Pilots having fun

Cookie_Monster

Was flying Rome Dublin last Thursday with Ryanair.

Pilot came on with the usual waffle about flight time and weather but mentioned the co-pilots name as Hans Gruber something something something... while trying not to laugh

Pilot was Irish with a think culthie accent, generally fairly happy and waffly but the Hans Gruber thing was a bit wierd. I found it funny
maybe that was his name, who knows :pac:

anyone got a similar stories?

CaptainSkidmark

I know hans gruber haha
Hes from cork.

RobAMerc

on a flight from Sydney to Hobart the air hostess announced after landing that our luggage would be available to collect on belt X tomorrow afternoon between 3 and 4 ! :eek:

nobody found it funny except her !

a friend told me before of a flight where the pilot came on after landing and said - "welcome to dublin blah blah blah" started laughing and signed off !

lord lucan

RobAMerc wrote: »

a friend told me before of a flight where the pilot came on after landing and said - "welcome to dublin blah blah blah" started laughing and signed off !

Twice i've had pilots on arrival in STN from DUB say "Welcome to Dublin"! Poor lads must be so overworked that they forget where they are!:p

Delancey

I have heard that in the 60's and 70's B.E.A. / B.A. pilots used to say '' welcome to Dublin - set your watches back 20 years'' - dunno if thats true of course.

Sterling Archer

Once when flying back from Spain when we were routed via Cork..
After leaving cork and reaching cruise altitude the co-pilot came on saying.. ladies and gents we have now reached our cruising altitude the pilot is now going to turn off the seat belt sign... he paused for about 10 seconds then said.. ladies and gents were now beginning our decent into Shannon the pilot has put back on the seat belt sign... just before he let off the talk button you could hear the pilot laughing... i found i funny some other people weren't so entertained

mel.b

On a DL flight from SAN to ATL (from the pilot)...

'We've surveyed the children on board and 5 out of 7 would prefer us to fly the plane upside down. However donations to the pilot's retirement fund could convince us to fly it right side up',

and

'the flight could be a little bumpy today but unlike other airlines we don't charge extra for the bumps'

Nice to hear pilots with a sense of humour and made me laugh

bobblepuzzle

In the jumpseat of an Aer Lingus A330 a few years back in Baltimore.... first takeoff at night for those pilots from that airport... got lost on the taxiways :rolleyes:

Also, on an internal US flight from KLAX to KSAN we were told by the flight attendant before takeoff our flight was to Chicago :eek:

bongi69

Once on a flight from LHR to JHB with South African, towards the end of the flight the captain came on every 10 mins giving updates on a rugby match between the All Blacks and the Boks.
Everyone went nuts when he announced we'd won the match and the tri nations , and then he proceeded to take the long approach into JHB over Ellis Park at about 2000 feet, banking left to right as we passed over (all this in an A346 mind you!).

Runway changed while waiting for the internal flight, and we departed over Ellis Park again, with similar shenanigans.

On a DL flight from JFK to DUB, the jacks broke down before we left and we were sitting there for an hour getting it fixed. Lost the slot and then were queing for ages. The captian remarked he could see about 18 tails infront of us, and compared it to the Queens expressway at rush hour

scudzilla

Can't remember where i saw it

There's a Brit pilot, working for one of the Brit Airlines, i THINK it's Easyjet.

Apparently he's a bit of a legend for his pre flight announcements, comes out of the cockpit and does them, anybody have any ideas?

scudzilla

Found it, pretty refreshing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f19kP9LRnvY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqKIYLXXkQM

McNulty737

Captain i fly with always gives great PA's...."ladies and gentlemen, today mcnulty737 will be flying you to alicante, so if during the landing you experience alot of turbulence and a hard landing then you can direct your criticisms towards him"....lol no pressure then . Also when we do our briefing with cabin crew in the crewroom its always "mcnulty will be flying the first and last sectors so you can expect alot of turbulence and really hard landings, I will be flying the middle two sectors so you can expect perfect smooth conditions and a perfect smooth landing...."

Same guy when we were inbound to Palma Mallorca to the passengers "ladies and gentlemen, those of you who are sitting on the right hand side of the aircraft, if you look to your right now you will see the island of ibiza. Those of you sitting on the left hand side of the aircraft, if you look to your right now you will see the passengers on the right hand side of the aircraft looking out of their windows"....


Always in good humour......legend!!

