The wierd and annoying habits of Pax!
Ha, yes Chaz, had the same thing, with a bunch of Search and Rescue spotter clowns on a positioning flight from Cooly to Maroochy. Numpty #1 tried to take a photo on takeoff, sitting right hand seat. All he got was the reflection of the flash off the windscreen
After that experience I swore that if I was ever going on a long distance yacht trip or a flight through a remote area I was going to buy a gun to blow my brains out as those amatuer tools wouldn't be able to find Fraser Island at 500 feet overhead with a pair of binos.
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After that experience I swore that if I was ever going on a long distance yacht trip or a flight through a remote area I was going to buy a gun to blow my brains out as those amatuer tools wouldn't be able to find Fraser Island at 500 feet overhead with a pair of binos.
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Remember hearing a story from one of the boys about trying to fly an ILS with a dog licking the back of his neck. The dogs owner (who made no attempt to stop it) thought it was a great laugh, that is until they got on the ground and he got a rocket from the pilot.
Remember hearing a story from one of the boys about trying to fly an ILS with a dog licking the back of his neck.
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After reading some of these, sounds more like the punters themselves should be
...crew. 
beat me to the punch i spy.
kept in a cage on a moisture absorbent mat in a compartment separate to that of the...
beat me to the punch i spy.
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There is nothing worse than a "family" traveling for the first time on a package deal. The harder they had to save the worse they are. Feral red cordial ADHD kids who should be in a pet cage in the hold. Mum half tanked on pre flight cask wine. Dad fully tanked enjoying watching his feral brood kicking seat backs, grabbing head rests, pushing buttons, wailing and moaning until he kicks them into the aisle where they proceed to run laps and insist on going to the toilet. Throw themselves on the floor and scream the ******* house down until some poor bastard has the job of dragging mum away from her cardonay to retrieve it from the floor.
Then follows 30 more minutes of seat kicking and squirming. As soon as the medication kicks in and they pass out, Dad now wants to engage passengers in loud conversation, louder mobile phone and worst of all, makes jokes about cabin crew that are 40 years old.
Mum is now dribbling and wants a cigie.
Rats now wake up and all want food.
Then follows 30 more minutes of seat kicking and squirming. As soon as the medication kicks in and they pass out, Dad now wants to engage passengers in loud conversation, louder mobile phone and worst of all, makes jokes about cabin crew that are 40 years old.
Mum is now dribbling and wants a cigie.
Rats now wake up and all want food.
But the moisture absorbent mat in the SLF cabin is only for seeing-eye dogs, and hearing-ear dogs.
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but I suppose the pilot has no one to blame but himself for this one. Last time I checked a dog is required to be kept in a cage on a moisture absorbent mat in a compartment separate to that of the punters
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I had a gfpt (student with passenger privileges), sitting in the back for a charter, spend 10 minutes reading me the weather report for the area about 1000 miles north of our position.
If I had the appropriate wac on me I would have chucked it in the back and asked him to mark the weather for me and analyze how it could effect us. As it was I pressed that wonderful isolate button.
If I had the appropriate wac on me I would have chucked it in the back and asked him to mark the weather for me and analyze how it could effect us. As it was I pressed that wonderful isolate button.
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Most of my passengers have been a dream, but the odd one or two - that I really REALLY f
n hate are:
* The 100-hour pilots who give you "advice", or
* The "yeah, I've logged heaps of hours on FlightSim so I know exactly what you're doing - shouldn't you be extending flap sometime soon?" pax.
n hate are:* The 100-hour pilots who give you "advice", or
* The "yeah, I've logged heaps of hours on FlightSim so I know exactly what you're doing - shouldn't you be extending flap sometime soon?" pax.
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What is it with passengers and light aircraft doors? The majority slam then shut like a HQ Ute door.
It was particularly bad in the 210. A couple of times I checked the latch mechanism at the end of a flight to make sure it was still servicable.
Maybe they think the harder they slam it, the less likely it is to pop open in flight.
It was particularly bad in the 210. A couple of times I checked the latch mechanism at the end of a flight to make sure it was still servicable.
Maybe they think the harder they slam it, the less likely it is to pop open in flight.
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Originally Posted by ToweringQ
Maybe they think the harder they slam it, the less likely it is to pop open in flight...
) and that the pilot alone will open and/or close all aircraft doors as & when necessary.
Make sure they [SLF] are aware ... that the pilot alone will open and/or close all aircraft doors as & when necessary.
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Nope not in PNG (thinking about it tho) but that's an interesting point... I guess the natives can be a little unruly. Have had the dubious pleasure of muppetts from damn near every other corner of the world though
Radio Saigon........
Re PNG, 'go for it'. It was the best GA flying that I was lucky enough to do before moving onto bigger 'things'. Sure, I scared myself sh1tless at times, but I learned a lot in the process.
Re PNG, 'go for it'. It was the best GA flying that I was lucky enough to do before moving onto bigger 'things'. Sure, I scared myself sh1tless at times, but I learned a lot in the process.
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Not a pax, but one old highland fella nearly came to grief on my left prop in a Bongo once, when he walked up between the fuse and engine to knock on my window just as I was about to hit the starter.
Just caught him out the corner of my eye. Woulda been a proper mess to clean up! (Especially as I had the storm window open...
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Just caught him out the corner of my eye. Woulda been a proper mess to clean up! (Especially as I had the storm window open...
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ooh Unusual Attitude, then there'd have been payback and the next bloke in would have been IT unless you were silly enough to decide the engine needed a bulk strip before the next flight. But then YOU'd have been the whitey with the axe in the head.
As for the Flt sim EXPERTS. I have an acquaintnce who is nearly the world champ Flt simmer as well as all the other aeroplane sim games.
Man CAN he fly.
Offered to get him a ride in a real aeroplane and have a fly with the idea that the first time his bum left the seat or his cheeks touched his collar bones he'd realize there's a mite more to it than jamming joysticks to the stops.
Knocked the offer back. "Oh! no! I'd get airsick if I went up in a plane ... I get vertigo very easily."
There continues an ace who reckons flyin's easy.
As for the Flt sim EXPERTS. I have an acquaintnce who is nearly the world champ Flt simmer as well as all the other aeroplane sim games.
Man CAN he fly.
Offered to get him a ride in a real aeroplane and have a fly with the idea that the first time his bum left the seat or his cheeks touched his collar bones he'd realize there's a mite more to it than jamming joysticks to the stops.
Knocked the offer back. "Oh! no! I'd get airsick if I went up in a plane ... I get vertigo very easily."
There continues an ace who reckons flyin's easy.
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Not a pax, but one old highland fella nearly came to grief on my left prop in a Bongo once, when he walked up between the fuse and engine to knock on my window just as I was about to hit the starter.