When told by ATC to 'expedite across the 1s,' at an airport where anyone who's been there more than once can tell you that the customary procedure is to roll past the intersection before exiting the runway, I find it hard to believe that anyone would grind to a halt ON THE INTERSECTING RUNWAY. But the double-breasted admiral that night certainly did.

Yawn. Filler.

you seem upset over something extremely trivial.

If you aren't familiar and weren't told in advance to expect it, it's not instantly obviously where the 1's are...that intersection area is a mess. To expedite through you have to land and then roll without brakes or TR's, not something that's prudent if you don't know exactly what you're doing. I have trouble getting new FO's to do it even with a briefing, everybody wants get their stop on early.

Always better to stop too soon than too late...

Maybe it was his first time and they were unfamiliar. Plus it was at night, so...

Old story: Long ago, Frankfurt Tower snapped at a PanAm double-breasted admiral "Vat iss ze matter...you haf never been here before?"
He drawled "Oh yeah, back in '44. Didn't land though...". :D

That is an oldie but a goodie. The airline changes with every telling but it's still funny 😂

Looooong PA Announcements with IFE
 

The single most complaint I get today from friends/customers are long winded PA's while in flight. It's 2016 and our passengers know what the weather in ABQ is and the 2/3 who can't see out the window don't care about flying over the grand canyon. What they do care about is you just stopped their movie to update them about nothing. KCCO

That and th FAs that have a long winded announcement about the fabulous food and beverage on this flight. Ya I know, they do it because their manual tells them to. Still its sooooo annoying. All I want to do is watch my movie, listen to my tunes, catch some zzzzs, and sometimes just flirt with the smokin hot passenger sitting next to me (though usually its some fat sweaty hot dog eating perv, who wants to tell me how to do my job) :cool:

You serve hot dogs inflight??

TIC

Or the particularly annoying carrier that tries to sell you their mileage credit card in-flight with the "special offer" and 3 minute monologue on bonus miles. It is torture. :mad:

Ha, which one? I've seen DL and AA do it. I'm starting to think FA's make some kind of commission off of getting people to sign up.

AS F/As used to get $35 for every application with their employee number on it that was approved. Legend has it the top producer once knocked down $30K in one year selling the credit cards on her time off as well.

You are so behind the times....
They get $5- for every application, then another $45- for each one that is approved. So, $50- a pop.
I know several getting 10~12 apps a trip; they can take home more money pushing VISA's than flying the line. (Plus $500-~$1000- bonuses for the top producers.)

What business are we in again...???

Anyone who needs an emotional support DUCK

Daniel the duck spotted on flight waddling around the cabin in a Captain America diaper | Daily Mail Online


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Emotional Support Animals have become an utter joke! :mad:

Laugh out loud! Yeah, if your life has gotten so bad you need a duck for a friend then you really do some have problems.

“Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane.”

From the looks of Daniel rolling his eye in the first picture, I bet he is thinking; great! Another passenger that wants to play duck, duck, goose.

Daniel is wearing a Captain America diaper. Total class baby! You go duck!

Daniel also takes great pride in referring to his family physician as a true quack!

Now. I am not going to start the proverbial duck jokes at Daniel’s expense. I would not want to be labeled as insensitive and all.

Well…..maybe just a couple:

Q: How do you make a duck sing soul music?
A: Put him in the microwave until his Bill Withers.

Q: What do you get when a duck bends over?
A: Buttquack of course

Q: What did the duck say when the flight attendant asked for payment for his snack box?
A: Put it on my bill!

Ah quap! I just couldn’t help myself.

Old McDonnell Douglas had a farm...:rolleyes:

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I've got a Yellow Lab with the jaws that can chew through and crack the nut of a 10 lb. green coconut and slurp the milk in 90 seconds.

As duck nut as she is, "Daniel" would be a dispatched in .9 of a second.

So who is liable in that one? Me or some nut that thinks all animals naturally want to live in harmony like a Disney movie?

Here's my contribution for the free roaming duck:D.

Duck Recipes - Allrecipes.com

Yeah my "comfort animal", despite being extremely well trained, would not be able to restrain himself in close proximity to that thing.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot...

I think this guy probably just won a $1000 bet when he told his drinking buddies "I bet I can get a pet duck, dress him up, and fly him to LA without a hitch...."

I'd rather share my crackers with this guy than my armrest with some obnoxious overweight passenger. The latest: Flying to Bangkok on Cathay and an overweight Indian businessman is talking LOUDLY on cell phone while drinks are being passed out in business. "Hey--pay attention to me....I CALLED you..." was what he barked at our male flight attendant. The FA didn't miss a beat, and simply said "I wanted to help you but thought it best to let you finish your call..."

So--I'll take a pig, dog, iguana, or duck over that guy anyday....

Was your Reply....."Muhammad?" [emoji48]

Hey, Albie, you still mad about losing that $1,000 bucks...?? :D

Strange, ducks are not even cuddly.

what about normal ones?

Truth. The fact this happens so much is disheartening.

I think an emotional support parrot that was horribly racist or cursed a lot would be entertaining on a flight.

Oh, the ne’er do well counselors and lower-rung psychologists make a great living endorsing and providing certificates for these folks with their emotional support gadgets.

Some wonderful folks just use a pet of their choosing to game the system. Other folks are played by so called mental health professionals as a steady income source

You do realize that emotional support objects are not limited to just living objects. Um, inanimate objects are used for emotional support also. Keep an eye out on the seat next to you when riding in the PAX compartment. Sooner rather than later you are going to be entertained by some very special emotional support inanimate trinkets such as; large framed pictures of loved ones, puppets, bedding materials, just about anything you can imagine and of course the always guaranteed crowd pleaser; large dolls of all types (blow up type included, yes this is documented folks).

Well of course, the airlines are also going to be ready to make extra money off these folks that are willing to pay for an extra seat for their emotional support critters, imaginary friends, and objects of choice.

No need to attend carnival freak shows (or political conventions) any longer as their cast of stars are regularly glorified among us now. But then we knew this already from watching the daily parade of the flying public. ;)

Duck? not impressed.

Now a comfort hooker on a flight? Now I'm impressed. Better yet, two.

At least our jobs are safe. Even if airliners are completely automated, passengers will still demand a "Comfort Pilot". :D

I like "Comfort Pilots!" :o. ;)

you horndog! :D

I just wonder what our hourly rate would be....we cannot be underbid!

Negative. Everyone knows pilots are easy! :D

We're pilots! We'll be underbidding each other in no time.:D