Have you got any flying clichés?
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Have you got any flying clichés?
As I begin this rocky road into the professional flying I feel it would be remiss of me not to acquaint myself with all of the clichés that must pass around the flying schools, crew rooms and flight decks. This will, of course, allow me to talk with conviction to the non flying community!?!
In my partcular line of work it is usually 'soldiers are our most important asset'. Undoubtedly true, but grossly over used.
Any suggestions?
In my partcular line of work it is usually 'soldiers are our most important asset'. Undoubtedly true, but grossly over used.
Any suggestions?
Things like runway behind you etc - although that might not apply so much to you I guess. There were a lot on here somewhere - maybe in jet blast but the search thing is down at the moment. How about
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire or
Its always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire or
Its always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.
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A "Certain" Scottish Airline inbound to MAN
Pilot.. "We wanted a 6 mile final!"
APC .."Ring me"
Pilot ..We wanted a 6 mile final,rant rant, rave
APC, "At MAN, we have a Cossor264, an ACR2000, a Watchman, a Cat3 ILS, an SMR, What we don't have is a **crystal ball. You want 6 miles, 'kin ask!"
Pilot.. "We wanted a 6 mile final!"
APC .."Ring me"
Pilot ..We wanted a 6 mile final,rant rant, rave
APC, "At MAN, we have a Cossor264, an ACR2000, a Watchman, a Cat3 ILS, an SMR, What we don't have is a **crystal ball. You want 6 miles, 'kin ask!"
"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots...but there are no old, bold pilots."
A cliche perhaps, but like most it has more than just a grain of truth behind it.
Another one:-
"When you start flying you have two buckets. One is full and is labelled "Luck", the other is empty and is labelled "Experience". The trick is to fill the second bucket before the first one becomes empty!"
A cliche perhaps, but like most it has more than just a grain of truth behind it.
Another one:-
"When you start flying you have two buckets. One is full and is labelled "Luck", the other is empty and is labelled "Experience". The trick is to fill the second bucket before the first one becomes empty!"
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Cliches from pax visiting flight deck -
How do you see out ?
Isn`t it small in here ?
Are you finished after this ( 5 hour) flight?
Who`s the pilot/Driver?
So when do you get qualified ? ( to F/O)
Any more ?
How do you see out ?
Isn`t it small in here ?
Are you finished after this ( 5 hour) flight?
Who`s the pilot/Driver?
So when do you get qualified ? ( to F/O)
Any more ?
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A bit off-topic but here's a skydiving one:
"When people look like ants, it's time to pull. When ants look like people, don't bother."
And those endless newspaper cliches, relying heavily on 'nosedives','tailspins'(presumably the opposite?) and the classic "The engine was heard to stall and the plane plunged to the ground."
"When people look like ants, it's time to pull. When ants look like people, don't bother."
And those endless newspaper cliches, relying heavily on 'nosedives','tailspins'(presumably the opposite?) and the classic "The engine was heard to stall and the plane plunged to the ground."
Journalists have developed 'Disappeared from radar screens' into a cliche. Others include 'black box', 'runway' (as in 'the plane was on the runway for six hours' when they mean apron or taxiway), 'tarmac' and 'plane'. I wonder if journalists' appalling lack of knowledge on aviation, where I can see their errors and cliches, is matched in other areas where I can't?
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Hew, I especially agree about the constant misuse of "runway" both in print and on TV/radio. It has been pointed out on PPRuNe (which many of them read) so many times that one can only assume that they just don't care.
As to "matching" accuracy in other subjects, yes, all the way! But, hey, if it sells newsprint . . . . .
As another cliche goes, Don't believe all you read.
As to "matching" accuracy in other subjects, yes, all the way! But, hey, if it sells newsprint . . . . .
As another cliche goes, Don't believe all you read.
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My local rag, every time it does a story about someone braving death for charity by taking a trip in a Cessna 152 etc, ALWAYS features headlines (yes, headlines) such as "High Flyer Janet takes to the Skies!" etc. Thier other favorite . . "Up , Up and Away !" .. (YAWN)
But one of my personnel favorites .. "Its not the fall that kills you, Its the sudden stop at the end."
But one of my personnel favorites .. "Its not the fall that kills you, Its the sudden stop at the end."