Mine goes to an Eagle pilot a couple of weeks ago who, when asked by Washington center if she was sick, replied with a nasaly "Yes, I'm sick".

Obviously left her brain at home.

Maybe not such a 'tool', but certainly a dumb statement.

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Now when you say you "tapped the altitude select knob with your pen" what you really mean is you pointed at with your breadstick, right?

No, she's also a tool by default -- for flying around the system with whatever contagious ailment plagues her. Surely it is contagious. For shame.

Busted!!!! At least I had my cognac in the approved cup holder.

I'm sure "Captain Creditcard" would've loved him. That was a guy at Delta who would get butthurt if your finger was more or less than the length of a credit card away from the knob. Lord help you if you actually touched it.

Now that's a guy I would love to line check from the jump seat without his knowledge he was being checked.

When the double point was instituted, I flew with a Captain who insisted (in jest) that the double point was too dangerous because one of us might inadvertently touch a knob/switch and change something. His solution? We will point with our elbows!

Big picture guy and a joy to fly with.

I believe he was a line check guy. They have some of the weirdest "techniques."

Hence the reason to get no closer than a CC. If farther away, he couldn't tell what you were pointing to.

This is so many pilot's motto:

The truly elite OCD people consider themselves CDO. That way it's in alphabetical order.
Carry on!