Pilots seem prone to what I call "hissy-fits". These are when an otherwise normal (kind of, at least) person starts to throw a tantrum on the ramp, or in the airplane, because something isn't going his way. Could be, after spending an hour at the airport, getting ready to launch....just to find a snag on the airplane......starts throwing a fit, and wants to do the trip anyway, even though the snag is a no-brainer, ground the A/C snag!
How do you deal with these people? Is this a common event?
How to deal with "Hissy-Fits"?
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I experienced one of these hissy fits just this morning when I woke to find my shitbox had been towed overnight. I was staying at a friend's with the car parked in visitors and i had a decal on my dash (windows were frosted)..........tow dude wanted $100......cue hissy-fit 
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Panama Jack
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Technique indealing with hissy-fitting pilots is not unlike that of dealing with other similar natural phenonemons, such as tornados or women strung out on PMS. Give them all wide berth, never underestimate their destructive potential, and be aware than sometimes they turn and come after you.
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DOC in the secter (ATC) we warned the guy once and fired his ass after that. You cannot have someone who cannot control his temper it makes for dead people. In the air plane I train to plan for all the posibilities and if a HIssy fit show up I brief the pilot if he still has trouble with the temper I fire him. I have had a guy get pissed at a photo copier and start to kick it. He now works some where else. Hiss fits are not acceptable in this industry.
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Nor are they acceptable in the pit, it seems...Wasn't Me wrote:Hiss fits are not acceptable in this industry.
Petey was a snake, only so big. Petey lived in a pit with his mother. One day, Petey was hissing in the pit when his mother said, "Petey, don't hiss in the pit. Go outside the pit to hiss." So, Petey went outside of the pit to hiss.
Petey was hissing all around the pit when he finally leaned over and hissed in the pit. Petey's mother heard Petey hissing in the pit and said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, go over to Mrs. Potts' pit and hiss in her pit."
Petey went over to Mrs. Pott's pit to hiss in her pit, but Mrs. Potts was not at home so he hissed in her pit anyway. While Petey was hissing in Mrs. Potts' pit, Mrs. Potts came home and found Petey hissing in her pit. She said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, don't hiss in my pit. Go to your own pit to hiss." This made Petey very sad and he cried all the way home.
When Petey got home, his mother saw him crying and said, "Petey, what's the matter?" Petey said, "I went over to Mrs. Potts to hiss in her pit but Mrs. Potts was not at home so I hissed in her pit anyway. Mrs. Potts came home and found me hissing in her pit and said, "Petey, if you must hiss in a pit, go to your own pit to hiss. Don't hiss in my pit."
This made Petey's mother very angry and she said, "Why that mean old lady. I knew Mrs. Potts when she didn't have a pit to hiss in!"
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Rubberbiscuit
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When people develop a short fuse there is often an underlying reason.
I ask what the problem is and maybe a day or to off is in order!
Whatever the reason. If someone gets that wound up you can not count on them being there when you need them as they are still dwelling on the pen they lost last week!
I ask what the problem is and maybe a day or to off is in order!
Whatever the reason. If someone gets that wound up you can not count on them being there when you need them as they are still dwelling on the pen they lost last week!
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