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Galaxy, with the amount of money being put into security forces these days, why don't they spend some on secure methods of communication for you guys? I mean, whereas the data on a civilian flight is inconsequential, I'd imagine that some military information needs to be kept under wraps until after the fact. Why should you guys be broadcasting on open frequencies?
 
higney85 said:
I would not worry at all about the position issue. It's the following.


Us to MOC: We have a spoileron fault status msg

MOC reply: Don't worry about it. When you get on the ground cycle 2P8/3N8/1S3 and let us know if that works. (These are not the actual breakers fwiw).


Someone in the general public: OMG I need to call the news- these people are flying around with safety in question and don't care!
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Reminds me of coming into KBGM yesterday. A passenger (instrument rated pilot, allegedly) confronted me about my landing, and asked how far below minimums I went to get in to the airport, when it was reporting OVC001, 1 1/2SM... (bang head against wall). He wanted to tell the FAA!? And the best part, he found the OVC001 metar reading by getting it through google on his phone while we were still in IAD!
 
sorrygottarunway said:
Reminds me of coming into KBGM yesterday. A passenger (instrument rated pilot, allegedly) confronted me about my landing, and asked how far below minimums I went to get in to the airport, when it was reporting OVC001, 1 1/2SM... (bang head against wall). He wanted to tell the FAA!? And the best part, he found the OVC001 metar reading by getting it through google on his phone while we were still in IAD!
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Next time just laugh and say "thx for flying with us".:)
 
I was leaving the airplane, when a pax started walking beside me. He engaged me in plesantries. Then he wanted to know if he could ask a question. I, naturally, said "Sure".

He wanted to know why we flew at 8000' from LGA to IND. "That's kind of low for that long of a flight, isn't it?" I asked how he knew we were at 8000'. He pointed to his watch on his wrist and told me it had an altimeter in it.

I calmy said that since we were in a pressurized airplane, that we were at 37000' and the pressure in the cabin was at 8000'.

I miss flying passengers. :sarcasm: (as if I needed that)
 
Polar742 said:
I was leaving the airplane, when a pax started walking beside me. He engaged me in plesantries. Then he wanted to know if he could ask a question. I, naturally, said "Sure".

He wanted to know why we flew at 8000' from LGA to IND. "That's kind of low for that long of a flight, isn't it?" I asked how he knew we were at 8000'. He pointed to his watch on his wrist and told me it had an altimeter in it.

I calmy said that since we were in a pressurized airplane, that we were at 37000' and the pressure in the cabin was at 8000'.

I miss flying passengers. :sarcasm: (as if I needed that)
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I had a flight attendant yell at me and the captain I was flying with because we weren't keeping her safety in mind. I asked what she meant and said that we kept turning the 10,000 foot light (PED sign on the CRJ) off at only 2500 feet every leg. She didn't feel safe getting up that low.

She had an altimeter on her watch.
 
We have this thing call the "Airshow" on the monitors on the ER's. Basically it'll shift between displaying the route, telemetry data and something similar to Google Earth to show what we're flying over.

I had a passenger a few months ago that was concerned that we were flying over Canada and over the British Isles when we could save a lot of time just by flying a straight line to Madrid.

"That'd save hours off your flying time and we'd arrive earlier."

Hmm... nevermind the great circle...
 
Next thing you know, the Appalachain-Americans will be demanding White Lightening on all flights. I can see it now....

Now that I think about it, just fill the tanks with it. It doesn't freeze, the turbines will burn it, and the pax can drink it. Win-win as I see it...
 
"Drain the sumps, let's go party on your layover! hoo hoo!"
 
Ooh!

Profit center!

Load the tanks with white lightning, run a few lines up to the galley and charge $7/mason jar full of hooch. The fuel you're not burning, you're selling! The hooch you're not burning, you're selling for a profit!

"White Lightning Airways: Fly Festive!"
 
Brilliant!! Taking fuel from a cost-center to a profit-center!!

I want to recruit this guy as spokesman

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