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Originally Posted by Bonehead
(Post 11276013)
Although I am a window pig who constantly monitors the ever unfolding landscape (and, as a geologist, generally knows what I am looking at), when the Captain makes such announcements I always see passengers suddenly looking out to see whatever sights have just been pointed out.
I think that passengers really enjoy those announcements. |
Originally Posted by VideoPaul
(Post 11276231)
I was leaving my home base of ORD one day when the captain came on just as they were going to close the door to tell us that we had been told that we would not be leaving for at least another 40 minutes due to ATC. He then invited all the youngsters on the plane who wanted to to come up and see the front office. Several took him up on that, got pics of them in the left seat, wicked, wicked cool!!! What an incredibly awesome thing to do, and I'll bet those kids will never forget that day!
--PP |
Originally Posted by OnePass Since 87
(Post 11276528)
On a EWR - MCO flight last week (which are always full of kids!) one lucky little guy was invited into the cockpit for a look around.
Sorry...I had to. :cool: |
Originally Posted by theblakefish
(Post 11276535)
:eek: And the union gets mad at us.... :rolleyes:
Sorry...I had to. :cool: PS - thats why I used to love the old Beech 1900's pre 9/11 more often than not the guys up front would leave the door open. I would always get seat 1A so I could watch them work. Much more fun for us afficionados than Microsoft flight simulator! |
I have had a few pilots on the 752/753 come out into the FC cabin when boarding via 2L and talk with the folks in that cabin. I think that is cool. The pilot crews are the ones we rarely see and get to know.
I will say that I fly alone a lot and enjoy talking to the crew at times. I hope that is something that doesnt bother yall all that much. As a son and brother of pilots I enjoy hearing the ATC chatter and hope that CO finds the money soon to get the neccessary eguipment on board quickly. |
Originally Posted by Scott6067
(Post 11276585)
I have had a few pilots on the 752/753 come out into the FC cabin when boarding via 2L and talk with the folks in that cabin. I think that is cool. The pilot crews are the ones we rarely see and get to know.
I will say that I fly alone a lot and enjoy talking to the crew at times. I hope that is something that doesnt bother yall all that much. As a son and brother of pilots I enjoy hearing the ATC chatter and hope that CO finds the money soon to get the neccessary eguipment on board quickly. |
Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 11276083)
Biggest pet peeve of mine, especially on the redeye flights, though mostly directed at the FAs and not the cockpit crew. Please do the selling of the headphones, the preview of the video, the welcoming on board, the reminder of the valuable OnePass miles we'll be earning, the recitation of the drink service schedule and anything else that comes at that two ding announcement while we're on the ground. Pretty please. With a sub-4:30 flight time having to wait the extra 15 minutes into the flight to fall asleep is actually significant.
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One of my biggest aerogeek thrills in the past couple years was flying in the front right seat on our tour of Kauai in an Airvan. An entirely different perspective!
Well, landing a 772 in the CO sim was cool as well.... ^^ |
Originally Posted by CalIahFo
(Post 11275959)
Does anyone actually pay attention to these?
To see if you are paying attention can anyone tell me what is in the announcements? Do you get any useful info from them? Now, one thing that you guys may not realize is that on international flights with a FA translating what was announced. A lot of times, information was skipped, or didn't not match. You may announce that estimated flight time EWR-HKG is 15 hour 8 minutes. And the Cantonese- or Putonghua-speaking FA may say 15 hours. Yes, they ate your 8 minutes! And often the routing part will be totally skipped, as they may not know how to translate "Baffin Island", or they're just lazy. |
There are a few pilots that, during the boarding anouncement, detail the distance, fuel quantity, how much it costs and how many gallons/dollars per PAX that comes to (with a few variations here and there). Call me a geek, but even when I'm working, I find it interesting.
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Originally Posted by sbm12
(Post 11276083)
Biggest pet peeve of mine, especially on the redeye flights, though mostly directed at the FAs and not the cockpit crew. Please do the selling of the headphones, the preview of the video, the welcoming on board, the reminder of the valuable OnePass miles we'll be earning, the recitation of the drink service schedule and anything else that comes at that two ding announcement while we're on the ground. Pretty please. With a sub-4:30 flight time having to wait the extra 15 minutes into the flight to fall asleep is actually significant.
I'll try and get what I can get done on the ground for all you sleepers out there:) |
The one humorous thing I heard many times from the cockpit is referring to IAH as Bush "Intergalactic" Airport, which always makes me smirk...
I have always enjoyed a bit of humor from the cockpit... |
I don't mind humor on the plane, as long as it is not forced and...well...unhumorous like most of the c-r-a-p- that is spewed on WN... :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by LukeSkywaiter
(Post 11276608)
I full agree about the FA announcements. On redeyes, I *always* make every announcement - and show the preview - on the ground. The only announcement I make once airborne is "seatbelts" and and the final approach announcements.
Originally Posted by BuddyPass
(Post 11277197)
Although we would love to help out with this, some of it isn't supposed to be done for safety reasons. We can ONLY have the monitors down while taxiing to play the safety demonstration. The High School Musical 3 Preview doesn't count as a safety demo:( Same with headphones. We should only be walking through the cabin for safety-related purposes during taxiing. Most of the other announcements can be made on the ground, but some still need to be made up in the air, regarding overhead bins, seatbelts, etc...
I'll try and get what I can get done on the ground for all you sleepers out there:) I guess I'll just have to hope for more renegades like LukeSkywaiter when I'm on the redeyes. ;) |
Originally Posted by CalIahFo
(Post 11275959)
If you are serious (not totally serious, just a little bit serious) then I have a question for ya (actually a series of related questions). We (pilots) are required by CO to make three announcements. The captain makes one on the ground shortly before the door is closed. Once we level off the pilot not flying makes an announcement and just before or during the descent we make another one. My questions are:
Does anyone actually pay attention to these? To see if you are paying attention can anyone tell me what is in the announcements? Do you get any useful info from them? Would you prefer we just shut up so you can sleep? Do you like additional announcements such as "those of you on the left side of the aircraft should have an excellent view of the Grand Canyon, while those on the right can see Mount Rainer..." (on a day with REALLY good visibility) Fire away! |
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