"From the Flight Deck"

cessna_cptn

cessna_cptn

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I was just wondering if those "Good afternoon ladies and gentleman" announcements from the flight deck are adlib or are they fill in the blank? Just curious.
 
There are canned announcements in our SOP written as a guide, but most people, myself included, have their own form that they use. Each individual's announcements are almost always the same each time, but they vary widely with the individual.
 
Years ago we published a rough informational guide, but there's no specific guidance on PA's.

If they're going to show a movie, I'll squeeze a short one out before it starts and usually about 30 minutes before landing *if* the movie is over. Flight time, where we'll be flying over and arrival weather...

But like clockwork, every time, the flight attendants will call the cockpit when you're 50 miles south of the VLA in New Mexico and ask, "Where are we?"

If it's before 0800 or after 2200, I won't say much.

But I'm a believer in short PA's. As a passenger, most pilots talk WAY too much and about unimportant things.

We know what the airline is.

We already know what the flight number is.

Only pilots care about "Winds are out of the south about 15 miles per hour".

Saying "Cincinnati" is sufficient, "Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport" is overkill.

And the killer... "Sit back relax and enjoy the flight" -- Gee, before the pilot said that, I was going to lean forward, stress-out and get airsick!

Once again, if there's a movie playing, STFU! :) Man, I can't tell you how many times when approaching the height of the movie, the pilot gets on the PA blathering about the light and variable winds, et al and there's a collective "dammit!" in the passenger cabin because he's interrupting a critical part of the film.
 
Nah, it'd be more like a few pointers like:

* Keep it short.
* Keep it to the point.
* When in doubt, put DOWN the microphone.
* Weather is cloudy/partly-cloudy/clear/rainy with temperature that's it. Saying "Low visibility" is kosher, but who in the world cares that "visibility is six miles in haze"
* Leave out the wind information. Unless it's hurricane-force, or you want your passengers to stress out about your landing after the PA said "winds are out of the south at 15 knots, gusting to 30"
* "...once again from the cockpit/flight-deck..." should never be said.

But that's about it. :)
 
I always say there's a forecast for some light turbulence...and that we'll work real hard to make it a smooth flight. 90% of the time it's smooth and they think we're great.
 
When i reach airlines, i've always had a thing about introducing the flight crew.

"Ladies and gentlmen, this is your first officer Shervin Gorgani, and *insert captain name here*, we'd like to give you a warm welcome onboard. Our flight time should be *insert amount of time here* so sit back, relax, and have an awesome time. Feel free to ask the crew if there is anything we can do to make your flight more enjoyable."

That's my dream kinda thing to say...:rawk:
 
Doug Taylor said:
Nah, it'd be more like a few pointers like:

* Keep it short.
* Keep it to the point.
* When in doubt, put DOWN the microphone.
* Weather is cloudy/partly-cloudy/clear/rainy with temperature that's it. Saying "Low visibility" is kosher, but who in the world cares that "visibility is six miles in haze"
* Leave out the wind information. Unless it's hurricane-force, or you want your passengers to stress out about your landing after the PA said "winds are out of the south at 15 knots, gusting to 30"
* "...once again from the cockpit/flight-deck..." should never be said.

But that's about it. :)
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The other day, we were about 10 minutes out from somewhere and I did the "flight attendant prepare for landing" pa that's called for on our approach checklist, but I got to the city name and totally blanked. "L&G, we'll be arriving in ......." uhh where are we going?
 
Funny story about the airport name...

I was a flight engineer and did my speel about being 30 minutes from landing in Greensboro.

While deplaning this old lady, noticeably disturbed, screamed "Dammit! It's GreensBURRAH not GreensBORO you damned yankees!"

I was new an unexperienced with the south and I told the captain, "Gee, I'm not even a baseball fan!"
 
Bigey said:
When i reach airlines, i've always had a thing about introducing the flight crew.

"Ladies and gentlmen, this is your first officer Shervin Gorgani, and *insert captain name here*, we'd like to give you a warm welcome onboard. Our flight time should be *insert amount of time here* so sit back, relax, and have an awesome time. Feel free to ask the crew if there is anything we can do to make your flight more enjoyable."

That's my dream kinda thing to say...:rawk:
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Do you ever make a post without that smiley in it? :)
 
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I love smileys.
 
Doug Taylor said:
Nah, it'd be more like a few pointers like:

* Keep it short.
* Keep it to the point.
* When in doubt, put DOWN the microphone.
* Weather is cloudy/partly-cloudy/clear/rainy with temperature that's it. Saying "Low visibility" is kosher, but who in the world cares that "visibility is six miles in haze"
* Leave out the wind information. Unless it's hurricane-force, or you want your passengers to stress out about your landing after the PA said "winds are out of the south at 15 knots, gusting to 30"
* "...once again from the cockpit/flight-deck..." should never be said.

But that's about it. :)
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I actually enjoy that extra info they give, but hey I'm a pilot :P
 
I always laugh when I'm in back and I hear the weather at the destination. Sometimes it's right from the ATIS. Definitely leave the visibility out. The other day I heard "The viz is 4 miles in haze and mist."

When I give the weather often I'll just tell people to peek out the window and they can see what it's like, works better during the day. I'll throw in the temp and winds if it's windy. I leave out the ladies and gentlemen part. Maybe I should say something like "YO! Peeps in the bizack!"
 
I hate those stupid Greetings....Do i really care what temp it is once im on the plane?

I wish they would just get rid of them.
 
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