Cockpit life and long transits?

mikecweb said:

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This was awesome on every level. Note to self to not talk about flying.

When people ask me how I'm doing at work I always saying "Living the dream" just because I like to sarcastic and stupid. I've gotten a few Skywest pilots responses..."really? Man that's awesome I'm so happy for you"...... :bounce: love it.
 
p1l07m4n said:
Right now in the middle of a 5 day trip with @nsmith2224. So far it's been nothing but work, work, work, work, unions, work work, work, work, A funds, work, work, work, work, how not to be axe murdered and fed to a giant python. So far, a very entertaining trip.
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You forgot about stabbing in Balboa Park, and people that break the first rule of fight club! Agreed, very entertaining so far, and looking forward to the next few days!
 
nsmith2224 said:
You forgot about stabbing in Balboa Park, and people that break the first rule of fight club! Agreed, very entertaining so far, and looking forward to the next few days!
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Don't forget, LOA 72 sealed the deal, Jim from Texas, and the ever popular exchange:

Pilot 1: I'm right here below you, off your left wing.
Pilot 2: Sounds good, follow me.
Pilot 3: Who's on top?
Pilot 1 (deep Texas accent): NOT ME!!!
 
p1l07m4n said:
Don't forget, LOA 72 sealed the deal, Jim from Texas, and the ever popular exchange:

Pilot 1: I'm right here below you, off your left wing.
Pilot 2: Sounds good, follow me.
Pilot 3: Who's on top?
Pilot 1 (deep Texas accent): NOT ME!!!
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If you turn off the lights the Python goes back in the cage! At least Jim from Texas says so over I-10!

#Taking it #Back!
 
p1l07m4n said:
Right now in the middle of a 5 day trip with @nsmith2224. So far it's been nothing but work, work, work, work, unions, work work, work, work, A funds, work, work, work, work, how not to be axe murdered and fed to a giant python. So far, a very entertaining trip.
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Can we hear the how not to be axe murdered dialogue?
 
tcco94 said:
Can we hear the how not to be axe murdered dialogue?
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Let's just say it involves an ex-whole foods employee, who sounds like she's from eastern Europe, moved to LA, but is really from a small town in Texas that no one's heard of called Arlington, and a 9 foot long python named Anna.
 
p1l07m4n said:
Let's just say it involves an ex-whole foods employee, who sounds like she's from eastern Europe, moved to LA, but really from a small town in Texas that no one's has heard of called Arlington, and a 9 foot long python named Anna.
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The events of this story are true. The names have been changed to protect the...?

Stay tuned more to come!
 
nsmith2224 said:
Agreed,

It also sucks to fly with people who complain that they will never upgrade, and how their two master degrees make them better then everybody else.

It truly sucks to fly with them for 5 days.
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Hey, I don't even have one Masters degree. :)
 
The whole "Living the Dream" with Legos was awesome, but here's the thing about the "Work,work,work,"aspect. It's what we have in common, so it's the easiest thing to talk about without getting into politics or religion. It's no different at most other jobs, it's just most folks aren't trapped in a small room for hours with someone they probably have nothing or little in common with.

For me, I can only stare out the window for so long. I'm pretty introverted myself, so I won't initiate too much unless I'm really comfortable with the person. My company is fairly small, so there's a good chance I've flown with the person before. But after catching up, there's only so much to talk about without the no-no's.

But I'm pretty boring too. Wife and kids, which if you're with another family guy, that's always good ( unless they're in the middle of a divorce or custody battle). I don't watch much TV, not a fan of most sports involving sticks and/or balls (certainly not enough to discuss the stats of Jim Awesomeback and how I think "Your team here will do next season"). I'm a big time car enthusiast and of machines in general, so I can talk about that to bore someone, but there's not many out there, not compared to sports guys.

Work,work,work (or flying,flying,flying) is the easiest way to bide the time and keep the shiny side up when the days gets long. But if you want to talk, I'll listen no problem.
 
nsmith2224 said:
Agreed,

It also sucks to fly with people who complain that they will never upgrade, and how their two master degrees make them better then everybody else.

It truly sucks to fly with them for 5 days.
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You guys do five day trips?

Do you guys have a no fly list? There are ways to avoid flying with individuals you don't want to fly with.
 
My experience has been that you end up with people at both extremes of the scale, with most of us being somewhere in the middle.

As an example, I spent a couple of weeks flying with a guy who will talk to pretty much anything that stands still long enough, but since we both had the same (warped) sense of humor, we got along pretty well, but it gets a little exhausting after a while. Right after that, I spent a couple of weeks flying with someone who basically never talks, and it was very possible to go through a trip with the two of us saying almost nothing that wasn't a required callout or briefing in the cockpit, which also gets tiring after a bit.

"Unauthorized cockpit reading material" is incredibly common (passengers leaving interesting newspapers or magazines behind is always appreciated), and the fact that airlines are shifting towards giving pilots iPads to replace paper manuals and charts, means you can add "unauthorized solitaire/angry birds/fruit ninja" to the list of "things the company says not to do (but everyone does anyway)".

For airplanes with ADF receivers, you can also listen to AM radio, which appears to consist almost entirely of country, various right-wing nutjobs, 1950's oldies, and a strangely large number of Radio Disney stations. My personal favorite "WTF?" moment with AM radio was when I managed to find a station in rural Nevada that was running a several-minute long segment of a cowboy talking to his horse (which was supposed to be taken completely seriously), which was immediately followed by an ad from Las Vegas jewelry store owner that was encouraging people to lynch elected officials who were using tax money to build a stadium and parking lot.
 
surreal1221 said:
You guys do five day trips?

Do you guys have a no fly list? There are ways to avoid flying with individuals you don't want to fly with.
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Yeah, I got 3 five day trips this month. For me that's awesome since I get 15 days off, and only have to make the SJU to LAX commute 3 times each way. I don't think we have a no fly list though, at least, I haven't heard about one. Who knows, I'm still pretty new here.
 
ndakcfi said:
For airplanes with ADF receivers, you can also listen to AM radio, which appears to consist almost entirely of country, various right-wing nutjobs, 1950's oldies, and a strangely large number of Radio Disney stations. My personal favorite "WTF?" moment with AM radio was when I managed to find a station in rural Nevada that was running a several-minute long segment of a cowboy talking to his horse (which was supposed to be taken completely seriously), which was immediately followed by an ad from Las Vegas jewelry store owner that was encouraging people to lynch elected officials who were using tax money to build a stadium and parking lot.
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Hahahaha. Up here its public radio. There can be some interesting things playing.
 
p1l07m4n said:
Yeah, I got 3 five day trips this month. For me that's awesome since I get 15 days off, and only have to make the SJU to LAX commute 3 times each way. I don't think we have a no fly list though, at least, I haven't heard about one. Who knows, I'm still pretty new here.
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That's one hell of a commute. Props for doing it, no pun intended.

What Saab 340 operator is based in LAX? Or is your avatar information dated?
 
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