks traveling who probably know the route better than you do...like to/from Alaska in the winter.
#8396
Instantly an airline guy (you could tell by that medium -pitch hum on the transmission that seems to be a Boeing thing) jumped on the radio and berated the guy for clogging up Guard. I couldn't believe my ears. I knew of a private strip close to where the fork-tail driver had reported his location, so I informed him of its position and told him I'd pass along his Mayday to Center. Guess what happened? Yup, cue the same airline guy...'YER ON GUARD.'
Fortunately the Bo guy got his engine restarted (sounded like it may have been carb ice) and diverted successfully. I wanted to punch the guy from the Guard Police, though...
#8397
I actually heard this happen last year. Guy in a Bonanza lost his engine, did a Mayday on Guard with a position report and asked if anyone knew where the nearest airport was. (This was in a rural area in the Cascades so the location of the nearest airport may not have been immediately obvious to the Bonanza driver).
Instantly an airline guy (you could tell by that medium -pitch hum on the transmission that seems to be a Boeing thing) jumped on the radio and berated the guy for clogging up Guard. I couldn't believe my ears. I knew of a private strip close to where the fork-tail driver had reported his location, so I informed him of its position and told him I'd pass along his Mayday to Center. Guess what happened? Yup, cue the same airline guy...'YER ON GUARD.'
Fortunately the Bo guy got his engine restarted (sounded like it may have been carb ice) and diverted successfully. I wanted to punch the guy from the Guard Police, though...
Instantly an airline guy (you could tell by that medium -pitch hum on the transmission that seems to be a Boeing thing) jumped on the radio and berated the guy for clogging up Guard. I couldn't believe my ears. I knew of a private strip close to where the fork-tail driver had reported his location, so I informed him of its position and told him I'd pass along his Mayday to Center. Guess what happened? Yup, cue the same airline guy...'YER ON GUARD.'
Fortunately the Bo guy got his engine restarted (sounded like it may have been carb ice) and diverted successfully. I wanted to punch the guy from the Guard Police, though...
#8398
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Joined APC: Feb 2015
Position: Downward Dog
Posts: 1,877
Welcome aboard
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Smooth/bumpy ride (altitude optional)
Current weather at destination
-Calm/light/gusty
-Clear/partly/mostly/overcast/rain/snow
-temperature
(Any delay, operational or maintenance issues)
Thanks again, welcome aboard
I don't feel the need to say my name or my qualifications or where I'm from or what we are flying over or any other stupid fluff the pax really don't give a cr@p about
Flight number
Destination
Flight time
Smooth/bumpy ride (altitude optional)
Current weather at destination
-Calm/light/gusty
-Clear/partly/mostly/overcast/rain/snow
-temperature
(Any delay, operational or maintenance issues)
Thanks again, welcome aboard
I don't feel the need to say my name or my qualifications or where I'm from or what we are flying over or any other stupid fluff the pax really don't give a cr@p about
#8399
Honestly its the bare minimum of what my FOM tells me to say, and I stick to it as brief as I can. I don't feel the need to flower it up, make myself famous, or sound like a jacka$$
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