Bad Commuting Stories
02-18-2008, 07:35 AM
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Bad Commuting Stories
Didnt have time to post this on thursday when it happened...but I was curious if anyone has any bad stories about trying to catch a ride to work/home
I had to do a 2 leg commute on thursday, ISP-BOS in a Colgan 1900 and then BOS-PHL in an Airways 733. The Colgan guys were awesome...really nice guys. The Airways Captain??? Not so much...
Theres like 60 seats open on the the 73...I say hello to the lead FA and ask if I can run up to the flight deck to say hi...the FO was in there...really nice guy...as im leaving the Captain makes his way in...I introduce myself...shake his hand and thank him for the ride. He goes "Your with AWAC?"...i say "Sure Am"..he goes "Well Take That FREAKING ALPA Lanyard Off!"...I just kinda laughed and right away he snaps back saying "Im FREAKING Serious....If You Want a Ride on my Airplane, You'll Take that Thing off RIGHT NOW!"
Shocked I unclipped my ID and put the lanyard in my pocket..."Dont Let Me Catch You Wearing That FREAKING Thing When We Land" I thank him again for the ride and go back to take my seat....I can hear him cussing me out about how I should know better. The FA's apologized for him.
I mean I know ALPA screwed the East Side Guys....But that was just uncalled for. Anyway...rant over. Anyone else have anything to share???
I had to do a 2 leg commute on thursday, ISP-BOS in a Colgan 1900 and then BOS-PHL in an Airways 733. The Colgan guys were awesome...really nice guys. The Airways Captain??? Not so much...
Theres like 60 seats open on the the 73...I say hello to the lead FA and ask if I can run up to the flight deck to say hi...the FO was in there...really nice guy...as im leaving the Captain makes his way in...I introduce myself...shake his hand and thank him for the ride. He goes "Your with AWAC?"...i say "Sure Am"..he goes "Well Take That FREAKING ALPA Lanyard Off!"...I just kinda laughed and right away he snaps back saying "Im FREAKING Serious....If You Want a Ride on my Airplane, You'll Take that Thing off RIGHT NOW!"
Shocked I unclipped my ID and put the lanyard in my pocket..."Dont Let Me Catch You Wearing That FREAKING Thing When We Land" I thank him again for the ride and go back to take my seat....I can hear him cussing me out about how I should know better. The FA's apologized for him.
I mean I know ALPA screwed the East Side Guys....But that was just uncalled for. Anyway...rant over. Anyone else have anything to share???
02-18-2008, 07:41 AM
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Wow...
I had a CAL guy give me a 20 minute lecture, while JSing from IAH to SFO up front on a 757, about how ALPA isa good-for-nothing bunch of politicians. Needless to say, I looked him up later that night and sure enough, he's a member of "the list".
... eh, no skin off my back, it was a free ride home.
I had a CAL guy give me a 20 minute lecture, while JSing from IAH to SFO up front on a 757, about how ALPA isa good-for-nothing bunch of politicians. Needless to say, I looked him up later that night and sure enough, he's a member of "the list".
... eh, no skin off my back, it was a free ride home.
02-18-2008, 07:59 AM
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Never had a problem with flight crew, but did have a funny incident with a flight attendant.
J/S from Narita to MSP about 7 or 8 years ago. I meet the crew at the gate, do the paperwork with the Captain and he tells me to check in with the F/A's and I'm welcome to sit in the cabin. Usually they give us a seat in Business or First if one is available, but regs only stipulate Coach. Anyway, I'm waiting by the entrance to the aircraft in the jetway before boarding and one of the flight attendants says to come on in, that there is lots of room on the flight and it's ok for me to board before the passengers. So she takes me to a coat closet where the F/A's stick their bags and stuff and tells me to put my bag in there, which I do, then she escorts me to a seat in business class and says I can sit there. So I thank her and settle in. The passengers come aboard. Coach is packed to the gills, business is about half full, and First is nearly empty. I'm dozing in my seat just prior to pushback and I feel this tapping on my shoulder. It is the senior F/A, old enough to be my grandmother's 3rd grade teacher, motioning me to follow her. She leads me to the closet where my bag is and says, "This closet is for OUR bags. You are not allowed to put your bag in here. Get it out!" So I pull my bag out. Then she says "Follow me." She leads me back into the bowels of coach...way in the back, to the only empty seat, in the middle row. So naturally all the overhead storage is full and I have to cram my bag under the seat in front of me (it barely fit) and then wedge myself in to my new "seat". We take off and I am sleeping when I feel another "tap" on my shoulder. It's the captain. He says, "What the heck are you doing back here?!" I tell him the story and he gets this big grin on his face and says to wait just a min or two. About 5 mins later, that same F/A who initially escorted me into business comes back and apologizes and tells me to follow her and up we go to First Class. Me and one other person.
