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06-02-2012, 11:50 AM

#1551

MoonShot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PiperPilot03

I had a captain (well known for being the big tool at my airline) who turned on the dome light for a two hour night flight so he could read his paper. Not the small reading light, but the massive, everything is daylight dome light. I was glad he was taking the landing, which he promptly crashed on the runway like all his landings so he could dissipate the energy and get to the gate a few seconds sooner which allowed him to pick up as much OT as possible.

I'd say 90% (or more) of the night flights at Delta have the big dome light on other than takeoff and landing.

06-02-2012, 12:09 PM

#1552

samballs

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PiperPilot03

Is that your first night flight? What do you expect to do up there for a flight. Stare out the window for 2 hrs, heck no, light on paper out. Or do you not read either since the book says not to?

06-02-2012, 12:54 PM

#1553

80ktsClamp

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MoonShot

I'd say 90% (or more) of the night flights at Delta have the big dome light on other than takeoff and landing.

Yup... on at 18... off at top of descent. The guys that don't turn it on are more the rarity.

06-02-2012, 01:16 PM

#1554

dalad

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Originally Posted by MoonShot

I'd say 90% (or more) of the night flights at Delta have the big dome light on other than takeoff and landing.

He must be looking out for UFO's.

06-02-2012, 01:54 PM

#1555

PiperPilot03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by samballs

Is that your first night flight? What do you expect to do up there for a flight. Stare out the window for 2 hrs, heck no, light on paper out. Or do you not read either since the book says not to?

I've only been here for 2 years but so far, he is the only one. Everyone else uses the reading light if they want to read.

06-02-2012, 02:45 PM

#1556

mike734

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I nominate the passenger walking through the terminal dressed in surgical scrubs. Tool!

06-02-2012, 03:52 PM

#1557

chignutsak

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Originally Posted by MayDaze

...I'm hoping that my daughter will get a job as a stripper to pay her way through.

Let me know where she works, I promise to help her get through college.

06-02-2012, 04:39 PM

#1558

wireman

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Yeah, a picture would be good for direct deposit.

06-02-2012, 04:47 PM

#1559

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Originally Posted by mike734

I nominate the passenger walking through the terminal dressed in surgical scrubs. Tool!

Given the way people dress to fly these days, what's wrong with that? Assuming they're clean, scrubs are EXTREMELY comfortable.

06-02-2012, 04:53 PM

#1560

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Quote:

Originally Posted by PiperPilot03

I take it you're one of the guys who keeps the dome light off all night and the screens so dim that they're practically off?

I never understood why people fly around with the lights off. Unless we're avoiding wx or something, there's no reason to fly around in the dark. It may surprise some to know that most airplane nav/strobe/beacon lights are more than bright enough to see at night, even with the cockpit lights on.