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Secrets Your Pilot Won't Tell You! - Long But Interesting Item.

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  • #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,251 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    krudler wrote: »
    and yet you still get the "people who clap at good landings are idiots" brigade.

    They are.

    You can thank a pilot at the end. Some of us are trying to listen to the engines. Shut the f*ck up clappers.


  • #33
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,250 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Deleted User wrote: »
    They are.

    You can thank a pilot at the end. Some of us are trying to listen to the engines. Shut the f*ck up clappers.

    +1

    You don't fcuking clap at a bus driver when he pulls into the terminal or a taxi driver when he drops you off at your front door....................or do you??;)


  • #34
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    phantom_lord wrote: »
    I find the first two strange.

    I remember reading somewhere in this thread that the fuel requirements allow quite a lot of leeway.

    It was a rather big national news issue in the US a few years ago. The airline wants nothing but the legal FAA minima, but as a pilot would say, you can never have too much fuel; unless you're on fire.

    Ultimatey the pilot has a final say, but the airlines were putting pressure on them. It sortof dropped off the news, not sure what happened in the end.

    NTM


  • #35
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    I was coming back from Newcastle few months back and there was an announcement in flight that "seats with extra leg room were available for a small charge of £10" i.e. the emergency exit seats. Nobody took them up on their offer.

    I thought they had to have these occupied during the flight?


  • #36
    southsiderosie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭southsiderosie


    Ruu wrote: »
    Love this, have to laugh at people like this and then everyone gets told to line up to be called by row. :)
    lord lucan wrote: »
    I've noticed this a lot here,even on transatlantic flights. Seems to be a product of the Ryanair boarding scheme were everyone thinks they have to hustle to the front of the que to get a seat despite having a boarding card with a row and seat number on it!:rolleyes:

    It depends on what country you are in and what airline you are on. I've noticed on some European airlines (NOT Ryanair) the crew just starts boarding people regardless of row. Sometimes there isn't even an announcement, they just start collecting boarding passes They also are generally not very strict about the size of carry-ons, so if you want any space in the overhead bin, you'd better get up front. Although sometimes I think there is some kind of hidden signal that everyone else knows but me about when to all magically jump up and move towards the gate. :(


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  • #37
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,908 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    SeaFields wrote: »
    I was coming back from Newcastle few months back and there was an announcement in flight that "seats with extra leg room were available for a small charge of £10" i.e. the emergency exit seats. Nobody took them up on their offer.

    I thought they had to have these occupied during the flight?

    They do.

    So if you can snag the seat behind the exit row, or catch the attendant at the right time, they'll move you forward for free.

    NTM


  • #38
    Tom Slick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭Tom Slick


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    Ultimatey the pilot has a final say

    And I, for one like to think a resourceful, self reliant pilot is in charge of my plane. Some jobs are just not suited to this kind of management interference.


  • #39
    nononsense
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40 ✭nononsense


    Biggins wrote: »
    The following is taken from Readers Digest November 2010 issue.
    Cover: http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5128/capture3wh.jpg

    Its interesting food for thought!

    :(

    The attendants speak:

    :eek:

    Want more? See: www.readersdigest.com/flight

    AIRLINE LINGO

    Blue juice: The water in the lavatory toilet. “There’s no blue juice in the lav.”

    Crotch watch: The required check to make sure all passengers have their seat belts fastened.
    Also: “groin scan.”

    Crumb crunchers: Kids. “We’ve got a lot of crumb crunchers on this flight.”

    Deadheading: When an airline employee flies as a passenger for company business.

    Gate lice: The people who gather around the gate right before boarding so they can be first on the plane. “Oh, the gate lice are thick today.”

    George: Autopilot. “I’ll let George take over.”

    Landing lips: Female passengers put on their “landing lips” when they use their lipstick just before
    landing.

    Pax: Passengers.

    Spinners: Passengers who get on late and don’t have a seat assignment, so they spin around looking for a seat.

    Two-for-once special: The plane touches down on landing, bounces up, then touches down again.

