Odd Flying Habits

[Tiptank]

The muscle memory things are very real. When I was flying Piper products day in and day out I'd catch myself putting my hand on the "flap lever" in my car on the way home. Normally when slowing down on a highway off ramp. Luckily I never actually tried to put in a notch of flaps at 50mph.....

 

[🦈💜]

Signing my CFI number on restaurant receipts...

 

[Roger Roger]

You're discriminating against my National Origin. I'm a protected class, I'll have you know. And we invented the bloody language...

Yes, but us yanks invented the airplane. If it involves queues and bland food, I’ll give the Brits authority over vocabulary, but in aviation it’s ‘Merica first.

 

[denverpilot]

Yes, but us yanks invented the airplane. If it involves queues and bland food, I’ll give the Brits authority over vocabulary, but in aviation it’s ‘Merica first.

Which is why we named all the parts of airplanes that control them, in French.

 

[Roger Roger]

Yes, but us yanks invented the airplane. If it involves queues and bland food, I’ll give the Brits authority over vocabulary, but in aviation it’s ‘Merica first.

And no country that uses the term finalS to describe the last leg of the traffic pattern gets a say in anything.

 

[NickH]

Yes, but us yanks invented the airplane. If it involves queues and bland food, I’ll give the Brits authority over vocabulary, but in aviation it’s ‘Merica first.

About that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont

 

[SeanD]

"You need to borrow a turkey baster? Let me look for it, standby"

 

[ahw01]

I’m fairly certain that European bureaucrats make the level of pedanticity within the FAA look like amateur hour.

Would you like to get your medical on the same day of the month each time

http://www.internationalflightresources.com/faa-vs-icao-vs-easa-examples

 

[Skåning]

Uh when people (usually foreigners) say, "happy landings". Urks me, da fuq is a happy landing!?

 

[BigZ]

Unless you're from Florida, then it's perfectly acceptable to go 5 under in the left lane.

Please, I see x100 of that from northern Indiana to just north of Milwaukee than I ever saw in Florida

 

[BigZ]

Uh when people (usually foreigners) say, "happy landings". Urks me, da fuq is a happy landing!?

Nice and smooth and at the correct destination

 

[Roger Roger]

About that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont

Officially he was 3 years late. Anything else is propaganda from the same people who blamed a US crews “pilot tricks” for a midair caused by their dreadful ATC system.

 

[trafficinsight]

Signing my CFI number on restaurant receipts...

Yeah I've put XXXXXXXA&P instead of my employee number on the sign in sheet a couple times... can't even tell you why.

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[SquatThrust]

After leaving the Twin Otter, I still for a short period of time found myself reaching up overhead for the power levers. Then would follow it up with the awkward I-was-actually-just-scratching-my-head-yeah-that's-it move.

 

[trafficinsight]

After leaving the Twin Otter, I still for a short period of time found myself reaching up overhead for the power levers. Then would follow it up with the awkward I-was-actually-just-scratching-my-head-yeah-that's-it move.

Meanwhile the speed decays...

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[Skåning]

Nice and smooth and at the correct destination

That would be a "good" landing. Kinda like having a "good ending" compared to a "happy ending".

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

I light piles of cash on fire in the back yard when I can’t go flying. Same difference.

You still log it through right?


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[denverpilot]

I light piles of cash on fire in the back yard when I can’t go flying. Same difference.

You still log it through right?

Yes. All expenditures get logged... in my budget.

 

[BigZ]

That would be a "good" landing. Kinda like having a "good ending" compared to a "happy ending".

I dunno, I'm always happy when I end up where I was supposed to

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Yeah I've put XXXXXXXA&P instead of my employee number on the sign in sheet a couple times... can't even tell you why.

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I’ve written my emp# after my name/signature when not called for many times.

“Uh. Damnit.”