The rest of my flight was absolutely perfect. Turns out the senior F/A was a "pilot hater". She just took it out on me.
Oh well, the main point is to maintain your composure and don't ruin it for the rest of the guys at your airline by making a scene.
J/S from Narita to MSP about 7 or 8 years ago. I meet the crew at the gate, do the paperwork with the Captain and he tells me to check in with the F/A's and I'm welcome to sit in the cabin. Usually they give us a seat in Business or First if one is available, but regs only stipulate Coach. Anyway, I'm waiting by the entrance to the aircraft in the jetway before boarding and one of the flight attendants says to come on in, that there is lots of room on the flight and it's ok for me to board before the passengers. So she takes me to a coat closet where the F/A's stick their bags and stuff and tells me to put my bag in there, which I do, then she escorts me to a seat in business class and says I can sit there. So I thank her and settle in. The passengers come aboard. Coach is packed to the gills, business is about half full, and First is nearly empty. I'm dozing in my seat just prior to pushback and I feel this tapping on my shoulder. It is the senior F/A, old enough to be my grandmother's 3rd grade teacher, motioning me to follow her. She leads me to the closet where my bag is and says, "This closet is for OUR bags. You are not allowed to put your bag in here. Get it out!" So I pull my bag out. Then she says "Follow me." She leads me back into the bowels of coach...way in the back, to the only empty seat, in the middle row. So naturally all the overhead storage is full and I have to cram my bag under the seat in front of me (it barely fit) and then wedge myself in to my new "seat". We take off and I am sleeping when I feel another "tap" on my shoulder. It's the captain. He says, "What the heck are you doing back here?!" I tell him the story and he gets this big grin on his face and says to wait just a min or two. About 5 mins later, that same F/A who initially escorted me into business comes back and apologizes and tells me to follow her and up we go to First Class. Me and one other person.
The rest of my flight was absolutely perfect. Turns out the senior F/A was a "pilot hater". She just took it out on me.
Oh well, the main point is to maintain your composure and don't ruin it for the rest of the guys at your airline by making a scene.
02-18-2008, 08:07 AM
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I had a CAL CA refuse to take a 2nd jumpseater THE DAY after Christmas... as in Dec. 26th. Any time other than that, I could understand but c'mon, Dec. 26th?
The good side of the story... as I was stepping off the a/c explaining to the FA where my wife was, a CAL FA in 1st Class gets up and tells me to take his seat and he'd sit in the FA JS.
The good side of the story... as I was stepping off the a/c explaining to the FA where my wife was, a CAL FA in 1st Class gets up and tells me to take his seat and he'd sit in the FA JS.
02-18-2008, 09:17 AM
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World's Longest Commute
Originally Posted by Flyboy8784
...but I was curious if anyone has any bad stories about trying to catch a ride to work/home
I soon met a guy who commuted from Chicago and several from Atlanta. I thought that was bad. Then I found that those distances were common. So with longer flights and fewer flight times, I quit pouting.
Then I met a guy who commuted from Seattle to New York. I figured that was about as far as anyone could commute. Right?
But then I met Captain Bob Alexander. He was one of those suave, old-school airline pilots, with a flashy handle-bar mustache. A very sophisticated gentleman. He had married himself a Baroness, real-life royalty. She had a big spread in Australia. Bob was 58 and a half and decided to commute for his last year and half to get his full retirement. So, he moved to her ranch in Australia. And commuted to NYC.
I joked to him one day, "Which way do you go?" He said that it depended on the connections and sometimes he went east and sometimes he went west. Sometimes he went east from Australia to NYC and then continued east to go home after his trip.
Which means that he circumnavigated the globe to get to and from work. I submit that as the longest possible commute that any airline pilot has ever endured. You can't beat it, really.
From then on, for the rest of the ten months that I had to commute, I just shut up about the "rigors" of commuting and enjoyed the convenient hourly service on the Shuttle.
02-18-2008, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by rlwagner
I started flying for Eastern Air Lines in November 1979. I lived in the DC area, but having no seniority, I got domiciled in NYC. I thought that commuting really sucked... felt pretty sorry for myself having to commute between DCA and LGA. This, at a time when the Eastern Shuttle operated every hour on the hour from 7am to 10pm and was a 30 minute ride. I didn't cry in my beer for long.
I soon met a guy who commuted from Chicago and several from Atlanta. I thought that was bad. Then I found that those distances were common. So with longer flights and fewer flight times, I quit pouting.
