What really get's your Goat
 

There are three, ' things, phrases or comments' that really make me wanna scream (or worse), whenever I hear them........

One is the word, SPAMCAN

Second is when a somebody says " WHERE'S THE PARACHUTE"

Three "IT'S A GET YOU OUT OF TROUBLE RATING " ( IMC )

What are other Ppruner's little pet hates ?

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

"Where's the pilot?" Commonly heard by us girlies. :rolleyes:

"It's only a microlight"

"But we've always done it this way"

"Why can't I just risk my own life"

G

"No but seriously, you can't really fly can you."

Why do they never say that to fellahs!
:mad:

All cliche's and unnecessary abbreviations.

Pilots that say "over" on the RT even though it is obvious a reply is expected - :rolleyes:

Only one thing gets my goat - AND 99.9% of the time, I let it go, purely for my own sanity:

plane

it is not a £ucking plane, IT IS AN AEROPLANE!

I don't even mind airplane when flying in the States. I quite enjoy biplane, canard, pusher or any other specific descriptor but I hate "plane".

Had Aerbabe been a swamp donkey she would have had the lecture face to face last Friday:)

Plane's are used by carpenters (shame about Karen!:D ) pilots and passengers fly in aeroplanes!

Most of my buddies, the BBC news crews, young instructors utilise this bastardization of aeroplane.


I feel outnumbered, my wife tells me to lighten up but standards must be upheld and aeroplane is the true and correct appelation!

Sermon over

Stik

" ....are they REALLY safe.... ?? "

"You pay HOW MUCH a hour? I could get drunk for that much."

"THEM:-So when are you taking me up?
ME:-How about tomorrow?
THEM:-ummm arrrrr (thinks of an excuse)"

"Hello Biggles. AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH"

Walt,,

To me (FI)

"So didn't you want to be a real pilot"

I left before it got boring/nasty

sB

Oh yeah, my other favourite analisms include:

"PIN Number"
"ATM Machine"
etc

Whats wrong with 'spamcan'?

having landed somewhere and passenger sees an airliner jet pass overhead and says "oh look, there's a real plane" :rolleyes:

I'm with stik on this one....

To me (FI)

"So you are pilot, eh? Which airline you work for?"

Evo & Stik (sorry guys, couldn't resist it)
are absolutely correct.

I hate "'copter" for "helicopter". If it must be shortened, use 'chopper' or 'helo'.

<groan> :rolleyes: :)

Um...

RT
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life stories...on a busy day

Military controllers who insist on using the term 'wait' (standby or hold? it means standby apparrently - they get nervous about heavies on short final for no apparrent reason - good job they dont work at heathrow...)

the call 'finals' - 1. you do it once. 2. RTFM - CAP413 quite clearly states 'Final' - cant understand why its debated when its so clear...

:mad: :mad: :mad: 'IMC is a get of of trouble rating' (For those that say this - please read the ANO for once in your lives...) - As an IR rated pilot I find this snobbery intolerable.

Other stuff....
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One-up manship and snide remarks/name calling from one fraction of aviation about another i.e. microlighters vs light a/c vs gliders vs airline etc etc vice versa....we are all trained pilots all with a 'right' to fly in the same airspace - it is not the aircraft you fly that makes you a danger - its bad airmanship - and this occurs on ALL sides. Having come from microlights to being a light a/c instructor, still enjoying all forms of aviation I find the coments both puzzling and frustrating - as 95% of these people make these remarks having never experienced these other forms of aviation at all.

lack of female pilots - i would like to see the image of the industry changed to be one of equality rather than its current 'shauvanistic'/male dominated taint - after all Im male and dont want to be tarred with a brush that is not of my chosing...

:mad: :mad: :mad: The fact that as an instructor everyone assumes I am hours building...i may be en-route to the airlines but instructing means far far more than that to me - and to be honest this is the one that hurts me/irritates me the most - I give instructing 110% - I hate having that effort devalued. Yep some may be doing it for the wrong reasons - that doesnt mean we all are...I for one will be instructing for the rest of my life irrespective of the day job...

Yeah...cool..thats off my chest now! :D

FF

Giving ????? 110%

Only footballers achieve this mathmatically impossible state

(sorry FF :p )

:D
no problem.
Its mathematically calculated in the same way that unit trusts are invested using 105% of your money. :D

:confused:

LOL

bcfc

Don't know if the 'b' stands for Birmingham or Bradford. Either way, don't see how you'd know anything about footballers giving 110%:p