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Air Travel Pet Peeves (1 Viewer)
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parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Thank god you didnt point out most planes dont weigh even 1/3 as much as 700,000 pounds fully loaded.
Zasada
Footballguy
How about 
for some on planes:
People who give up their F seats for military folks seated in Y.
People who give others their tablet (with movies) for the flight when the recipient realizes that there's no IFE.
People who make unsolicited offers to swap seats when they see a party not seated together.
Most of the time, it's the pros that do these kinds of things. It's the "sense-of-entitlement-because-I-paid-$300-for-my-ticket" folks that seem to overpopulate the inconsiderate crowd.
Now, seat-recliners? There's a special level of hell reserved just for them. I'm fairly tall and make sure that if someone reclines their seat without even bothering to check to see if there's a 98th-percentile tall person behind them, they get the courtesy of my knees jammed in their back for the duration of the flight.
for some on planes:People who give up their F seats for military folks seated in Y.
People who give others their tablet (with movies) for the flight when the recipient realizes that there's no IFE.
People who make unsolicited offers to swap seats when they see a party not seated together.
Most of the time, it's the pros that do these kinds of things. It's the "sense-of-entitlement-because-I-paid-$300-for-my-ticket" folks that seem to overpopulate the inconsiderate crowd.
Now, seat-recliners? There's a special level of hell reserved just for them. I'm fairly tall and make sure that if someone reclines their seat without even bothering to check to see if there's a 98th-percentile tall person behind them, they get the courtesy of my knees jammed in their back for the duration of the flight.
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Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Try reclining your seat on Mitt Romney and get the Vulcan death grip.How about
People who give up their F seats for military folks seated in Y.
People who give others their tablet (with movies) for the flight when the recipient realizes that there's no IFE.
People who make unsolicited offers to swap seats when they see a party not seated together.
Most of the time, it's the pros that do these kinds of things. It's the "sense-of-entitlement-because-I-paid-$300-for-my-ticket" folks that seem to overpopulate the inconsiderate crowd.
Now, seat-recliners? There's a special level of hell reserved just for them. I'm fairly tall and make sure that if someone reclines their seat without even bothering to check to see if there's a 98th-percentile tall person behind them, they get the courtesy of my knees jammed in their back for the duration of the flight.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
And why are people in such a hurry to be the first ones on the plane? We all take off at the same time.
pizzatyme
Footballguy
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
Hilarious stuff here guys. Clearly flying and landing any commercial aircraft is so easy as to be casually dismissed. After all, what could go wrong?
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
Not sticking up for anyone in this quote, but to be fair, planes land safely all of the time. Should people clap for bus drivers?
NCCommish
Footballguy
If it weren't for being scared of letting the machine do it planes could land themselves.
pizzatyme
Footballguy
Politician Spock
Footballguy
I recall hearing that in a 40 hour work week, a commercial pilot does less than an hour of actual flying of planes.
NCCommish
Footballguy
Pretty much their main stick time is take-off and landing the rest of the time the plane is taking care of itself in anything but an emergency situation. It's not like they are actually hands on the yoke the whole flight. Still they are there for the emergency and I don't want to take anything away from having the responsibility for hundreds of lives on their shoulders every flight.
Chaka
Footballguy
Scoresman
Footballguy
Chaka
Footballguy
I completely understand this and thanks to this thread I am now comfortable in the knowledge that a typical bus driver could land a 747.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
in this day and age? Yeah. I'd say the two are pretty similar. With the exception that buses crash a lot more often.
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
Chaka
Footballguy
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
Nobody is trying to take away from what they do. People are just pointing out how silly it is to clap for them to do something that has one of the highest success rates of any activity ever.
Chaka
Footballguy
I get it, flying is the safest form of travel, I learned that from Superman (RIP Christopher Reeve). That should not diminish the gravity or impact of a pilot doing his job properly.
A flight attendant may, in fact, be a server in a bad restaurant at 30,000 feet but that does not make a pilot a bus driver.
A flight attendant may, in fact, be a server in a bad restaurant at 30,000 feet but that does not make a pilot a bus driver.
