Sometimes you can only have so much curry.
Slam Click Excuse?
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Avalon781ML
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My favorite is "oooohhhh.... lunch is hitting me hard and I can't get off the toilet." I told the guy that Lubbock was not the place to eat sushi but I guess I don't know how fresh their tuna really is.... O RLY?
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Kingairer
'Tiger Team' Member
Nah, the truth won't work. "I've been cooped up with you in a small box for the past 4 hours. I've listened to you complain and bitch about everything from te company to your wife. Spending one more minute with you than is required would make me go insane, for that reason I'm not going to hang down on the hotel restaurant you think is so fabulous". Sometime white lies are better and keeps the wheels greased.
Reminds me of when I flew unaugmented down to Georgetown, Guyana during election season. This captain, familiar with a couple of people here, spent almost 6 1/2 hours trying to engage me in debate about politics, religion, gold, conspiracy theories and I had to darned near "frog walk" the guy through procedures.
Even during the weather divert and another situation onboard, he was more consumed with everything other than what was going on in the present.
Landed in GEO, he asked what time happy hour was.
I said, "Nah, I'm good."
So the hotel has a BBQ buffet by the pool that we're sitting at drinking some passable Guyanese beer and mystery meat (which was pretty good).
El Capitan shows up, rips his shirt off and dives in the pool.
Then, still shirtless and in much need of a flipping @Seggy style de-hairing, saunters over and sits at our table, still dripping wet and tells the purser that the next time she goes to the buffet, to bring him a rib.
I started laughing because I thought he was kidding. But I was the only one laughing. Then I realized that he was serious.
Silence.
MADNESS.
Let's just say I haven't witness a verbal beat-down on that level since, well ever.
#storytimewithunclederg
Even during the weather divert and another situation onboard, he was more consumed with everything other than what was going on in the present.
Landed in GEO, he asked what time happy hour was.
I said, "Nah, I'm good."
So the hotel has a BBQ buffet by the pool that we're sitting at drinking some passable Guyanese beer and mystery meat (which was pretty good).
El Capitan shows up, rips his shirt off and dives in the pool.
Then, still shirtless and in much need of a flipping @Seggy style de-hairing, saunters over and sits at our table, still dripping wet and tells the purser that the next time she goes to the buffet, to bring him a rib.
I started laughing because I thought he was kidding. But I was the only one laughing. Then I realized that he was serious.
Silence.
MADNESS.
Let's just say I haven't witness a verbal beat-down on that level since, well ever.
#storytimewithunclederg
No shirt!?! Where's he going to wipe his hands? Rookie mistake.
Cav
Former Maddog Whisperer
Weather divert into GEO @Derg ? Ugh that sounds miserable. Can't say I was sorry when I saw that route go away. The one time I went down there I had been on short call since 9a....it's a 1a departure folks! I wasn't legal to so much as reposition a plane from JFK to LGA but I can sure as hell two man it to South America in the middle of the night! Thankfully this is no longer an option for scheduling.
Cav
Former Maddog Whisperer
Enroute to GEO, but we dropped into Port of Spain for about an hour.
I bet you know the captain too, but it wasn't "THAT" guy we've talked about.
Text me or msg me the name. Curious if I've flown with him or at the very least need to "file" it.
Seggy
Well-Known Member
Former Air Force guy?
WMostellar
Well-Known Member
Ha ha - I only have 260 hours in type. I'm barely congealed.
Living in base has to rock!
WMostellar
Well-Known Member
Yep, that's why I only applied to Delta - knew I didn't want to commute.
Scheduling actually put me on Short-Call yesterday with 2 days of availability...the nerve!
E_Dawg
Moderator
Hanging with the flight crew is good and all but I can count on one hand the number of people I'd actually want to spend every waking hour with for 4 days straight... when I need to get away from the group I just tell them I'm staying in without giving a reason. Most people are normal enough and don't treat it as a big deal, and the crazy few who take it personally are really the ones who I don't want to hang out with anyways. Winning.
turbomax97
What can brown do for you?
On his back hair!
Cav
Former Maddog Whisperer
SC on the last day sends me through the roof!! Happened last month and I thought I was going to lose it.
Cptnchia
Dissatisfied Customer
Had a guy want to divert once from GEO due to the fog and VOR mins. The look on his face when I suggested the RNAV instead was priceless! He was adamant that we couldn't do it because it wasn't offered. One call to ask if we could do it and Boom! We were in like Flynn.
@Derg, that BBQ monkey was alright! I heard a rumor that we've been asked to go back there. Seems Carribean Air jacked the fares almost 1000% That's right, three zeros, since we left. Some people in government have lost their jobs over it.