cactusmike

3 things a good F/O says:

Clear on the right, beats the sh## out of me and...I'll take the fat one.

DaveP2

Amen to that! The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire!

av8r4aa

Load up your 401K
Go ugly early
Don't drink too much
never park the nice car at the airport
carry gum and chocolates
never **** off a gate agent
Always go and meet the F/A's (on your flight)
Never give dating/relationship advise to a F/A
Just keep saying these words I UNDERSTAND & I'M SORRY over and over
Talk to the bag smasher people.
Always say thank you to the Lav =Man
Leave the cockpit clean.

fecav8r

I always thought it was "nice landing Capt, I'll take the chiken, and I 'll take the Fat One Sir....

FlyerJosh

-From various sim instructors:
"There are only three things that will kill you quickly/instantly in an airplane... the plane coming apart at the seams, rapid decompressurization above FL300 without immediate action, not taking the time to think through any other emergency."

-"Burning engines are designed to fall off the plane. Think and fly... then fight the fire."

-From an IOE instructor:
"If you have the chance to sleep with an FA, odds are that most of the people you work with do too. Look at the people you work with... do you really want sloppy seconds?"

-From my preflight briefing to FOs: "Don't hit the trees, other airplanes, or land on the wrong runway. Paperwork after a trip is bad. Everything else is gravy."

-Learn the names of the people that can help you out. Particularly rampers and gate agents.

-Don't kill the messenger for managements shortcomings. Yelling at a ramper because you still don't have that lav service doesn't motivate them to get things done quicker. Odds are the real issue is short-staffing and other management level issues. Being the friendly/understanding crewmember often speeds service up.

-Dying early from a stroke because you lose your temper over every little uncontrollable thing is silly. Do the best YOU can. Encourage others to do the same. Everything else is just water under the bridge.

-If you're ever a manager (or god forbid an exec), remember that you succeed because of the talent of others. You fail because of your own inadequacies and (mis)decisions. (Despite what many current airline CEOs currently believe).

-Give credit where it is due, and treat each person with respect, regardless of their position.

greedyairlineexec

maybe you should get a job as an airline CEO

preludespeeder

this is one i heard that is similiar to a previous one on here:
When you are the leader of a team and the team does good it is their fault, if the team does bad then it is your fault.

Meatballs

- No guts, no glory. Too much guts, no glory.

Space Monkey

Advice one: lower your standards increase your odds.... can't say I've ever done that one myself....

2: Never dip your pin in the company ink (given to me during my Mesa interview)

3: there are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old bold pilots.

ERJ135

F. Lee Bailey keeps his twin Commanche in the hanger at my airport BVY. I had the pleasure of meeting him because he likes to take CFI's on trips with him. I have not had the opportunity to fly with him yet, though I plan on getting checked out in plane at some point. We have an examiner on the field that is insuranced qualfied to fly it. So far he is the only one other than Bailey. He has a restriction on his Med so he has to take at least student pilot with him whenever he flies. Pays pretty good too. It is a sweet plane. One of kind, WX radar, Garmin stack, I think TCAS, plus a garmin 295 mounted on each yoke. Its called the bailey bullet.