He's a tool, but then you have to include the a**hats that I've heard sign off with "c u next time". At least the controller is professional and consistent.

You know,That Guy...When you have a 3 hour sit and find an empty gate,maybe even a place to plug in your laptop -score ! Serenity now..Then...You hear Him before you see Him...Yammering into a bluetooth about some sales campaign kickoff and a meeting with Tom in Cleveland on Thursday.He keeps walking...And talking...All the way to the seat next to you !! You got the whole airport to sit in ! *** ? As Brian Regan says "Oh,it's all about YOU,Mr. You Planet".

Second would be the clueless parents getting lit at Vino Volo while their rug rats use the food court as a playground.

And my fave: "Ground,Pan Global 869,taxi with the current ATIS..(Or "with the numbers).." IT has a letter for a reason,TOOL !

Sandra Bernhardt is NOT hot.

That one I can explain for me personally. After flying 4+ legs of a 6000-series flight number, they throw us on a 5000-series flight number. Out of habit I'll start to say "sixty" and it comes out as Acey's. That's just me personally, but I hate the possessive call signs.

So these guys aren't just confined to the regional ranks, huh? I flew with one of these tools and every time we'd leave the airplane, even on a 5 leg day with 3 different aircraft, EVERY TIME whiiirrrrrrr...the seat all the way down. Whiiiirrrrrrr...the pedals all the way forward. Smacksmacksmack the armrest all the way up. Finally asked him why, for the love of all that is good and holy, did he do that!? Answer? "The instructor said we were supposed to on my last PC". Seriously? Seriously!? I guess there are two nominations here: this guy for thinking it seemed like a useful technique he picked up from an instructor. And whoever the dumbass instructor is who's teaching this! Now, who is the bigger tool, I do not know. C'mon folks, we're all ABOUT the same size. Leave the seat and pedals where they are and let the next guy make the small adjustments as he sees fit. All you're doing is wearing out a mechanism.

I have 2 tool nominations from yesterday:

1. The passenger who, when walking off the airplane after safely slipping the surly bonds of the earth, sarcastically thanked the captain and I for skipping him on the beverage service. I wish I could have seen the confused and "are you kidding me?" look on our faces.

2. The passenger in the window seat on my deadhead who, when I walked up to sit in my luxury middle seat, didn't shift a millimeter from his arm and leg draped fully in my area... while leaning over into the middle seat area, too. That's cool, I'm okay with snuggling with another guy.

Also closing the tol cards to the front page and setting the transponder to 1200. Why?

Closing the speed book and placing it on the dash as well as zeroing out the transponder is sop some places.

Yes I feel like a tool when I do it but I can't help it.

I've got to call it out that these are just pet peeves and not actual toolishness.

At least he didn't set it to 7700.