Cockpit Pet peeves

Spaceship 2 · Post by **Spaceship 2** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:24 pm

Ah yes the horse flies....that reminds me of another peeve.

Those pilots that insist on crushing every horsefly that lands on the windshield (on the inside). Man it ends up looking like some kid unloaded with a fully automatic paintball marker/gun, and the blood and guts slowly ooze downwards.

Cool Rythms! · Post by **Cool Rythms!** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:11 pm

Man if them horseflies are that big, then it's time to get the hell outta that flight deck and just let them do the flying. It must be quite the experience, to lean over to pick up your flight bag and something underneath is actually helping you lift it

Darkhorse · Post by **Darkhorse** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:42 pm

leftcoaster · Post by **leftcoaster** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:27 am

How about the jackass who insists on using a hot mic on the intercom then chews gum loudly and makes other assorted mouth noises.

I lose it,..... snap!

TOGA Descent · Post by **TOGA Descent** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 8:49 am

20 years, and I've flown every OTHER leg. Only taken control twice, and both times it was ABSOLUTELY necessary.

Anyhow, the thing that really pisses me off... Folks who don't follow SOP, or follow some other companies SOP.

Disco Stu · Post by **Disco Stu** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:35 am

poor radio work...........reading back entire taxi instructions instead of just any hold shorts...........estimates for YWG on 126.7...............

4green · Post by **4green** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 9:51 am

messiness/disorganization- charts everywhere, jepps laying all over, paperwork wedged at the front of the glareshield. reaching for something in its usual place and ending up on an easter egg hunt.

bright rheo's/screens at night- how am i supposed to fall asleep with all that glare?

temperature disk jockeys- it's a flightdeck, not a menopause simulator, i shouldn't be going through cold chills and hot flashes with every boot cycle

gps pages- leaving it on something "non-operational"- any particular reason we've been monitoring the runway layout of our destination...for the last hour?; staying on NAV2 the whole time (we have two other displays giving the same information)

sop deviation at the end of a long day- or being too cool to brief

sakism · Post by **sakism** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:12 am

Beerfarts - especially when they're 3Green's.

FAF inbound · Post by **FAF inbound** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:22 pm

puddlejumper wrote:
cedarjet wrote:those who throw their crap (maps, charts, manual, etc) on top of the instrument panel. I hate that reflection!!!
I second that! And ppl with Huge flight bags in small planes (eg. PA31). U need a headset, Flashlight, clipboard and a couple maps, whats with the suitcase?

Okay granted I understand about cockpit clutter etc., but there's nothing wrong with a pack with everything you may need. It is directly proportinal to the distance away from home base, and inversely proportional to the town's size and amentity availabilities. But always bring something with you, even for a short trip!

I've lost count of how many times I've made my fellow Captains or peers lives easier, with a well stocked pack. Short of giving them clothing, I've had just about everything else you could ask for. I don't think I've had to pay my own bar tab in years... the guys remember this kind of stuff.

As long as you don't occupy flight deck space with your belongings, it's all good. Keep the asile clear.

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:40 pm

Did an ILS in YSB at 100 and 1/4 with turbulence, icing, snow, mist, etc. We missed and went to YTS. The keener in row A armed with just enough knowledge to be a pain in the nuts asked us why we didn't proceed to North Bay. When we told him the weather was worse, he pointed to the panel and said, "you've got instruments, why didn't you go IFR?"
The company frowns on us telling pax to f%$k off, so we just did the shoulda-hadda-V8 slap on the forehead and said, "Man! Of course! What were we thinking?!"

Another thing that bugs me aside from minimal pilot passengers who think they can do my job better than me, are the guys who can't be bothered identifying themselves to ATC. It happens a lot where I work and it's lazy and unprofessional. Don't just check in with your flight number, now the controller has to figure out who the hell you are. I can see once in a while after initial contact and during a multiple interactive conversation, but stop it. Tell them who you are.

Hun IN the SUN · Post by **Hun IN the SUN** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 2:08 am

Using extended UHHHHHHHH`s and pauses on the radio, It makes you sound like UHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH idiot. flightbags with nothing but crap in them.

