Your biggest aviation pet peeves..

A150K

A150K

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What are your's. Here are some I have picked up in my short time as a pilot:

Cub drivers who refuse to invest in handheld radios. C'mon guys, I know it's not required, but it's a helluva lot safer to have everyone know your position.

WN pilots....

Someone(name starts with a...) at SAF tower...nuff said

Dallas ladies with turquoise (spelling) jewerly who pull up next to my 150 in their king airs or Lear 35's and comment how small my airplane is.....

Texas transplants who pronounce their Aeronca as "Aeronica" over the radio

Low timers (like myself) who think god planted them on the earth to become pilots and nothing they do is wrong

Same goes for the high timers....

Pilots who only fly for their 90 day currency...I know many cannot afford to do much more, but atleast go for a spin around the pattern every once in awhile. Alot of rust forms in 90 days.

Toolbags who get into extensive conversations over CTAF. Ctaf is NOT there for you to socialize, it is there for us to make position reports.

Guys who say "Okey dokey" over the radio

Guys who skip the preflight because "it ran fine yesterday"

Guys who have no fun in aviation whatsoever

:drool:
 
Pilots that don't fly oversquare.
Pilots that don't raise the flaps in the flare.
Pilots that don't cancel IFR at the gate.
Pilots that aren't in unions.
Pilots who let anyone sit in their jumpseat.
Pilots that didn't goto an aviation college.
 
mikecweb said:
Pilots that don't fly oversquare.
Pilots that don't raise the flaps in the flare.
Pilots that don't cancel IFR at the gate.
Pilots that aren't in unions.
Pilots who let anyone sit in their jumpseat.
Pilots that didn't goto an aviation college.
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Pilots that dont change their flap setting during the takeoff roll :beer:
 
Pilots that overfly the airport at TPA

Pilots that don't like to talk on the radio, especially ones in high performance airplanes
 
mikecweb said:
Pilots that don't fly oversquare.
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Pilots that troll on internet forums.
Pilots that don't check their spelling and grammar.
Pilots that can't take a joke.
Pilots that think procedures and flows must be identical for all operations and airframes ;)
Pilots that don't pick up my bar tabs.
 
A150K said:
What are your's. Here are some I have picked up in my short time as a pilot:

Cub drivers who refuse to invest in handheld radios. C'mon guys, I know it's not required, but it's a helluva lot safer to have everyone know your position.


:drool:
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Yes, thank you, i was number two on final at a nontowered airport and thankfully the airplane ahead of me alerted that an aircraft was departing the reciprocal runway as he vacated the runway. I thanked him and went around, then saw this guy pass me on the left over the approach end of the runway! I got this on film to..well the go around and landing.
I have the vid with the actual COM audio also, il have to find it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqTOKmgMfxU

Turbine
 
mikecweb said:
Pilots that don't fly oversquare.
Pilots that don't raise the flaps in the flare.
Pilots that don't cancel IFR at the gate.
Pilots that aren't in unions.
Pilots who let anyone sit in their jumpseat.
Pilots that didn't goto an aviation college.
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rvg203 said:
Pilots that overfly the airport at TPA

Pilots that don't like to talk on the radio, especially ones in high performance airplanes
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drunkenbeagle said:
Pilots that troll on internet forums.
Pilots that don't check their spelling and grammar.
Pilots that can't take a joke.
Pilots that think procedures and flows must be identical for all operations and airframes ;)
Pilots that don't pick up my bar tabs.
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Pilots who don't use pronouns properly. ;)
 
A150K said:
Pilots that dont change their flap setting during the takeoff roll :beer:
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I routinely and often aggressively change my flap settings on the take off run. Sometimes its the only way to get off before the engine overheats. ;)

I really dont have a lot of thongs that irk me besides pilots who insists any other way besides the wayf they do things is wrong. And keeping the strobes on on the ramp. Aaa aaaand sttuuttuuurrrring over the raadd aaadio.
 
Pilots that use "any traffic in the area please advise" or ask for the winds and active at an airport with an AWOS and three airplanes in the pattern. Or, people that ask for it at all now that I think about it.

Pilots that do their 5 minute run-ups at the hold short line while you are ready to go behind them.

Pilots that think that everyone needs a radio in order to be safe and end up relying so much on it that they forget to look outside.

Pilots that say "taking the active" on a CTAF

Glider Pilots/Crew that only fan their rudder one time (to signal a takeoff) instead of keeping it moving until the towpilot starts bringing the power in. Also ground crew that will only give the signal once, or half-assed instead of a big clear signal that continues until the towplane starts the takeoff

Glider Pilots that tow to 3,000' AGL regardless of what the lift is doing instead of getting off at the first strong one above 1,500' like XC/racing pilots do. They really tie up the towplanes during the peak of the day when they do that.
 
A150K said:
Yeah...Most of the guys at my field are nice, but some think the deserve a red carpet for buying five gallons of 100LL. Also, don't eat all the damn cookies:D
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Buy more damned cookies then...and DO NOT hide them from freight dawgs!!!

Also please do close your flight plan after you get to the gate, shut down, call your baby momma, and then remember there is somebody still holding because you are a jerk!


I put that in there since everybody else keeps bringing that thread up!
 
Crews that slam-click on long layovers.

Long layovers when the most entertaining thing in a country mile is a Waffle House.

Folks that forget to look on the sunny side of things. Srsly!
 
I only have one concerning myself. When I'm handed from tower to departure, I make sure I state climbing rather than for (IE: 1.5 climbing 3k, rather than 1.5 for 3k).
 
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