I really don’t give a damn about what you call nitpicking. If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck (or a politician).
I also didn’t go into the details like you have to have your picture in the computer in order to jumpseat, some airlines required a passport, many airlines don’t allow international jumpseating, etc. Why didn’t you nitpick on that? Like I said, I DIDN’T GO INTO DETAILS. I didn’t write a book like you did, a low-land pilot who was telling a mountain pilot how to fly.
If you want to jumpseat on another airline besides your own, yes, your airline must be a member of the CASS. Read airline pilot forum at airlinepilotforums.com/
Why is it that you think it is ok for you, dami, to criticize and correct what you think are errors in phraseology, titles to posts, which area in which a post is made and every other manner of minutia all over this board, but when anyone corrects you, particularly when they are correct, you get so bloody defensive and complain about it Take it like a Martian and stop whining! I could understand your point if you always took the high road and didn’t nitpick others, but when you do it so often, it is equivalent to an endorsement.
So long as you continue to post erroneous information that could misinform others, anyone on this board can reasonably correct that misinformation. Also, you are not the arbiter of whether it is an important correction or a nit.
Possible, but very unusual. In most people, the drug gets to the brain very quickly and achieves peak levels in around 3 hours. If you have a big greasy meal immediately before taking a drug like LSD, it can be stuck in your stomach for a couple of hours and delay the release into the blood. However, if a pilot really did that, which I highly doubt, it would be the recipe for puking your guts out across the Atlantic.
Reading one of the stories, I noticed it was 5 or 6 hours into the flight when the guy freaked out. Still, it’s possible that during the flight, a tab (or two or three) fell out of a flight attendant’s bag and into the pilot’s coffee that she was fixing for him, or possibly even intentionally slipped into his beverage.
When I have corrected posting topics, wording, spelling, etc., it’s been because I want this to be an efficient place to gather information.
You have to admit that a topic subject of “Question” means nothing. If people get use to posting a subject line that is meaningful they’ll find out that they can get responses faster.
If it’s a kid posting with crappy grammar, there’s a good change he’ll also use that in other forms of communication such as getting a job or writing a paper at school. While teachers, sadly, may overlook bad grammar in their students’ writings, business won’t.
I have decided that my standard reply to caflier and lieberman will be along the lines of the following:
“Almighty (name), you are right and I am not. You are the smartest person in the world and I humbly apologize for offending your senses with my stupidity.”
It appears to me that you and Allen share the same goal. You both correct others when you see a way to better convey information. In your case it is often around inaccuracies such as spelling and grammar and in his case it is often around inaccuracies about the underlying facts.
Aren’t you one to be typing/talking - you do the very same thing you are accusing David of doing - you are just as bad as the rest if not worse at what you see others doing - take the plank out of your own eye first. 8)
Good belly laugh you gave me on this one & since you mention the dark alley - you better be there too - could turn into a “love/agape fest” - whatcha think/say there Nik??? You know that is HIS will for sure…
ALSO - you could up the annty(sp) & call the bookie & perhaps we could all have an “extreme makeover” by HIM!!!