Then I met a guy who commuted from Seattle to New York. I figured that was about as far as anyone could commute. Right?
But then I met Captain Bob Alexander. He was one of those suave, old-school airline pilots, with a flashy handle-bar mustache. A very sophisticated gentleman. He had married himself a Baroness, real-life royalty. She had a big spread in Australia. Bob was 58 and a half and decided to commute for his last year and half to get his full retirement. So, he moved to her ranch in Australia. And commuted to NYC.
I joked to him one day, "Which way do you go?" He said that it depended on the connections and sometimes he went east and sometimes he went west. Sometimes he went east from Australia to NYC and then continued east to go home after his trip.
Which means that he circumnavigated the globe to get to and from work. I submit that as the longest possible commute that any airline pilot has ever endured. You can't beat it, really.
From then on, for the rest of the ten months that I had to commute, I just shut up about the "rigors" of commuting and enjoyed the convenient hourly service on the Shuttle.
I soon met a guy who commuted from Chicago and several from Atlanta. I thought that was bad. Then I found that those distances were common. So with longer flights and fewer flight times, I quit pouting.
Then I met a guy who commuted from Seattle to New York. I figured that was about as far as anyone could commute. Right?
But then I met Captain Bob Alexander. He was one of those suave, old-school airline pilots, with a flashy handle-bar mustache. A very sophisticated gentleman. He had married himself a Baroness, real-life royalty. She had a big spread in Australia. Bob was 58 and a half and decided to commute for his last year and half to get his full retirement. So, he moved to her ranch in Australia. And commuted to NYC.
I joked to him one day, "Which way do you go?" He said that it depended on the connections and sometimes he went east and sometimes he went west. Sometimes he went east from Australia to NYC and then continued east to go home after his trip.
Which means that he circumnavigated the globe to get to and from work. I submit that as the longest possible commute that any airline pilot has ever endured. You can't beat it, really.
From then on, for the rest of the ten months that I had to commute, I just shut up about the "rigors" of commuting and enjoyed the convenient hourly service on the Shuttle.
02-18-2008, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by rlwagner
I started flying for Eastern Air Lines in November 1979. I lived in the DC area, but having no seniority, I got domiciled in NYC. I thought that commuting really sucked... felt pretty sorry for myself having to commute between DCA and LGA. This, at a time when the Eastern Shuttle operated every hour on the hour from 7am to 10pm and was a 30 minute ride. I didn't cry in my beer for long.
I soon met a guy who commuted from Chicago and several from Atlanta. I thought that was bad. Then I found that those distances were common. So with longer flights and fewer flight times, I quit pouting.
Then I met a guy who commuted from Seattle to New York. I figured that was about as far as anyone could commute. Right?
But then I met Captain Bob Alexander. He was one of those suave, old-school airline pilots, with a flashy handle-bar mustache. A very sophisticated gentleman. He had married himself a Baroness, real-life royalty. She had a big spread in Australia. Bob was 58 and a half and decided to commute for his last year and half to get his full retirement. So, he moved to her ranch in Australia. And commuted to NYC.
I joked to him one day, "Which way do you go?" He said that it depended on the connections and sometimes he went east and sometimes he went west. Sometimes he went east from Australia to NYC and then continued east to go home after his trip.
Which means that he circumnavigated the globe to get to and from work. I submit that as the longest possible commute that any airline pilot has ever endured. You can't beat it, really.
From then on, for the rest of the ten months that I had to commute, I just shut up about the "rigors" of commuting and enjoyed the convenient hourly service on the Shuttle.
I soon met a guy who commuted from Chicago and several from Atlanta. I thought that was bad. Then I found that those distances were common. So with longer flights and fewer flight times, I quit pouting.
Then I met a guy who commuted from Seattle to New York. I figured that was about as far as anyone could commute. Right?
But then I met Captain Bob Alexander. He was one of those suave, old-school airline pilots, with a flashy handle-bar mustache. A very sophisticated gentleman. He had married himself a Baroness, real-life royalty. She had a big spread in Australia. Bob was 58 and a half and decided to commute for his last year and half to get his full retirement. So, he moved to her ranch in Australia. And commuted to NYC.
I joked to him one day, "Which way do you go?" He said that it depended on the connections and sometimes he went east and sometimes he went west. Sometimes he went east from Australia to NYC and then continued east to go home after his trip.
Which means that he circumnavigated the globe to get to and from work. I submit that as the longest possible commute that any airline pilot has ever endured. You can't beat it, really.
From then on, for the rest of the ten months that I had to commute, I just shut up about the "rigors" of commuting and enjoyed the convenient hourly service on the Shuttle.
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