Odd Flying Habits

[Skåning]

I caught myself telling the Mrs. she needed to "throttle back"

 

[RetiredATLATC]

Not a flying habit, but at the end of a lot of phone calls I'd catch myself ending the call with my operating initials.

 

[NovemberEcho]

Finished plenty of phone calls, and exchanges at drive thrus, with my operating initials.

Ugh the ending the phone call with my initials. Forgot about that one.

 

[Low&Slow]

Trying to see if I am going crazy or not...

Anybody have flying habits that get to them when they aren’t flying?

Almost three decades ago I was approaching a red light intersection in my car, reached down to grab the throttles, and had a momentary panic attack when I couldn't find them and therefore couldn't slow down. After I finally looked down and saw the radio and vents, I quickly realized that I was in my car! Stopped just in time to avoid running the light. Stopped, shook my head and laughed at myself. Haha!
Another time, I was very tired driving home from work one night on a road out in the country. The road was straight, coming down from a high hill, and lined up with a lighted runway to an airport I frequently flew out of at the time. Realizing I was unusually low, I reached down to push the throttle in and also pushed on the yoke to keep the nose from skyrocketing up. No throttles, and the "yoke" didn't budge.
Haha! I had to laugh at myself...again.

 

[ozziecat35]

The number of times my wife has looked at me like an idiot when I ask in the car, "Clear right?"

 

[derg]

So, flight level four hundred is frowned upon? Maybe I fly overseas too much. I say decimal instead of point as well.

That's a hard habit to break in the US.

That and "free speed".

Sadly, there's the "rest of the world" and then the "US" who believes it's some sort of standard.

 

[killbilly]

Nah, he'll be too busy waxing the Tesla.

Surely this is a euphemism for masturbation.

 

[Mike Wise]

The number of times my wife has looked at me like an idiot when I ask in the car, "Clear right?"

I do this ALL the time. My friends are like uhhhhh...

 

[denverpilot]

Nah, he'll be too busy waxing the Tesla.

Surely this is a euphemism for masturbation.

And don’t call him Shirley.

 

[///AMG]

you guys are funny.......I can't say I have ever reached for controls that only exist in an airplane, while driving a car. Though I have fumbled around with Mercedes muscle memory while driving BMW....those cruise control and wiper inputs are deceivingly different

 

[killbilly]

you guys are funny.......I can't say I have ever reached for controls that only exist in an airplane, while driving a car. Though I have fumbled around with Mercedes muscle memory while driving BMW....those cruise control and wiper inputs are deceivingly different

It amuses the heck out of me the first time someone tries to ride a BMW motorcycle and can't figure out the turn signals.

 

[milleR]

It amuses the heck out of me the first time someone tries to ride a BMW motorcycle and can't figure out the turn signals.

Aprilia puts the horn where the turn signal is on Japanese bikes ... I honked at a lot of cars in my fist month of ownership lol

 

[WMostellar]

It amuses the heck out of me the first time someone tries to ride a BMW motorcycle and can't figure out the turn signals.

Haha...I own two and couldn't agree more.

 

[killbilly]

Haha...I own two and couldn't agree more.

I miss my R1100S so much.