Your biggest aviation pet peeves..

cmill said:
And keeping the strobes on on the ramp.
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Put me in this boat as well. I'm a low timer, so I don't have many pet peeves, and certainly not enough time to have warranted gripes, but I can't count how many times I've been blinded on the ramp by them.
 
Ajax BU said:
Put me in this boat as well. I'm a low timer, so I don't have many pet peeves, and certainly not enough time to have warranted gripes, but I can't count how many times I've been blinded on the ramp by them.
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:yeahthat:

Add one to the list for me. People who don't know how to use their exterior lights at the appropriate times. Nothing like marshaling a plane in with landing lights a blazing and strobes blinding my wing walker.
 
n57flyguy said:
I see no point in saying left downwind when it is the already established traffic pattern.
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One extra word? Really man? ;)

Ajax BU said:
Put me in this boat as well. I'm a low timer, so I don't have many pet peeves, and certainly not enough time to have warranted gripes, but I can't count how many times I've been blinded on the ramp by them.
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Maybe a Cirrus driver can chime in, but do Cirruses have a red beacon light? I seem to remember being in some plane that didn't have one and used the strobes instead. I've noticed leaving the strobes on on the ramp is usually a Cirrus thing.
 
-Pilots who say "Dixie" instead of "Delta"
-Ham-Handed Pilots. Passengers don't like to feel negative G's on every descent, and blackout on every climb. You don't need 30 degrees of bank to make a 10 degree turn.
-Pilots who ask for a windcheck when the winds are no where near the limits of the aircraft.
-Pilots who say "We have them on TCAS", or worse, "We have them on the fishfinder"
 
darthpanda said:
I'm a student pilot still, but conversation on the CTAF is my only pet peeve. It's not a big deal but when I'm practicing it gets distracting when it goes long.

I do 60 minute pre-flights. I don't want to be dangerous like Maverick.
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60 mins? Do you tighten every bolt?
 
smig said:
-Pilots who say "Dixie" instead of "Delta"
-Ham-Handed Pilots. Passengers don't like to feel negative G's on every descent, and blackout on every climb. You don't need 30 degrees of bank to make a 10 degree turn.
-Pilots who ask for a windcheck when the winds are no where near the limits of the aircraft.
-Pilots who say "We have them on TCAS", or worse, "We have them on the fishfinder"
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I know! When they give you an 0'clock position and altitude, that means to look out the damn window. I especially hate it when Cirrus drivers do that.
 
JordanD said:
Maybe a Cirrus driver can chime in, but do Cirruses have a red beacon light? I seem to remember being in some plane that didn't have one and used the strobes instead. I've noticed leaving the strobes on on the ramp is usually a Cirrus thing.
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No they do not. One of the planes I fly doesn't have a beacon, but I run only the navs on the ramp. Strobes come on for takeoff or any runway crossing.
 
JordanD said:
Maybe a Cirrus driver can chime in, but do Cirruses have a red beacon light? I seem to remember being in some plane that didn't have one and used the strobes instead. I've noticed leaving the strobes on on the ramp is usually a Cirrus thing.
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Diamonds don't have them either, but I tend to just run that navigation lights at night, unless I'm on a runway.
 
-Getting stuck behind pilots who taxi too slow.
-Pilots who say "Sugar" instead of "Sierra."
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Diamonds don't have them either, but I tend to just run that navigation lights at night, unless I'm on a runway.
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question...at night when the engine is running you don't have any flashing lights going on the ramp?

What distinguishes between when you have a spinning blade and not?
 
At my airport our tower utilizes one of our parallel runways as a touch and go runway.

My pet peeve is when there is 3 or so aircraft in the pattern and one is flying a huuuuuuuge pattern.
 
Bumblebee said:
question...at night when the engine is running you don't have any flashing lights going on the ramp?

What distinguishes between when you have a spinning blade and not?
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't. You get either full strobes, or nothing. Personally, I'd rather be able to see, than be blinded by strokes, so I have the navigation lights on, with the strobes off. Do tell me you can see those at night, right? Its a horrible design, but if I can't see, I'm leaving the strobes off.
 
Hey, I wasnt being judgmental, no need to be defensive.... so the answer to my question is.... there is no difference. OK.

Oh and yes, I can see nav lights at night.:rolleyes:
 
Bumblebee said:
Hey, I wasnt being judgmental, no need to be defensive.... so the answer to my question is.... there is no difference. OK.

Oh and yes, I can see nav lights at night.:rolleyes:
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Fair enough. I came off a little harsh there, but no matter where you stand on the issue, there is always the group who thinks they should be on, and there is always the group that thinks they should be off. Would have much much easier with a single red light.
 
KSCessnaDriver said:
Fair enough. I came off a little harsh there, but no matter where you stand on the issue, there is always the group who thinks they should be on, and there is always the group that thinks they should be off. Would have much much easier with a single red light.
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No worries... but why be harsh? We have been jumping to harsh too fast around here.

I often mention this philosophy...

if there are two ways to take something...a good way and a bad way...take it in the good way. If I meant it in a bad way, I'll make sure you understand:D

I think that's true for most of us.
 
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