Mark4

HAHA

I once had an early aerlingus flight to standsted, most of the people waiting for the flight were half asleep. Girl came on the PA, ''Morning Bastards'' we will be boarding from gate,,,,,, my friend an I looked at each other like, Did she just say that?

McNulty737 wrote: »

those of you who are sitting on the right hand side of the aircraft, if you look to your right now you will see the island of ibiza. Those of you sitting on the left hand side of the aircraft, if you look to your right now you will see the passengers on the right hand side of the aircraft looking out of their windows"....


Always in good humour......legend!!

andy_g

Mark4 wrote: »

HAHA

I once had an early aerlingus flight to standsted, most of the people waiting for the flight were half asleep. Girl came on the PA, ''Morning Bastards'' we will be boarding from gate,,,,,, my friend an I looked at each other like, Did she just say that?

First of all aer lingus dont fly to stansted and also i know the the gate staff are very professional in their job so i seriously doubt they said that.

Mark4

maybe it wasn't standsted, we were flying to Thailand. it was 7 years ago. and She did say it! relax dude

andy_g wrote: »

First of all aer lingus dont fly to stansted and also i know the the gate staff are very professional in their job so i seriously doubt they said that.

Terrontress

I flew from Cape Town to OR Tambo in Johannesburg on an airline called Kulula and the entire set of pa was like a comedy sketch.

En route I was reading in their magazine that they have a low cost airport in Jo'burg as their base and I freaked that we were going to that airport instead of Tambo, where I had a car booked. I asked a hostess which airport we were going in to. She answered me fine but toward the end when she was doing the safety for landing announcement she said something along the lines of "We're now beginning our descent in to OR Tambo airport. If you don't know which airport you're flying in to you must be crazy or stupid to get on the plane. Please return your seats to the upright etc etc."

When we landed she sang that Goodnight Sweetheart song from 3 men and a baby.

Good fun all in all.

newcavanman

Aer lingus don't fly to stanstead, but they used to, up to a few years ago, about 2001 or 2002 i think

Improbable

not a pilot but still entertaining:

Nortcider

newcavanman wrote: »

Aer lingus don't fly to stanstead, but they used to, up to a few years ago, about 2001 or 2002 i think

It's probably a bit further back than that. The Irish Government took them off the route to help Ryanair continue in business. The rest is history.

andy_g

Mark4 wrote: »

maybe it wasn't standsted, we were flying to Thailand. it was 7 years ago. and She did say it! relax dude

I am always very relaxed,chilled and mellowed out dude.

Now back to the topic at hand.
I normally tell my pax they can smoke however i will be asking them to take a seat apon the wing and be prepared for one of my cabin crew to strap them down and they have the possiblilty of getting fairly cold out there. :P

LadyTBolt

A friend of mine who was a flight attendant with Aer Lingus went on the PA to the passengers and welcomed them on board their "****e to Flannon" when she should have said "Flight to Shannon". I still laugh every time I think of it.:p

Oscar Bravo

Had a bit of a laugh while on Shannon 119.75 yesterday.Echo India etc etc be advised traffic is about 20,000 Pigeons en route to Monahan as part of a planned race.you may see them heading north,you should pass them!!

Andrew33

Was on a flight from Cairns to Brisbane a couple of years ago and the girl started off with "welcome on board VirginBlue for your flight to Brisbane, unfortunately your bags are going to Sydney" before moving on to the safety announcement, "In the unlikely event of us landing on water you have a life vest which is equipped with a light and a whistle, this is to help the sharks find ya!":eek: the whole plane just erupted with laughter.:D

Nortcider

On a flight to Malta in horrible weather just as we were about to touch down the wing dipped and the pilot aborted the landing. As we climbed back out over the sea the captain comes on the intercom and says 'gosh'. Everyone was stunned and I'm thinking that it must have been a near one. If it frightened him, how do the rest of us feel. Anyway we got down safely at the 2nd attempt and as we disembarked I noticed the the head flight attendants name badge said Goosh. I realised then that he must have hit the wrong button when trying to communicate with the crew to advise what had happened. It's funny when you look back at it but it wasn't at the time.

Stinicker

Improbable wrote: »

not a pilot but still entertaining:

Flew SouthWest on Sunday and they were pretty humorous and mentioned low and across the hips! And scad addle on out! A fun genuinely nice airline to fly with.