This cracks me up and should probably be in the misc. area.. but whatever!
We had an american gentleman fly into one of our outposts last week and his name was Ken.. The others in his fun loving group kept calling him Brother Ken! I didn't have the time to ask (or realize) why... Until the 280lb dude climbed into the 180... and the seat snapped!
The rest of the guys start to howl and started a chant Bro Ken ... Bro Ken.. Bro Ken!
Apparently this kinda stuff happens to him all the time. Now I have no pax. seat and don't have to fly any more stinky fishermen around for the rest of the season Thanks Ken!
Remember Kids.. Stay safe out there.. and have fun
Ya, we had a dude that needed the center bench out of the beaver so he could even get in! He sat in the sling seat with one end of the seatbelt from one side and one from t'other with two extenders joining the lot!
There should be an average american fisherman weight: 230lb. I tip the scales at 190 and I'm definatly below average during lodge season.
Is it just me, or have the aircraft manufacturers failed ot keep up with the expanding girth of most people. I find the 170 lb standard in use in the USA to be a bit silly. Not only is it the "average " weight ofa passenger for weight calculations, but it is also the standard for certification of aeronautical appliances. A seat is designed to support a 170 lb person during normal flight operations and provde occupant protection when subjected to 9 G deceleration. An airstair door is designed to support one 170 lb person under normal use. Start loading the 250 lb and up supersizers and you are overstressing the equipment. When I used to fly rig pigs for NAA in the Texas Tampon, we always carried a minimum of 2 extra seats in that old piece of shit just because coming home with seat backs broken was a daily occurance. We had one guy who did nothing but repair seats. Westex had the same problem out of YVR. Yet the seat was rated for a 170 lb person. In the air medevac scene, morbidly obese people are becoming a problem. Bandaid, how do you handle someone who weighs over 400 lbs. Does Victoria ask how heavy the patient is? Must be a bitch in some cases.
---------- ADS -----------
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
We had a guy who didn't fit on a stretcher at all, when he got to the airport we put him on a pallet with a futon mattress on it to load him in the Pilatus. Not sure how he'd fit in a King Air door or something similar. I can see this being a big problem for some operators in the coming years.
---------- ADS -----------
I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.
A few years ago I was taking a late flight out of YVR to Vegas, America West leaving about 2200. When departure time came, we started loading, then, there we sat. We sat for over an hour, with no real indication of the problem. Eventually I got one of the FA's to 'enlighten' me. They were only carrying 20 seat belt extenders on the 737, and they had ground staff running around to other operators trying to borrow 4 more, but at that late time, was hard to find folks.....
It was an 'enlightening' explanation is all i can say.
We fly this one particular person probably once a month on medivacs, often enough that she remembers our names(thats bad if you know your medivac pilot on a first name basis if you ask me).
Anyway around when I first went captain I was flying with this one particular gentlemen that hadn't flown this LADY yet so I was trying to describe her to him, but words some times cannot explain.
So we get there I'm buy the aircraft door, the FO walks over to the ambulance door and opens it, this individual turned around with the look of, Dear F$%kin lord-I didn't sign up for this-Get a fork lift- and I quit on his face all at once. I couldn't help but laugh.
When we put this person into the plane we(this is bad I know) have to grab the sheets and lift up to squeeze her stomach up to make her smaller to fit through the door, when we get to our base I ALWAYS get a minimum of 4 mechanics to help unload her.
Now that is pretty bad,
I know what grounded is talkin about, there is a company here that has strapped people to the aircraft they herc straps
Dog wrote:Ya, we had a dude that needed the center bench out of the beaver so he could even get in! He sat in the sling seat with one end of the seatbelt from one side and one from t'other with two extenders joining the lot!
There should be an average american fisherman weight: 230lb. I tip the scales at 190 and I'm definatly below average during lodge season.
I myself am around 190-200... the AVERAGE american that we fly in I swear is about 230... the bigger guys are always over 250 and we've had a couple over 300lbs and two that would not even fit through the beavers Pax. door! WOW!
With the cabin extension in our one machine.. we usually put the guy in the back witha sling seat too..
We have a lawyer here in Calgary who travels to YYZ and YOW a lot and she will not fit in a normal airline seat so she has demanded and gotten two seats for the price of one. Went to court over it and won. We all make jokes about the lard arses but I have a sister in law who is one big momma. She ws so fat, she could not breathe properly. She had to sleep sitting up because her huge bulk prevented her from breathing properly. It was very sad. She went on diets and had her stomache stapled and has reduced to a ton now but I am sure she took many years off her life.
---------- ADS -----------
The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
I worked for this company that a guy we later nick named 'Buster' during his PPC ground brief broke the company couch he was sitting on. Then when online, he broke other stuff on the airplane...when he was finally let go...on his way out, he broke the wood staircarse
This just brings so many "yo mamma" jokes to mind...
Among them: Yo mamma's so fat when she went to school...she sat beside EVERYBODY!
or my fav: Yo mamma's so fat, when she rolls out of bed in the morning...she rolls out of BOTH sides of the bed!
It also reminds me of a medevac we once did where the fire department had to come help load Fat Bastard onto the BE20. The WHOLE Fire Department! We had to take turns squishing one roll at a time into the door while 4 guys held the foot end of the stretcher.
At YXD the fire department refused to come help so we had to call 2 ambulances and recruit the rampies at Mcewen's. Everybod got rubber gloves of their own. I'm not sure "Mr The Hut" lived after that but I bet he needed one large casket.
grounded wrote:We had a guy who didn't fit on a stretcher at all, when he got to the airport we put him on a pallet with a futon mattress on it to load him in the Pilatus. Not sure how he'd fit in a King Air door or something similar. I can see this being a big problem for some operators in the coming years.
Was that the 1000 pound guy??? Loaded at AC cargo by forklift into a matress on the floor of the PC12.....
Two thirds of America is overweight or obese. The reason aircraft manufacturers aren't making bigger seats is because bigger people will come forward to fill them. Seats don't need to get wider, people need to smarten up and not eat so damn much!
We all know weight is a big issue especially on small aircraft. At my company we simply ask new people how much they weigh. We explain that it's for safety, and they usually fess up. If people get offended, they're usually the fat ones, and they've marked themselves anyway.
We've turned people away because they've weighed over 300lbs. I try to be nice and sensitive about it, but what the hell are we supposed to do! I love the double standard. "You better keep me safe, but don't dare ask me my ACTUAL weight"
How many of you think airlines should charge by the pound?
I dont think there is too big of a deal for being fat but dont be fat and bitchy, if someone charges you 2 seats because you take up 2 fucking seats either shut up or slim down
---------- ADS -----------
She’s built like a Steakhouse, but she handles like a Bistro.
Let's kick the tires, and light the fires.... SHIT! FIRE! EMERGENCY CHECKLIST!
The last few times I flew overseas, I was asked my actual weight. I assumed it was because they needed an accurate accountability of weight, for cargo and fuel. Evry spare pound goes towards mail I suppose.
I was flying an L1011, not a C-5 or anything thing like it.
---------- ADS -----------
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
Semper Fidelis
“De inimico non loquaris male, sed cogites"-
Do not wish death for your enemy, plan it.
Thanks Ken!
