Captain announces "we're going to fly this plane like we stole it"
Sep 22, 2017, 12:44 pm
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It must have been a 752 or 73G. Those are the only aircraft in the fleet capable of “flying like you stole it”. And I’m sure there is more than one Delta pilot that has used that line. It certainly isn’t new.
Sep 22, 2017, 2:44 pm
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"We're gonna fly it like we stole it, and land it like we own it."
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Sep 22, 2017, 3:35 pm
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I had a capt announce before landing during snow storm
"Well folks it's our turn to land, and just to ease your nerves. The JetBlue flight ahead of us landed safely, so obviously, we can do better."
"Well folks it's our turn to land, and just to ease your nerves. The JetBlue flight ahead of us landed safely, so obviously, we can do better."
Sep 22, 2017, 3:37 pm
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Sep 22, 2017, 8:04 pm
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Must have been the pilot flying FLL-ATL when I was trying to get out for the hurricane. Three hour delay on the tarmac, he came whipping around from the taxiway and just punched it and we did FLL-ATL in maybe 1:15 tops. Felt like a combat conditions landing at ATL, he dropped that thing on the deck like he was trying to trap a Hornet.
Maybe the wind patterns from the looming storm nudged us along but it was a welcome result after three hours on the tarmac.
Maybe the wind patterns from the looming storm nudged us along but it was a welcome result after three hours on the tarmac.
Sep 24, 2017, 12:04 pm
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Sep 24, 2017, 1:42 pm
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Hubs is a 787 captain in training and was asked by his instructor to do a full on, full throttle take off, which I guess isn't done often. He said that even the guys on the flight deck did a "whoo hoo" when they were in the air and he wondered what the passengers thought. He figured the frequent flyers knew there was a difference. And, yes, that quote is in the Pilot Announcements 101 book. He has used it for 30 years.
Sep 24, 2017, 2:26 pm
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Best announcement I've had was in the safety briefing flying from Aberdeen, SD to MSP in January: "In case of a water landing...which there won't be, because all the water between here and there is frozen...."
Sep 24, 2017, 3:25 pm
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My favorite is when they BS the passengers with their seatbelt detector indicating X number of seatbelts still not fastened. Usually you will hear a few clicks after that.
Sep 24, 2017, 4:10 pm
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As much as I like when crews add humor into their routine, the whole "we will fly extra fast to make up time" line is getting old.
There's very little the pilot can do to fly faster, or make up time. Most of the time recovered is simply schedule buffer so that one delayed flight doesn't cause dozens throughout the day, and affect monthly reporting statistics.
Not trying to be a downer on a fun thread, just venting after recent delays and hearing the same talking point every time...
There's very little the pilot can do to fly faster, or make up time. Most of the time recovered is simply schedule buffer so that one delayed flight doesn't cause dozens throughout the day, and affect monthly reporting statistics.
Not trying to be a downer on a fun thread, just venting after recent delays and hearing the same talking point every time...
Sep 24, 2017, 4:18 pm
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Sep 24, 2017, 4:20 pm
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Once on a TATL flight to FRA, the pilot announced that he in conjunction with mother nature arrange a special light(northern lights) show and instructed everybody to look out the left side of the aircraft.
Sep 24, 2017, 4:45 pm
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