Pilots...what are your pet peeves?

SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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LOL. And here I'm working on a rating where they're supposed to do all that stuff and I have to catch it when they aren't doing it right. :)
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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Throw em' in the backseat so their sticky fingers can't reach the goods.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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LOL, of course I know that a Cirrus driver is just waiting to pull the chute. I have to do everything right for you. Duh!
 
ETres said:
Since "Y" is Yankee, then "R" should've been Rebel.
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I guess if it fits....
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I don't mind if another pilot helps out with a missed radio call or similar. Luckily I haven't flown with anyone that was over controlling.
 
When I hear pilots doing touch n' goes at Big Spring, but they keep calling it Big Springs. Some throw in their best drawl so it sounds like "Big Sprangs."
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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It's a good idea to brief roles and responsibilities in the preflight briefing. I'll usually give another pilot something to do unless there is a reason not to (like practicing single pilot ops).

Nonpilots get told not to touch anything without clearing it first. Cabin air is too close to flaps.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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Hey what the heck man, I was that jackwagon! Just kidding, that would be funny though.
 
Two things that I am known for at work. Wind checks and medical certificate duration

Tower says....Aircraft XXX winds 290 at 12 cleared to land runway 35
And the co-pilot says "get a wind check".
They just gave it to you and it is on the screen in front of you and the nose is pointed left of the runway AND you are still going to have to fly it!

And when anyone says a medical certificate REVERTS to a lower at class at the end of some date. NO MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EVER REVERTS. It is enforce for the time certain for the OPERATION that you are conducting or it is expired.
 

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MD11Pilot said:
Two things that I am known for at work. Wind checks and medical certificate duration

Tower says....Aircraft XXX winds 290 at 12 cleared to land runway 35
And the co-pilot says "get a wind check".
They just gave it to you and it is on the screen in front of you and the nose is pointed left of the runway AND you are still going to have to fly it!

And when anyone says a medical certificate REVERTS to a lower at class at the end of some date. NO MEDICAL CERTIFICATE EVER REVERTS. It is enforce for the time certain for the OPERATION that you are conducting or it is expired.
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Yep. Your medical doesn't magically turn into anything. Your first class medical is still a first class medical even if you did it 20 years ago.
 
And that is the reason that there is not an expiration date on the medicals but just the date of examination. Your age plus the certificate you are exercising the privileges of is what determine if the medical is valid at that time.
 
This subject came up and despite having the regs written out, one guy challenged my thinking so we called the FAA in OKC. Lady said "after six months it reverts to a second class". I asked exactly where is that written and she said it isn't but that is what I read off our sheet of answers. I told her to put me through to whoever wrote the sheet because it was wrong. Phone went dead.
 
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SixPapaCharlie said:
Flying with other pilots and them thinking it is OK to arbitrarily use the radio.
That ****es me off. Not sure why some pilots do stuff in other people's planes w/o being asked.

You would never shift gears in someone elses car or get their headlights for them.

Sorry, I flew with a jackwagon the other day that insisted on touching everything.
Unless I ask, you are a passenger.
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Ha, bet I know who you flew with...:rolleyes:
 
Two things really, the first being when people find out I'm an airline pilot they sometimes ask "yeah, what ROUTE do ya fly?" . ROUTE, ROUTE !!!!!! Like I'm a F**king milk man or something ! We don't fly routes you dumbass !

The second being when people STAND on the left side of the moving walkway !!

Oh, and one more thing - when people come up to me in the airport and say "Can I ask you a question"........arent you doing that already !
 
I always look down when I'm in uniform so people don't ask me questions! The best is when they ask what gate their connecting flight is and I just look up at the 70 inch TV that says it.
 
MD11Pilot said:
This subject came up and despite having the regs written out, one guy challenged my thinking so we called the FAA in OKC. Lady said "after six months it reverts to a second class". I asked exactly where is that written and she said it isn't but that is what I read off our sheet of answers. I told her to put me through to whoever wrote the sheet because it was wrong. Phone went dead.
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Did you notice an increase in the number of FAA route checks you got after that phone call?