Northern Skies · Post by **Northern Skies** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:14 am

those who insist on a very low radio volume, and

way-too-hot cabins.

Blue Side Down · Post by **Blue Side Down** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:36 am

(at uncontrolled a/ps): people who wait for the 152 on three mile final to land before departing... also- people with expensive airplanes taxiing all over hell's-half- which includes taxiing across active runways without so much as a glance up the approach or a call on frequency

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:44 am

That "Otter" guy from Thunder Bay.

talkinghead · Post by **talkinghead** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:35 am

JayVee wrote: Another thing that bugs me aside from minimal pilot passengers who think they can do my job better than me, are the guys who can't be bothered identifying themselves to ATC. It happens a lot where I work and it's lazy and unprofessional. Don't just check in with your flight number, now the controller has to figure out who the hell you are. I can see once in a while after initial contact and during a multiple interactive conversation, but stop it. Tell them who you are.

Pilots not making proper radio calls its becoming a problem everywhere. Unquestionably a pet peeve.

... · Post by **...** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:51 am

4green wrote: temperature disk jockeys- it's a flightdeck, not a menopause simulator, i shouldn't be going through cold chills and hot flashes with every boot cycle

Northern Girl · Post by **Northern Girl** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:52 am

When you are the flying pilot on approach to land - and short final the nonflying pilots' had creeps close to the controls and start twitching as if they are going to grab them. Even though you are perfectly on profile, right on speed and flaring correctly. Out of the corner of your eye you can see it and it sure is off putting. Drives me crazy.

Wasn't Me · Post by **Wasn't Me** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 10:31 am

Getting radar vectored in a busy TCU and having the PNF start final checks realy loud. Co-pilots who expect to fly all the time. Weather experts who think that chance of vertical development means we don't go. And the new guy who isan expert at everything and good at nothing.

Northern Flyer · Post by **Northern Flyer** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:41 pm

Hauling buckets of KFC inside the cabin, the smell of dirty bird makes me want to puke.

Cap'n P8 · Post by **Cap'n P8** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:05 pm

Remy will flip if he smells this chicken!

spongebob · Post by **spongebob** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:13 pm

Long winded FSS/Radio personel stating all the info after I say "Have the numbers and traffic."

Gawd, that drives me up the wall!

teacher · Post by **teacher** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:42 am

1) Arriving at the airplane and not finding a single pallet has been built.
2) ATIS in a foriegn language followed by an ATIS in attempted english.
3) Crew member that goes for a coffee and a smoke than doesn't chew gum.

Dockjock · Post by **Dockjock** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:52 am

ATC pet peeve- giving us the 5-hr-old RSC on initial contact after startup when we just did a 10-minute turn. "No change since arrival" will do just fine thanks.

sideslip · Post by **sideslip** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:15 am

1) coffee breath
2) your captain leaving sh#t in the aisle for you to trip over

Sulako · Post by **Sulako** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:47 am

Watching the radar paint random images at night in IMC during summer Tstorms after asking manangement to fix it for months, and having them send a video on how to understand weather radar instead of fixing the unit. Then when the plane finally gets flown by managment, they see the problem was the radar, and then ask why you didn't inform them sooner.

The Captain accepting trips at 1am to go to the reserves during a blizzard, even though we both know we'll miss, just to get the mileage. I don't mind a realistic spin on the weather, and if they say to go anyway, that's fine. It's the times the weather sux and the cappy says "It's more than safe to go and we are more than happy to try". A person would have to be a real all-star to do that eh

The ramp attendant who bitches if we don't call 20 minutes out. I guess there must be a lot of mental preparation involved in walking to the plane and putting chocks under the tires. No offence to anyone but the guy I'm thinking of

Having management tell us that cutting our wages and working longer hours is the only way to keep the company going, then watching them leave at 1pm to go golfing in their company SUV's.

But all that pales in comparision to my number one peeve:

The 12-hour bottle-to-throttle rule and 9-hour rest periods

//hopes to invent a time machine one day...

//edited to clarify my grouchiness about the 1am callouts