Stories from the jump seat
09-07-2017, 05:02 PM
#281
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2013
Posts: 539
Originally Posted by rickair7777
I know of a certain bottom-feeder regional where new-hire reserve FA's were sent on weeks-long road trips, and cleaning panties in the coffee-maker was recommended by the instructors. You heat up the water, add hotel shampoo, slosh and marinate for a while.
I know some of you think I'm kidding.
Doesn't work with K-cup or the like....
I know some of you think I'm kidding.
Doesn't work with K-cup or the like....
09-08-2017, 05:09 PM
#284
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Joined APC: Mar 2013
Posts: 539
Originally Posted by captjns
Go commando!
A "friend" had a can of chili earlier that day. At some point I er I mean he, felt the need to pass gas. What in reality was some bubbly sphincter juice. Well, by the time my friend made it to the bathroom, the boxers were soiled. He left them in a stall hanging from an unused pipe. Well, the rest of IOE that day was spent serving as a commando.
Moral of the story is this, chili is a bad idea!
09-09-2017, 12:11 AM
#285
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: B-737NG preferably in first class with a glass of champagne and caviar
Posts: 5,912
Originally Posted by NeverHome
So true story,
A "friend" had a can of chili earlier that day. At some point I er I mean he, felt the need to pass gas. What in reality was some bubbly sphincter juice. Well, by the time my friend made it to the bathroom, the boxers were soiled. He left them in a stall hanging from an unused pipe. Well, the rest of IOE that day was spent serving as a commando.
Moral of the story is this, chili is a bad idea!
A "friend" had a can of chili earlier that day. At some point I er I mean he, felt the need to pass gas. What in reality was some bubbly sphincter juice. Well, by the time my friend made it to the bathroom, the boxers were soiled. He left them in a stall hanging from an unused pipe. Well, the rest of IOE that day was spent serving as a commando.
Moral of the story is this, chili is a bad idea!
09-16-2017, 05:14 PM
#286
Feeling blessed.
Joined APC: Feb 2005
Position: Was I finally in the right place at the right time?
Posts: 537
Bad first, then good, then ugly, then good.
04/03/08
Bad. Got the call in the hotel from Abe at about 6am as I was about to leave. We had ceased operations. Rushed to the airport to catch the first flight out before AA shut the JS off, as I expected them to do.
Good. The agent had heard, but signed me up for it anyway. Another AA guy came up to the gate. He was positive space as he was headed for training. Flight was full, but he would do what he could do to get me on. Time drags. At the last minute, he comes out to tell me I'm on. The captain was cool, and I would ride in the back.
Ugly. Turns out, that I had rode in that captain's JS the week before, but the FO had a problem with me. He was calling the GSW puzzle-palace to make sure all was OK. Kinda wasn't. Jerk.
Good. CA and DH were cool. DH took the JS, I rode in the middle seat in the very last row of an MD-80. It turns out, I was the last ATA pilot to ride on an AA JS. They shut it off after me.
Gooder. I was comped two Bloody Mary's on the ride home. I told the PAX my story and that this would be the only time they would ever see a pilot drinking in uniform. My TZ FA wife and I got pretty tore up when I got home.
-TZ Warrior, the origional TZ.
Bad. Got the call in the hotel from Abe at about 6am as I was about to leave. We had ceased operations. Rushed to the airport to catch the first flight out before AA shut the JS off, as I expected them to do.
Good. The agent had heard, but signed me up for it anyway. Another AA guy came up to the gate. He was positive space as he was headed for training. Flight was full, but he would do what he could do to get me on. Time drags. At the last minute, he comes out to tell me I'm on. The captain was cool, and I would ride in the back.
Ugly. Turns out, that I had rode in that captain's JS the week before, but the FO had a problem with me. He was calling the GSW puzzle-palace to make sure all was OK. Kinda wasn't. Jerk.
Good. CA and DH were cool. DH took the JS, I rode in the middle seat in the very last row of an MD-80. It turns out, I was the last ATA pilot to ride on an AA JS. They shut it off after me.
Gooder. I was comped two Bloody Mary's on the ride home. I told the PAX my story and that this would be the only time they would ever see a pilot drinking in uniform. My TZ FA wife and I got pretty tore up when I got home.
-TZ Warrior, the origional TZ.