Scoresman
Footballguy
NCCommish
Footballguy
You could land a 747 if someone would talk you through it and you aren't someone that panics. The plane flies itself to within a few feet of the ground really. Now does that make you a pilot? Not really but you could certainly fill in if necessary. I say this as someone who has an uncle and two cousins who are commercial pilots for United.
sbonomo
Footballguy
people are poking fun at you for grossly over stating the mechanics of landing a plane and making suspect comments regarding others enthusiasm for landing.
Scoresman
Footballguy
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
Should we clap for people who work at nuclear plants? They have way more lives in their hands and I don't think a bus driver could do their job.
Scoresman
Footballguy
They have even less of a chance of hearing it then a pilot.......but if they can play dueling banjos and avert a meltdown I say they deserve applause
TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
How about a ferry operator? They have more lives in their hands than a pilot. Do we applaud their boat landings now?
TheIronSheik
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Apple Jack
Footballguy
This. I've only experienced clapping on one US flight that I can recall and that was a viciously windy crab landing in Eagle/Vail that required two efforts. They closed the airport for the duration of the storm after us. And the clapping was as much to celebrate not dying as it was for the captain. Otherwise, I'll always acknowledge the Capt on the way out if it was obviously a dicy landing. Or for a remarkably soft landing. But generally it's the Latinos who pop champagne at wheels down.
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gmbacm
Footballguy
Fat Nick
Footballguy
Best response after coming back to a thread and seeing that one's comment has caused all hell to break loose EVER.
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Politician Spock
Footballguy
I always thought those people were the "fear of flying" crowd, and were clapping because their hellish nightmare was over and they are back on the ground again. Never occured to me that they were clapping for the pilot's landing of the plane.
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Parrothead
Footballguy
maybe they are giving god a round of applause for not killing them today
chet
Footballguy
People clapped on a US flight about a year ago when we finally landed at 2:30am vs. a scheduled time of about 830 pm.
The flight also included an emergency landing in Denver after the pilot heard something weird at 30,000 feet and a test flight by a special pilot to ensure the plane was ok. So I guess applause was warranted.
A couple of weeks ago, one of the FAs on the flight recognized me and said that ranks as one of the craziest flights she's ever been on.
The Noid
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How has clapping become the main pet peeve being discussed? Of all the things in this thread, that's bottom of the peeve list.
Also, A321's have THE BEST coach seat known to man: 23F. No seat in front of you, plenty of legroom, under-seat storage and a window seat that you can get up and walk to the aisle without having to ask anyone to move, and it's an exit row so you're first one off in an emergency.
Also, A321's have THE BEST coach seat known to man: 23F. No seat in front of you, plenty of legroom, under-seat storage and a window seat that you can get up and walk to the aisle without having to ask anyone to move, and it's an exit row so you're first one off in an emergency.
mquinnjr
Footballguy
I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the 
part. The natives are beginning to get restless, and the pilot is under-handedly giving them all the ammo they need via "updates" over the loud speaker. Every single time, people just stare at the guy/start shouting "things."
3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
part. The natives are beginning to get restless, and the pilot is under-handedly giving them all the ammo they need via "updates" over the loud speaker. Every single time, people just stare at the guy/start shouting "things."3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
NCCommish
Footballguy
I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the
3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
pizzatyme
Footballguy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Yeah, I'm not seeing why the passenger is to blame here. I'd be more upset at the airline for not having the part readily available.I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the
3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Especially true for flights to Vegas where the area surrounding the airport is notoriously turbulent.I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the
3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
mquinnjr
Footballguy
Eh, you guys are right. I was hungover and wanted to get home so I was annoyed, and the other passengers were in full force.Especially true for flights to Vegas where the area surrounding the airport is notoriously turbulent.I have been through some turbulence where I was glad I had a working seat belt. When you hit an air pocket and the plane falls a few hundred feet in a second or so the seatbelt comes in real handy.I was on a flight returning from Vegas the one time I went. We're getting ready to taxi, and some guy calls over the stewardess. Informs said stewardess that his seatbelt is not working. As it is against FAA regulations to take off if all seatbelts are not operational...an engineer needs to come fix the seatbelt before we can take off. OF COURSE, the part needed is nowhere to be found, and the airline is calling other airlines to find the
3 hour later we took off. I am shocked the passenger who requested the seatbelt fix was not harmed. He was heckled...far less than he should have been, now that I think about it.