    Working the village: Working in coach.


    Nice to no! but scary to no also:( very good points! a few tips for me next time;)


  • #40
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭policarp


    I can fly a plane.
    But I can't take off or land.


  • #41
    randylonghorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,509 ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    “No, it’s not your imagination: Airlines really have adjusted their flight arrival times so they can have a better record of on-time arrivals. So they might say a flight takes two hours when it really takes an hour and 45 minutes.”
    I've been pointing this out for years.


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  • #42
    Mackman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭Mackman


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    I've been pointing this out for years.

    Me too, everyone thinks im a conspiracy theorist or something.

    Someone needs to tell those air hostesses where the Ranting and Raving Forum is :)


  • #43
    ballsymchugh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,943 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    here's one.

    the brace position won't do anything to help you stay alive, but it will preserve your face and teeth to make it easier to identify you through dental records!


  • #44
    DOC09UNAM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,305 ✭✭✭DOC09UNAM


    K-9 wrote: »
    Reminds me of the letter from a Quantas pilot to the engineers:

    Reminds me of a post on here before.


  • #45
    Saint_Mel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,602 ✭✭✭Saint_Mel


    Biggins wrote: »
    By the way, some of you might have heard that the "I hate Ryanair" site had to be taken down due to it been taken to court - well the airline had a hollow victory.

    It was up and running again at a different location within 24 hours LOL

    www.ihateryanair.org

    And they only won as the website had sold advertising space making it a commercial venture!


  • #46
    senordingdong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,673 ✭✭✭✭senordingdong


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    I've been pointing this out for years.

    But does anyone actually book with one airline over another because they claim that 98% of their flights arrive on time?


  • #47
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,288 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    senordingdong wrote: »
    But does anyone actually book with one airline over another because they claim that 98% of their flights arrive on time?

    After the price, I'd say that could be a factor for businesses. A lot of people travel to meetings abroad for a day, so 30 minutes delay can make a difference.


  • #48
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    eoin wrote: »
    After the price, I'd say that could be a factor for businesses. A lot of people travel to meetings abroad for a day, so 30 minutes delay can make a difference.
    True. Time is money as they say and if you have a number of meetings in any one day, prompt timing is critical.


  • #49
    Pookah
    Closed Accounts Posts: 544 ✭✭✭Pookah


    Something else airlines don't want you to know...

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/690071/the_truth_about_airplane_air_quality.html

    http://www.achooallergy.com/air-quality-airplane-cabins.asp


  • #50
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,387 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    Pookah wrote: »
    Something else airlines don't want you to know...

    http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/690071/the_truth_about_airplane_air_quality.html

    http://www.achooallergy.com/air-quality-airplane-cabins.asp
    Yea I'd read about that before. Interestingly I'd also read that the old smoking flights may well have been healthier(for non smokers anyway) as they had to recirculate the air more and feed in more fresh air in the first place because the non smokers would spot the lack of circulation pretty quickly. Recirculating the air is cheaper though and uses less fuel so big shock it's not like the old days. It may explain the rise in DVT on long haulers too. Of course the numbers have gone up flying, but I never heard of DVT in the old days and a few rellies of mine were doing long hauls in the 70's and before and they never heard of it either..

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



  • #51
    mr kr0nik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 755 ✭✭✭mr kr0nik


    lord lucan wrote: »
    I've noticed this a lot here,even on transatlantic flights. Seems to be a product of the Ryanair boarding scheme were everyone thinks they have to hustle to the front of the que to get a seat despite having a boarding card with a row and seat number on it!:rolleyes:

    Don't forget its nice to have your stuff stored directly above your seat. get on the plane last (even if you have your seat reserved) and you'll never
    know where you carry gets put (from experience attendants usually have to shoehorn in the last few passengers items (typically at the back of the place)


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  • #52
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,305 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    DOC09UNAM wrote: »
    Reminds me of a post on here before.

    Read it ages ago, not on here though. It's a classic.

    The midget one is class.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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