Autothrust Blue
"Well, on the Brasilia..."
I personally don’t enjoy it when people fill the air on the flight deck when there’s no real reason for jaw-flapping. I don’t mind hashing out my background (I do live close to the airport, I do indeed like stuff, please don’t ask me what I think about CBA ‘18 because I bet I’ve thought about it before breakfast more than you have today my guns! my money! Or whatever), shooting the normal shop poop, or having reasonably meaningful conversation.It's fine that you're not an outgoing person who makes the time pass by faster with conversation. I'm guessing that just like the last guy I was paired with I would have sorted out the fact you're an introvert before we land at the destination. There's no need for the awkward conversation in the elevator. I already know. I could tell that my last pairing didn't like to interact with people when 2 hours goes by with nothing said. Just know that if your FO or CA is an extravert they are probably screaming internally the entire time you're at cruise. Think about it. You're only not fun to be around and don't want to interact when you're done with flying?
Please. People can convince themselves of anything I guess.
But if you’re just talking to fill the air, and some people do and it’s just awful, it wears me out—and makes me less inclined to want to subject myself to more of it on layover and go for one of those big long walks I try to take everyday. I guess some people, too, despite the tedious nature of the job, never really learn to handle the tedium, and compensate by bloviating. Which isn’t exactly an antonym of introversion or symptomatic of extraversion, but it seems to me to be at least somewhat that way. Talking about nothing is exhausting.