Fantastic thread! I really enjoy it!
My contribution:
1)
My colleagues had been bothered already for weeks by a captain who constantly questioned the FCOM advice not to fully retract the slats after landing in high ambient temperatures.
One day, they relayed him to me on the phone (as if I knew better than them...!?
). Pilot was already aware about the background as given in the FCOM, told me that my colleagues had explained the issue to the best of their knowledge. blablablah.
I didn´t need to say much myself, he kept apologising for his call (?!). Especially when I kind of barked at him after minutes of useless talk: "Do you want me to request a thermal analysis from Airbus for the front spar area????".
2)
Accompanied a friend of mine in "civil" clothing at SHJ - but with company badge and airport permit properly displayed -, chatting on entering the cockpit.
Captain, adressing my friend, pointing at me with his finger: "Who´s this?" - "Ah, excuse me! You can talk to me DIRECTLY!"
3)
A340 flight crews taking off with all four bleeds "off" - but packs "on". Great idea!
4)
A340 flight crews insisting on tech delay, when they themselves ask for MLI crosscheck of degraded (not failed!) fuel quantity indication. And verbally complaining about "fuel hiding", various "anomalies" without useful details.
But: In general, I think we get along quite well...
Cheers,
J.V.