Bob
 
Pilots that let their children talk on the radio, such as making traffic pattern calls.
 
register@teamandras.com said:
Is it poor form to "request advisories" if there's a common frequency for the CTAF and occasionally manned unicom?
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This comes up over and over it seems. People prefer you just announce yourself, your positions, and if other traffic exists and hears you they'll respond as needed. That way you provide useful information in your first call vs. just being a random voice out there somewhere congesting the frequency without adding anything.
 
exncsurfer said:
This comes up over and over it seems. People prefer you just announce yourself, your positions, and if other traffic exists and hears you they'll respond as needed. That way you provide useful information in your first call vs. just being a random voice out there somewhere congesting the frequency without adding anything.
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Oh, that makes sense, but assuming that there's somebody at the airport who may be listening and have something helpful to say, what if you also include your location with the request, something like this?

Avalon Unicom, Cessna AB123 inbound from 5 miles to the southeast at 4500, request advisories
 
register@teamandras.com said:
Oh, that makes sense, but assuming that there's somebody at the airport who may be listening and have something helpful to say, what if you also include your location with the request, something like this?

Avalon Unicom, Cessna AB123 inbound from 5 miles to the southeast at 4500, request advisories
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My take on it is, you should have been listening from more than 5 miles out so you should be aware of every aircraft in the pattern if they are making radio calls. If not, announcing your position should get them up on the mic knowing someone else is out there. If not, they probably don't have a radio, or are not using it so your request if going nowhere. If the unicom is maned most likely the fbo will advise on your initial call up any aircraft or advisories.
 
Zeldman said:
Pilots that let their children talk on the radio, such as making traffic pattern calls.
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Well, that'd make me a guilty offender then. If I have a Pax that is on their first GA flight, I write down the departure transmit announcement for them (usually just the departure call *AFTER* they have practiced it a few times while I'm doing the run-up). If you saw the grin on their face after rotation, you might change your feeling on this issue. I don't let them make any other pattern calls ... and <shudder> sometimes I let them fly a little:eek:

My son was my first pax after PPL. After he announced the departure and right closed traffic, two of the CFIs keyed up "better than your dad's" ... for an 8 year old, he had a blast. All of the other first timers were adults.
 
When you're not looking for a job, you get offered three... when you're looking...

You get the idea.

I'm still "part time" at the office while I fiddle with aviation stuff. I've had two very solid (personal friend calling on one saying he couldn't find anyone who could do what I do who didn't need a year of training) job offers in the last two weeks for IT work.
 
jordane93 said:
I always look down when I'm in uniform so people don't ask me questions! The best is when they ask what gate their connecting flight is and I just look up at the 70 inch TV that says it.
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Yeah I've done it a million times it seems, and it's all up there on the boards. I always loved it when I was in uniform and someone asks, "are you a pilot?", even when I nonrev sitting next to some one, seems 1 out of 5 ask.
 
mscard88 said:
Yeah I've done it a million times it seems, and it's all up there on the boards. I always loved it when I was in uniform and someone asks, "are you a pilot?", even when I nonrev sitting next to some one, seems 1 out of 5 ask.
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What's worse is the constant "Are you old enough to be flying this thing??l"
 
Why is it that the pilots flying airplanes with Garrett 731's sit on the ramp the longest after starting? When I flew a King Air B100 I knew how loud and annoying they were. Just start and then go to the run-up area and do what ever you need to do.
 
ARFlyer said:
What's worse is the constant "Are you old enough to be flying this thing??l"
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Hell.......ID ask you that too. Especially after I saw you ride your BMX bike to work and part it in "employee parking"!!!!
 
Always cracked me up when I nonrev'd and the pilots were both female. Even had a few passengers ask me (I was in uniform) if they were safe...I always answered "why wouldn't they be"? They never would respond.
 
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