I wondered where so many ex-EAL senior pilots went, now I know. We had some winners, too. Like the captain who told male passengers leav8ng, “keep in your pants, sir.” Or the guy with the wood chipper.

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There were a lot, and I mean a LOT, of Alex Jones supporters and believers as well. They'd tune him up on the HF and extol his wisdom whether you wanted to hear it or not.

Okay, NJA has MORE than average nuts. Been in 4 fleets this is from 1 fleet.

-“Cuban” talked about before, scraping wingtips, crashing 80K race cars, turning wrong way
-“Columbian”. Barely spoke English and has not met a limitation he didn’t think was made to be broken
-“The Bird”. Fatigued three to four times a week. That’s the only thing that made him safe. Overt racist and buried guns stock side up in backyard(claimed harder for Obama to find them)
-“Hunter”. Big game hunter, carries 8x10 glossies of his kills including Zebras and such. Lived in his moms basement, couldn’t figure out why that kept him from dating.
-“Rico”. Self professed ladies man, slept with anything and anyone who crossed his path.
-“Trumpet” traveled with a trumpet and LOVED to play it on airplane waiting for pax.
-“In N Out”. This dude was so bad the FAA pulled his file and he failed a 709 ride. No longer employed.
-“Preacher”. Self professed preacher who claims the earth is 2K years old and they faked the moon landing. Also claimed that Obama set up a Concentration Camp in MT.
-at least five total preppers. Always easy to find by looking at footwear. Usually sported black boots for easy of getaway in case the earth ended
-“Philly”. Former military guy who was so bad he only flew about 60 hours a year as even the company tried to keep him under control.
-“Old Man” one of the oldest pilots around. Was night blind and refused to admit it. Every time he sat down the smell of diapers went through the cockpit.
-“smoker” he likes to smoke on airplanes, switched to vaping but that didn’t help as he used vanilla bean vape. Always vaping.

That’s one fleet. Wait till you hear who was in the senior fleet.....

That sounds like a comic book theme pitch. True or not, that's good writing!

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LMAO!

I was there for a looong time. There were a few odd ducks like there are anywhere, but fortunately I never flew with anyone like those described above. Ninety percent were great people and great pilots.

Sleepy- - Fell asleep in the cockpit at the drop of a hat. Cruise, top of descent, at the hold short line...whenever. Dozens of pics out there. Personally referred him to FDAC, whitewashed back to the line.

Thumper - - As we flew over the Grand Canyon, he told me (with a straight face) “you know, there are scientists who say it’s possible the Colorado river could have cut the Canyon in as few as 600 years...” Air Force ring knocker with 26 years of service and retired as an O-4?

Kaiser - - Teutonic go-getter that I watched completely disassemble, repair, and reassemble a defective cabin seat. To be fair, he was an A&P. He also insisted water was only for “washing your teeth.”

The Tick - - Former pilot of one of NJ’s earliest and biggest “fractionalized” customers. Thought his stuff smelled sweeter than most and had a unique knack for pi$$ing off FA’s, co-pilots, waitresses and hotel clerks beyond anyone I’ve ever seen before.

The Mercenary - - Viet Nam helicopter pilot that volunteered for THREE combat tours in country despite being shot down multiple times and then flew as a merc in the Belgian Congo war. Loves showing his bullet wound scars on his arms. Still flogging it in his 70’s and almost universally despised by co-pilots.

Just a few of the more “colorful” characters I’ve experienced sprinkled among some of the coolest and best pilots I’ve ever worked with.

Ugh, the nonstop political guys are exhausting. There was one guy in the Excel who just wasn't capable of having a conversation, or talking about anything else other than his right-wing talking points. Initially I thought he wanted to debate, but no... he just wanted to rant. On, and on, and on.

I finally just switched off the intercom on a long flight after about half an hour of this, and every time I looked over, he was still talking and gesturing wildly, all to himself. He didn't notice that I was no longer part of the conversation. For three hours.

Would you be speaking about CH resident conspiracy wack job from sfo?

LOL, no, I know who you're talking about but I never had the "pleasure." This one lives in Vegas.

He's also incapable of picking up the "I need to leave" social cue. He'll corner you and just keep talking. You can literally say, "I need to leave, my passengers are here," and it won't register. You have to get up and walk away from him while he's still talking, or you'll be there all day.

If my memory serves me correctly that was a guy from up in the Northeast. I think the wife/victim was a FA for Pan Am or something.


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