[Rhodes22-list] Two blind pilots (Humor)

[Brad Haslett]

Mike,

There's a few airplanes out there that will "bite you in the ass" when you
least expect it.  I don't know anything about the 737 but the 727 was a
biter. When I went through IOE (initial operating experience) with the 72 I
made all my initial flights in the 727-100 and the final go/no-go flight in
a 727-200.  The Check-Airman was one of my favorite Captains and I
re-arraigned my schedule to have him be the one to "sprinkle the holy water"
on me. He asked me how my landings had been and I said, "Bob, I hate to jinx
myself but they've been awesome, no shit!"

"We'll see soon enough"

We landed in EWR and the sight picture was sooooo perfect and wait, wait,
wait, this is going to be so sweeeeeeeet, then BOOOOOM!  I thought the
overhead panel was going to fall and smack us.  I was so embarrassed in
front of one of my mentors and heroes and didn't say a word until we got in
the cab for the hotel.  "I don't know what happened Bob, it was the same
sight picture I've been using in the -100 and they've all been squeakers".

"Son, jack your f*#k*ng picture up twenty feet!"

He later explained that the -200 was 20 feet longer and deck angles and how
that changed the angle of the gear and a whole lot of other stuff that did
nothing for my permanently damaged ego.

As another co-worker said one time after a particularly hard landing, "keep
flying the big pieces!"

I hate snarling dogs and smartass airplanes!

Brad

On Feb 1, 2008 11:21 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> Very, very, very funny.  I could just picture it.
>
> I think that the last SWA flight I took was piloted by these guys, based
> on
> the "landing by feel" that I was subjected to (very unusual for SWA and
> not
> recommended for the 737.)  I always thought that the SWA pilots had the
> smoothest landings in the biz - well not on the ISP-JAN-ISP run in
> December.
> Weather was picture perfect, little if any crosswind.  Just found Z-alt
> the
> hard way.
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
> From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com> Friday, February 01, 2008 11:17
> AM
> > Two blind pilots board an airliner, both wearing dark glasses. One is
> > using a guide dog and the other is tapping his way along the aisle
> > with a cane.
> >
> > Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the
> > cockpit, the door closes and the engines start up. The passengers
> > begin glancing nervously around, searching for some sign that this is
> > just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming.
> >
> > The plane moves faster and faster down the runway and the people
> > sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the
> > water at the edge of the airport. As it begins to look as though the
> > plane will plow into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin.
> >
> > At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers
> > relax and laugh a little sheepishly and soon all retreat into their
> > magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands.
> >
> > In the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says,
> > "Ya know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and
> > we're all gonna die."
> >
> >
> > John Lock
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> > s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> > Lake Sinclair, GA
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