09-17-2017, 03:58 AM
#287
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Airbus 320 Right Seat
Posts: 1,440
Originally Posted by HalinTexas
04/03/08
Bad. Got the call in the hotel from Abe at about 6am as I was about to leave. We had ceased operations. Rushed to the airport to catch the first flight out before AA shut the JS off, as I expected them to do.
Good. The agent had heard, but signed me up for it anyway. Another AA guy came up to the gate. He was positive space as he was headed for training. Flight was full, but he would do what he could do to get me on. Time drags. At the last minute, he comes out to tell me I'm on. The captain was cool, and I would ride in the back.
Ugly. Turns out, that I had rode in that captain's JS the week before, but the FO had a problem with me. He was calling the GSW puzzle-palace to make sure all was OK. Kinda wasn't. Jerk.
Good. CA and DH were cool. DH took the JS, I rode in the middle seat in the very last row of an MD-80. It turns out, I was the last ATA pilot to ride on an AA JS. They shut it off after me.
Gooder. I was comped two Bloody Mary's on the ride home. I told the PAX my story and that this would be the only time they would ever see a pilot drinking in uniform. My TZ FA wife and I got pretty tore up when I got home.
-TZ Warrior, the origional TZ.
Bad. Got the call in the hotel from Abe at about 6am as I was about to leave. We had ceased operations. Rushed to the airport to catch the first flight out before AA shut the JS off, as I expected them to do.
Good. The agent had heard, but signed me up for it anyway. Another AA guy came up to the gate. He was positive space as he was headed for training. Flight was full, but he would do what he could do to get me on. Time drags. At the last minute, he comes out to tell me I'm on. The captain was cool, and I would ride in the back.
Ugly. Turns out, that I had rode in that captain's JS the week before, but the FO had a problem with me. He was calling the GSW puzzle-palace to make sure all was OK. Kinda wasn't. Jerk.
Good. CA and DH were cool. DH took the JS, I rode in the middle seat in the very last row of an MD-80. It turns out, I was the last ATA pilot to ride on an AA JS. They shut it off after me.
Gooder. I was comped two Bloody Mary's on the ride home. I told the PAX my story and that this would be the only time they would ever see a pilot drinking in uniform. My TZ FA wife and I got pretty tore up when I got home.
-TZ Warrior, the origional TZ.
Pretty wild stuff , I heard a few ATA stories over the years abiut where guys were at the time of the cease , including South America figuring out ways to get home .
09-17-2017, 07:50 AM
#288
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Joined APC: Apr 2015
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Posts: 114
In the 777 from ORD-DFW after 9/11, I'm a rj Captain and am trying to go home. I come on board introduce myself exchange pleasantries and take the Jumpseat behind the F/O. I work for the regional that has a flow up, "flush back" with AA. About half way through the flight the F/O starts going of on me about rjs and attacking me personally. Me being one not to ruffle feathers, I just let him rant, the rant never stops. I have had enough at which point I lean up close to him and let him know he should be careful as I could be a furloughed AA pilot. As I finish I glance at the captain who is about double over laughing, as he looks at me with a nice one smile and nod. Needless to say the F/O stared straight ahead the rest of the flight and never said another word.
09-17-2017, 05:48 PM
#289
On Reserve
Joined APC: Apr 2016
Posts: 11
"Everybody we've been at war with since 1945 has used soviet hardware.
Air combat training today still focuses on migs and sukhois"
Gee, thanks. I was in half a dozen conflicts as a non-sked defense contractor. Have you, (or said MD-80 Capt) seen any MIGs, outside of Red Flag, or an air show?
I'd guess not.
Air combat training today still focuses on migs and sukhois"
Gee, thanks. I was in half a dozen conflicts as a non-sked defense contractor. Have you, (or said MD-80 Capt) seen any MIGs, outside of Red Flag, or an air show?
I'd guess not.
09-17-2017, 06:23 PM
#290
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Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,289
Originally Posted by Aqua
"Everybody we've been at war with since 1945 has used soviet hardware.
Air combat training today still focuses on migs and sukhois"
Gee, thanks. I was in half a dozen conflicts as a non-sked defense contractor. Have you, (or said MD-80 Capt) seen any MIGs, outside of Red Flag, or an air show?
I'd guess not.
Air combat training today still focuses on migs and sukhois"
Gee, thanks. I was in half a dozen conflicts as a non-sked defense contractor. Have you, (or said MD-80 Capt) seen any MIGs, outside of Red Flag, or an air show?
I'd guess not.
I don't think your experience in supplemental ops has any bearing on how we conduct military training.
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