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12-11-2007 | 08:06 AM
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When I was jumpseating back to work, I boarded first because I wanted to introduce myself to the crew. I took my seat and they started boarding the passengers. One of the passengers asked me, "Aren't you supposed to be in the front of the plane?" I told her that the FAA was doing an experiment on psycho-kinetic energy and I was flying the plane using the power of my mind.
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12-11-2007 | 08:25 AM
#42
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From: Tool-Box, old man
Does it bother any of you other lowly FO's when people ask if you're the co-pilot? It's obvious they think we do nothing...borders on disrespectful, even.
The other day in the crew-lounge I heard another FO refer to us as co-pilots too and I wanted to slap him LoL what a tool!!
The other day in the crew-lounge I heard another FO refer to us as co-pilots too and I wanted to slap him LoL what a tool!!
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P.S. If it really does bother you, I hope that you will refer to your "assistant" as First Officer after you check out as Captain, El Jeffe, Boss man, Pilot, Old man, HMFWIC, ect, ect.
12-11-2007 | 08:33 AM
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I once was asked via the fa by a passenger to go back and get her babys bottle from the carryon she just left at the bottom of the stairs she turned around and asked the fa if I was old enough to fly the plane
12-11-2007 | 08:35 AM
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also I was told by an fa that during a single engine taxi in iah a passenger asked if we were going to start the other engine. She just turned around and told the pax that we were going to fly on one engine to save some fuel LOL
12-11-2007 | 09:42 AM
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I think you're being a little over-sensetive, EAB. First Officer, F/O, Number one, Right-seater, Co-Pilot, Gear Jerker, Radio boy, Monkey boy, it's all the same. As long as the checks keep coming, who cares? I was the best "lowly" co-pilot that I've ever flown with. I hope that you feel the same way too.
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P.S. If it really does bother you, I hope that you will refer to your "assistant" as First Officer after you check out as Captain, El Jeffe, Boss man, Pilot, Old man, HMFWIC, ect, ect.
fbh
P.S. If it really does bother you, I hope that you will refer to your "assistant" as First Officer after you check out as Captain, El Jeffe, Boss man, Pilot, Old man, HMFWIC, ect, ect.
12-11-2007 | 10:10 AM
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One time I was a pax on a SWA flight from CMH to MCI, and this dumb chick in front of me was talking to her fellow passenger about how stupid it was that the Kansas City airport was actually in Missouri...most people know that Kansas City proper is in Missouri, not Kansas.
Also I was once on an Air India 74 from ORD to LHR, and this chick from rural Tennessee beside me who had never flown before literally starting crying out loud and saying she wanted to get off the plane after an APU malfunction caused the lights to flicker. I was trying not to laugh.
Also I was once on an Air India 74 from ORD to LHR, and this chick from rural Tennessee beside me who had never flown before literally starting crying out loud and saying she wanted to get off the plane after an APU malfunction caused the lights to flicker. I was trying not to laugh.
12-11-2007 | 10:53 AM
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On my post flight there was a guy educating all of the other passengers about airplanes while waiting for their plane-side bags, talking about how fast they go. He stopped me and asked me how fast the plane went. I looked at him and said, "fifteen thousand miles per hour". He turns around and said, "Wow you see. These new planes are really fast."
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12-11-2007 | 11:55 AM
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Also I was once on an Air India 74 from ORD to LHR, and this chick from rural Tennessee beside me who had never flown before literally starting crying out loud and saying she wanted to get off the plane after an APU malfunction caused the lights to flicker. I was trying not to laugh.
On my post flight there was a guy educating all of the other passengers about airplanes while waiting for their plane-side bags, talking about how fast they go. He stopped me and asked me how fast the plane went. I looked at him and said, "fifteen thousand miles per hour". He turns around and said, "Wow you see. These new planes are really fast."
12-11-2007 | 12:13 PM
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Why didn't they think of that?
One night in ATL when everything was running late due to low visibility, a lady ranted to her fellow pax in the gatehouse: "They ought to know better than build an airport in this fog city!"
12-11-2007 | 12:13 PM
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But I don't/have never found "co-pilot" to be offensive.
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