Recent content by Mike11777

It was a daytime flight from BOS to LAX. I don't recall the exact time it happened.

I come in peace, and I respectfully request a truce. To answer your questions.... There was no first class cabin. The entire aircraft had coach seats. The pilot's time spent socializing with the flight attendant was literally over 20 minutes. The pilot and the flight attendant were smiling...

Yeah right. If you really are one, god help us all.

Here's a more appropriate question for you guys.... How long have you been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator? lol

None of those situations have 200 lives on the line. Nice try though, Roger Murdock.

Asking you guys for advice about airline pilots is like asking a hospital janitor about surgeons.

I can see most you guys are Cessna-flying wannabes instead of real airline pilots. I am asking the wrong crowd.

Nope. A passenger tried to use the front restroom while the pilot and stewardess were socializing. They both pointed the passenger to the back restrooms. There was a barricade between the crew and passengers during the chat.

It wasn't my quote. It was a pilot's quote.

Here's an answer I got on another message board..... "Auto-pilot really does make it so the plane essentially flies itself once they've reached cruising altitude so there wasn't any immediate danger. If something went wrong AND the pilot in command couldn't handle it he surely could have...

Then what are the OTHER reasons that flights have 2 pilots?

So the only reason flights have 2 pilots is so they can take turns peeing?

I was recently a passenger on a flight on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles. In the middle of the flight, one of the pilots came out of the cockpit to use the bathroom. Then he stood near the first row of seats and socialized with the stewardess for 20 minutes. This annoyed me for 2...