Pilot Problems

CaptBill said:
Or getting to the hotel late and walking into your room, using the bathroom, slipping off your shoes, slipping the tie off and then you suddenly notice a suitcase and some odds and end personal effects just as you turn on the room light to investigate. It's all good until the lady next to her sleeping husband lifts her head and starts screaming as you come out of the shadows taking your uniform off. I swear to God I thought I was going to get killed by her husband who looked like a bodybuilder. I'm throwing crap out in the hall as fast as I can trying to explain the mix-up with my pants down around my knees. I left my socks in the room but it just didn't seem worth banging on the door to ask for them back. Suffice to say the desk clerk heard a few choice words from me. I got a nice suite out of the deal but since that day, every time I walk into a hotel room, I do a little recon so as not to surprised by the room snatchers. :eek2:
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At crapbag regional, I had some gangbanger type individuals come into my room at 2am. The front desk made me change rooms since they didn't want a confrontation from them. I was excited for my 6 am show the next day.
 
Passengers who are backseat pilots.

specifically thinking of the time I was told I "overshot the runway a little there huh?"; I touched down on the 1,00ft markers and stopped with lots of runway ahead of me..
 
Another pilot problem is constant warshak test while looking at clouds.

"Don't you see a dog in that cloud?"
"No, that cloud is shaped like a middle finger."
 
CaptBill said:
Or getting to the hotel late and walking into your room, using the bathroom, slipping off your shoes, slipping the tie off and then you suddenly notice a suitcase and some odds and end personal effects just as you turn on the room light to investigate. It's all good until the lady next to her sleeping husband lifts her head and starts screaming as you come out of the shadows taking your uniform off. I swear to God I thought I was going to get killed by her husband who looked like a bodybuilder. I'm throwing crap out in the hall as fast as I can trying to explain the mix-up with my pants down around my knees. I left my socks in the room but it just didn't seem worth banging on the door to ask for them back.

Suffice to say the desk clerk heard a few choice words from me. I got a nice suite out of the deal but since that day, every time I walk into a hotel room, I do a little recon so as not to surprised by the room snatchers. :eek2:
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Yep. Similar thing happened to me. It's awkward to say the least!
 
CaptBill said:
How about the hotels always hanging all those dry cleaning bags and paperwork on the hangers in your closet? I only need a few hangers and every time I have to unclip all that crap and toss it out of the way. How much dry cleaning do I need done on a 9 hour layover?
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I use that bag to put my dirty laundry and then put in my bag.

The other thing that annoys me is having no AC plugs on or near your night stands. The only available plug is 30 feet away behind or under a desk. And then, they have six things plugged into a two plug outlet via an adapter - no fire hazard there....roll eyes.

I think the longer you fly the more annoying these little dumb things become.

And then there is the housekeeping staff that start jabbering in the hall right outside your room at 6 AM despite you having a "do not disturb" sign on your door" after getting to your room at midnight.

There's hundreds more but I'll save the morning stress.
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+1

All so very true. I'll add hotel rooms that barely have any light even with all bulbs on.
 
How about scurrying around turning on 8 different lamps so it doesn't look like Frankenstein's lair? Of course each lamp has a tic-tac sized on off switch located right under the bulb so you can't see it until the light comes on then blinds you.
 
J4seymor said, in part:
... Until the light comes on and blinds you.
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Un-flipping' likely!

You're lucky if the 'light' causes your eye's iris to jink closed half an f stop. Carry your own bulb!
 
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CaptBill said:
How about the hotels always hanging all those dry cleaning bags and paperwork on the hangers in your closet? I only need a few hangers and every time I have to unclip all that crap and toss it out of the way. How much dry cleaning do I need done on a 9 hour layover?

The other thing that annoys me is having no AC plugs on or near your night stands. The only available plug is 30 feet away behind or under a desk. And then, they have six things plugged into a two plug outlet via an adapter - no fire hazard there....roll eyes.

I think the longer you fly the more annoying these little dumb things become.

And then there is the housekeeping staff that start jabbering in the hall right outside your room at 6 AM despite you having a "do not disturb" sign on your door" after getting to your room at midnight.

There's hundreds more but I'll save the morning stress.
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Ha! I've been on the receiving end of that. Now I ALWAYS latch the door when I'm in the room. When spending time south of the border I used to bring a wedge doorstop just in case. Now I bring it everywhere. The heavy rubber ones worked best. I'd drill a hole in the back and feed a rope through long enough to loop around the door handle. That way you can get to it easy in case there's a fire.
 
TwoTwoLeft said:
Ha! I've been on the receiving end of that. Now I ALWAYS latch the door when I'm in the room. When spending time south of the border I used to bring a wedge doorstop just in case. Now I bring it everywhere. The heavy rubber ones worked best. I'd drill a hole in the back and feed a rope through long enough to loop around the door handle. That way you can get to it easy in case there's a fire.
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I always left my 40 pounds of charts behind the door in Mexico when I was in the room. I'll have to get a doorstop, I guess—can't very well take the Airside kit with me.

Cherokee_Cruiser said:
+1

All so very true. I'll add hotel rooms that barely have any light even with all bulbs on.
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Dark, dank hotel rooms are occupationally depressing.
 
I had a recent flight from JFK-LAX where the weather was perfect, no delays getting in/out of either airport, no issues of any sort, and on-time. Hardest pilot problem here was having to decide between Salmon or the Risotto. First-world major airline pilot problem, as I like to call it.
 
Cherokee_Cruiser said:
I had a recent flight from JFK-LAX where the weather was perfect, no delays getting in/out of either airport, no issues of any sort, and on-time. Hardest pilot problem here was having to decide between Salmon or the Risotto. First-world major airline pilot problem, as I like to call it.
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Our "generic" airplanes are exciting, because sometimes there are still pretzels on board.
 
Going to your room after a long day (night) and your room key doesn't work, requiring an angry and possibly long return to the front desk. Only to have it not work again.

Honorable mention: Going to the gym or other hotel facility and finding out your key doesn't work upon your return to your room.
 
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