Richm From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 794 posts, RR: 11 Posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3208 times:
Hi,
I was just wondering, what do you guys do to stop yourselves from getting bored during flight? I know that most of you will love your job and all that, but it must get boring at times during those medium/long haul flights!
Are you allowed to listen to music, read magazine's and books etc? Or do you have to be monitoring/piloting the aircraft every second?
Moman From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1048 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3201 times:
Didn't the pilots of the United flight that crashed in Colorado Springs or Denver on takeoff during a snowstorm (late 1980s or early 1990s) spend their 'bored' time before the flight talking about sexual acts with one of the stewardess'?
Aa777jr From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3179 times:
Go to http://www.airdisaster.com and there is transmissions of a DL flight at DFW were they are taking about lude stuff and then they crash and die on take off. Not sure which flight or how long ago.
If it was a long haul, some a/c have rest areas for crew to lay down. My CFI flys for AA and goes ORD-FRA, GLA, FCO, and ORD-HNL. He uses his Apple Ipod and paper back novels to pass time. They also have an F class seat on flights so I'm sure they could use the PTV.
Boeingfever777 From United States of America, joined Jul 2009, 409 posts, RR: 56 Reply 5, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3135 times:
Didn't the pilots of the United flight that crashed in Colorado Springs or Denver on takeoff during a snowstorm (late 1980s or early 1990s) spend their 'bored' time before the flight talking about sexual acts with one of the stewardess'?
Aa717driver From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1566 posts, RR: 14 Reply 6, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2852 times:
If you are flying with someone interesting, you can talk about stuff for hours. Some people bore you to death immediately. Time to pull out the newspaper. Some jerks won't let you read in the cockpit. I never really minded if the FO did it. At least he didn't fall asleep!
On long haul, the FA's will get bored and come up and talk.TC
Cruzinaltitude From United States of America, joined May 2004, 415 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2833 times:
Lets see, reading (which I love), Flirting with the FAs (which I love), bullshitting (which I love) and flying the damn airplane. Why oh WHY couldn't it be a better time to become an airline pilot!!!!
Avt007 From Canada, joined Jul 2000, 2131 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 2621 times:
IIRC, it was just after Canadian Regional became part of Jazz that the rule came down, no non-essential reading material in the cockpit. For example, newspapers, magazines, paperbacks,etc were not allowed. Not many crews seemed to worry about it, but that was company policy.
FFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 732 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 2440 times:
Well, weren't the two pilots found naked in the cockpit (already!) prior to the flight some time ago..??!!
Hz747300 From Hong Kong, joined Mar 2004, 1597 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2315 times:
Didn't the pilots of the United flight that crashed in Colorado Springs or Denver on takeoff during a snowstorm (late 1980s or early 1990s) spend their 'bored' time before the flight talking about sexual acts with one of the stewardess'?
I guess we never know what they talk about when flights go well.
NBGskygod From United States of America, joined May 2004, 597 posts, RR: 1 Reply 11, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 2253 times:
I don't think its that we won't know...I think its probibly better if we didn't know.
"I use multi-billion dollar military satellite systems to find tupperware in the woods."
Stealthpilot From India, joined May 2004, 510 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 2072 times:
On the 744 (Air India’s at least) the pilot response warning goes of if the controls are not touched for 20 mins. Someone correct me if im wrong on the 20 mins thing……. So.... in the meantime I guess they read newspapers, go over airport diagrams, and take pictures of other aircrafts if they are lucky enough to fly close enough hehehehe.... but they still do lots of work
Ramerinianair From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 1486 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 1964 times:
2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8950 posts, RR: 62 Reply 15, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1935 times:
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I'm far from an airline pilot, but on long, slow, cross-country flights in one of the Cessnas, I surf AM radio stations on the ADF. There used to be a hip-hop station up in GRR that played ghetto jams all day long. They'd play Beastie Boys, Run DMC, Eminem, etc.
Nothing like bumpin' to Snoop with the autopilot on...
2H4
P.S. - Unfortunately, that station went out of business. Now it's f***ing "Radio Disney".
Je89_w From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 2327 posts, RR: 10 Reply 16, posted (8 years 6 months 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 1913 times:
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