“This be yer cap’n speakin’, ya poxy lubbers ! We’re headed for the briney deeps ! Make peace wit’ yer gods and see you in Hell ! Thanks for flying Deltaaaaar !”
I’ve only been in one plane crash, but the pilot’s last words before the crash were “We’re kind of low and slow.”
He was right.
My last words were “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (thunk)”.
[sub]“thunk” represents the noise made by my jaw clamping down hard on my tongue at the moment of impact[/sub]
that would be the point where I take the plane away from the pilot. Which I’ve done before.
He did this many times. While in the Air Force, an uncle rode with him as he did it in a KC-135 (tanker based on 707).
That’s what the pilot should have done, since I was flying the plane at the time. 
Here’s the proper order of business:
[ol][]Aviate[]Navigate[*]Communicate[/ol]
AAAARGH? Hey, I thought that meant Chewbacco was the pilot! 
I wonder if somewhere, someone is compiling a list of planes that Tex Johnston has barrel-rolled. Must have been an awesome (if singularly butt-clenching) experience for your uncle.
Freudian slip: “This is your captain sleeping!”
And if they did what would be the point of telling the passengers while they’re still in the air.
I have been in two Commercial Aircraft incidents, neither serious. Judge for yourself the Captain’s reaction. Both happened on Southwest Airlines and while landing in Austin.
In 84’ or 85’ I was on a flight from Midland/Odessa to Houston via Love in Dallas. We were diverted to Mueller in Austin because of severe thunderstorms. On approach(above storm was starting to hit in ATX), over downtown we just lost lift(I think it was wind shear). Pilots run the engines up to OG knows what rpm and we are just falling, seems like forever but really could have only been a few seconds. The whole plane lurches and grabs and we are over the runway and the pilots bobble it from wheel to wheel. I see the right wing almost grab a chunk of grass but we end up AOK and as we are taxiing the pilot comes on for the announcements. Instead of words all of us hear him taking a giant gasp of breath. When we exited the pilots were in their seats looking pale and probably needing new skivvies.
A few years ago after a uneventful flight from Hou to ATX(Bergstrom), we are landing, rear wheel down, nose wheel down, engines spin back up, nose up and we are back in the air. Cool I just did a “touch and Go” in a 737. Pilot comes on cool as a cucumber and says “Will someone remind ATC to make sure the runway is clear when they clear us to land”. Saw him in the airport later, yep ex-fighter pilot.
Capt
Sorry if this was a hijack
:golf clap:
Oh, now you need the WHOLE runway? Amateur.
I’ve been in a twin engine glider before while scud running at night. The PIC got one engine back but my wallet was already somewhere around the last turn of large colon. he did take my suggesting to climb higher after getting things under control.
What was the reason for scud running?
unexpected weather enroute and he didn’t want to file as he was flying. Private flight, not commercial if that’s causing any confusion. Ironically we were returning from a maintenance flight.
interesting phenomena. There is a bacteria that grows in jet fuel that produces a corrosive agent. It also grows in avgas. Well technically in water in the tank. It ate up the fuel select valves. The only way to purge water in this plane is from inside the plane. Learned the hard way that you have to dump quite a bit of fuel on the ramp to purge any water in it. The cost to fix everything was substantial.
If you have an answering machine that can take a short outgoing message, try this:
“Good evening, this is the captain of the *S. S. Poseidon *with your nightly surf report. Oh My God!!” (BEEP)