Douchey Pilot Things. A list

"Ready in sequence" is a useful term to remind a sleepy controller that there are multiple aircraft waiting to go, even though no one is landing and nothing is happening. (Looking at you, HPN). Also a good way to get the guy doing his five minute run up/programming the Garmin short of the active to get it moving, as other airplanes would like to use the runway too, if that's ok with him.
 
form810 said:
LOL.
What I'm asking is not whether or not to give a briefing, but rather, "standard calls and aborts" vs. say, "If we're below 70/80 we'll abort for any cautions or warnings. If over 70/80 but below V1, we'll abort for engine failure, fire, loss of directional control..., etc"
The question I'm asking is, is the short form acceptable?
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Company SOP/training should cover what is expected In this brief. I think a short discussion (like youre saying) on leg 1 of a 4 day isn’t a bad idea.
 
Boris Badenov said:
Well, no. I've flown with plenty of guys who said they "fly by the book" and do. And sure, some who didn't. I mean they may not have used that precise nomenclature, and I wasn't keeping track of who said what, exactly. But like generally, I don't see anything wrong with putting it up front that you follow the FOM. You know, if you do. What am I missing?
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Maybe a nomenclature difference, because the phrase “I fly by the book” has been followed with less than ideal trips for the rest of the crew in my experience. “Let’s follow the FOM” in the first conversation we have as a crew strikes me as different than “I fly by the book”. Don’t know, it’s not surprising that two pilots have had different experiences.

Cherokee_Cruiser said:
It’s called a generalization. Not always true of course. YMMV

I’ll know in about the first 5 minutes how a guy is from when I walk into the fight deck. You can pick up the gist of how the trip is gonna be.
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I’ve liked a bunch of your posts in this thread so I’ll balance it out by saying…you also know how a guy is in the first five minutes because you’ve stalked them on Facebook.
 
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The one and only thing that gets under my skin, is when Im heading to some podunk airport and some......fellow pilot.....jumps on unicom and says "10 miles out for landing, all traffic please advise." I make all sorts of judgements towards that.....fellow pilot....and usually wish them some sort of harm. Not like, stall/spin to their death on base to final harm, but just a shade under that.
 
Here's another good list: Annoying things people say to me when they find out I'm a pilot(because I told them I was).

1 Who do you fly for, United, Delta, American?
2 Why don't you fly for United, Delta, American?
3 Why don't you go fly for Fedex or UPS?
4 Must be nice getting to do something you love.(there is commentary to be had here if we wish to discuss it)
5 When you're on the road its just like being on vacation.(a customer said this to me, sorry sir, you don't pay me enough to be on vacation every week.)
 
zmiller4 said:
Maybe a nomenclature difference, because the phrase “I fly by the book” has been followed with less than ideal trips for the rest of the crew in my experience. “Let’s follow the FOM” in the first conversation we have as a crew strikes me as different than “I fly by the book”. Don’t know, it’s not surprising that two pilots have had different experiences.



I’ve liked a bunch of your posts in this thread so I’ll balance it out by saying…you also know how a guy is in the first five minutes because you’ve stalked them on Facebook.
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Bzzzzzzzzzzz. Sorry!

Not on Facebook, so I can’t stalk that. You mean google search :)
 
Douchey pilot things. Being Jeff Coursey. A felon, a woman stalker (convicted and public record so look it up) who wears the worset glasses you could possibly purchase, and craps on FBO line service because this clown once took off with the gear pins still installed and blamed the FBO...
And yes before you ask, he is dead serious with those glasses...
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Wardogg said:
Here's another good list: Annoying things people say to me when they find out I'm a pilot(because I told them I was).

1 Who do you fly for, United, Delta, American?
2 Why don't you fly for United, Delta, American?
3 Why don't you go fly for Fedex or UPS?
4 Must be nice getting to do something you love.(there is commentary to be had here if we wish to discuss it)
5 When you're on the road its just like being on vacation.(a customer said this to me, sorry sir, you don't pay me enough to be on vacation every week.)
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6 Can you get me a free ticket to fly to XYZ?
 
ahw01 said:
A friend started a list, any to add?

Douchey Pilot things: in no particular order…

Refers to the aircraft as “the jet”
Wears (or even owns) a pilot hat
Doing any kind of flight prep in the hotel van - i.e. Looking at CCI in the hotel van
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I’m 3 out of however many that was!

Besides, if I’m heads down looking at the flight plan and weather in the hotel, it means I’m hitting the airport Starbucks Un rushed, calm, cool and relaxed because I already know what’s up with the flight.

Your friend has some points, but he might be the weird one.
 
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