Tool of the day
04-27-2012, 06:44 AM
#663
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Joined APC: Mar 2009
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The dude who left his full tobacco spit cup in the cupholder from the last flight, inevitably spilling on my pants while climbing into the seat at 540am the next day. I think I would have rather sat in puke.
04-27-2012, 06:56 AM
#664
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
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People who call my cell or home phone, then hang up when it goes over to voice mail! I'm sorry, however I can't help you if you're too lazy to leave a voice mail, and I don't know who you are, since you were too lazy to put your name in your cell phone to begin with! Tool.
04-27-2012, 07:14 AM
#665
Can't abide NAI
Joined APC: Jun 2007
Position: Douglas Aerospace post production Flight Test & Work Around Engineering bulletin dissembler
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There are also tool devices. Take for example the HUD/HGS on the 737. It doesn't work on everyone the same way: a good guy remains a good guy. But if you already have a propensity for toolishness, it magnifies it.
If you're starting the trip, and the Captain shows signs already, the minute they bring it down, first putting their hat on backwards like a U-Boat commander stepping up to a periscope, you get confirmation. I don't know exactly what it is, but as the green glow gently overtakes their sweaty forhead, and droplets form underneath the comb-over, you get the feeling they're far, far away, in some universe where tools roam free. It goes away when they give it one long, loving glance, as they put it back in its' little HUD blanket, and fold it away, ever so tenderly. Then they start to figure out a way to make the layover miserable.
If you're starting the trip, and the Captain shows signs already, the minute they bring it down, first putting their hat on backwards like a U-Boat commander stepping up to a periscope, you get confirmation. I don't know exactly what it is, but as the green glow gently overtakes their sweaty forhead, and droplets form underneath the comb-over, you get the feeling they're far, far away, in some universe where tools roam free. It goes away when they give it one long, loving glance, as they put it back in its' little HUD blanket, and fold it away, ever so tenderly. Then they start to figure out a way to make the layover miserable.
The combo that seems to get folks; high and a little fast (ATC helps ya get there by asking you to go fast then keeping you high to avoid traffic) then hustling down to try to catch the approach from above near, or at idle, auto throttles try to hold >40% N1 so they get turned OFF. Never catch approach, go missed with head in HUGS and AT OFF. The aircraft was fast and high, but at 15 degrees nose up, dirty at idle ...
04-27-2012, 07:16 AM
#666
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Joined APC: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,919
All in all, cleaning up after yourself seems like basic common courtesy.
Clean out your crap and put things in there proper locations.
This does not entail lowering your seat down all the way and squeezing all the speed bugs to the top of the airspeed indicator.
While I don't think it necessarily makes someone a tool, it borders the line of OCD.
Now back to the actually tools;
The guy who eats sardines wrapped in seaweed at cruise, had this last summer.....really?
Anyone else experience the putid smell of less than favorable dining enroute meals?
Clean out your crap and put things in there proper locations.
This does not entail lowering your seat down all the way and squeezing all the speed bugs to the top of the airspeed indicator.
While I don't think it necessarily makes someone a tool, it borders the line of OCD.
Now back to the actually tools;
The guy who eats sardines wrapped in seaweed at cruise, had this last summer.....really?
Anyone else experience the putid smell of less than favorable dining enroute meals?
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