Sink r8

Yeah, I know, right? The little jerk should be practicing to be a grown up, and playing on his iPhone 5C, while letting his sugar and testosterone levels build up to a nice crescendo during the flight, so that indignant passengers with no children can give exasperated sighs and do little non-virtual rolleyes to themselves.

If my idiot son wants to childishly play cars in the concourse, amid indignant tools, I hope he has a good time. I hope he picks a good one, because cars are really cool to him, and I hope has a blast. Then, he can do like he always does, and be a pleasure to fly with.

DeadHead

While not completely toolish, but still very annoying after a day or two. Pilots who attach themselves to your hip and want to talk to every other Crewmember you see.

Example:
Me: "hey I'm going to grab something to eat"
Other Guy: "Sure hold up i'll come with you"
(Precedes to strike up a 10 minute conversation with a buddy of his)


Example B:
Other guy: "So you going to the crewroom on our sit"
Me: "yeah probably/might doze off for a bit"
Other guy: "cool I'll probably come with you and do some stuff in the computer"
(Stops 3-4 times to talk with buddies on our way)
Me: "hey I'll catch up with you down there"
Other guy: "oh hold up ill come with you"


Anyone else ever experience this?
There should be a word for this type of complex.
Maybe Flight-Crew Separation-Anxiety Disorder or Lonesome Airline Pilot Diaspora.

Elliot

Maybe you're just THAT cool?!?!

GJ

gloopy

Cool of the Day?

2StgTurbine

I had an FA that wanted to follow the CA and me around for an entire trip. The strange part was he obviously didn't like us and could tell that we didn't like him, yet still followed us around. I remember he asked if we were going to the crew room for our long sit and in my head I said, "Only if you aren't."

Packrat

Nope. Even I was amazed. You can't fix stupid.

DeadHead

ForeverFO

I agree, not toolish so much as annoying.

I like pilots in general in that we (as a group) are generally not babble-heads. A comfortable silence works fine, unlike some other work groups to whom even 2 seconds of silence is death; there must be continuous talk at all times.

This I think connects to what you are talking about in that there are exceptions, and some guys feel like they have to talk to everybody they see and know, even if it's an inconvenience to you.

The easiest escape method - make the "telephone" signal with your hand, and pull out your phone. "Got to make a couple of calls." Then head on your merry way to some private area to read, sleep, eat, whatever.

Justdoinmyjob

As much as I love my wife, the sound of silence can be unnerving to her. She has to fill that void with sound, even banal chatter. The thought of sitting in a cockpit on a transcon redeye and not saying a word for hours on end would fill her with dread. You can imagine what a roadtrip for us is like!

E2CMaster

I can drive from Casper, WY to Kingsville, TX without talking to another human save the guy at the drive thru and the hotel clerk.

My wife cannot drive to the grocer without having to have a five minute talk about the dog's bowel habits, or the new color she painted her nails which I can't tell the difference from the normal color.

Totally feel your pain.