# To the stupid jerk at the airport bar **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273 "2010-09-10T07:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/81 "2010-09-13T01:21:23Z")
Over Macho Grande? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/82 "2010-09-13T02:31:44Z")
Oh, I’ll never get over Macho Grande. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/83 "2010-09-13T04:54:06Z")
I cannot adequately explain why this fills me with such joy. I also have the urge to open the door during a meeting somewhere tomorrow, peek my head in, and say > [@](#): > > I just came in to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. I think it’s been done here before, though. ---
**Author:** ![whorfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@whorfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whorfin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/84 "2010-09-21T04:20:10Z")
Well, I thought this would be a rant-but this is an entirely different kind of thread altogether. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/85 "2010-09-21T05:33:05Z")
_Ah, ah, ah, ah, Stay’n Aliiiiiiiiveiiiiiiieeeee…_ (insert drunken dancing pirates here) ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/86 "2010-09-21T07:46:31Z")
I can’t stand this any more. I’ve got to get out of here! I’VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE! ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/87 "2010-09-21T11:18:12Z")
> [@everyone here](#): > > This is an entirely different kind of thread .. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/88 "2010-09-21T12:06:30Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > I can’t stand this any more. I’ve got to get out of here! I’VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE! Oh, cut the bleeding heart crap, will ya? We’ve all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing - they’re \*\*flashing \*\*and they’re **beeping**. I can’t stand it anymore! They’re \*\*\*blinking \*\*\*and \*\*\*beeping \*\*\*and _ **flashing** _! Why doesn’t somebody pull the plug! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/89 "2010-09-21T14:23:09Z")
> [@evilbeth](#): > > I haven’t felt this awful since we saw that Ronald Reagan film. I haven’t felt this awful since we saw the RiffTrax of _Twilight: New Moon_. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to have a flashback to the war. _The decision to proceed is yours… The decision to proceed is yours… The decision to proceed is yours…_ And on that mission we lost George Zip. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/90 "2010-09-21T17:29:33Z")
And that’s when you realized you had a drinking problem? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/91 "2010-09-21T18:35:40Z")
I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/92 "2010-09-21T19:08:30Z")
We’ll get them down. Down safe! _crash_ ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/93 "2010-09-21T19:55:16Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > And that’s when you realized you had a drinking problem? Yes, and a pretty bad one. I keep spilling my drinks on my shirt. That’s why I have to order a straw with my beer. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/94 "2010-09-21T20:07:47Z")
I’d love to hijack this thread but I’m afraid it’s already hijacked. Maybe [this](http://planecrashinfo.com/cvr000719.htm) will help: 00.29:16 A sound similar to decrease in propeller RPM 00.29:20 F/O: we got an engine failure, number one 00.29:27 CAP: carry out the drill 00.29:41 F/O: feathered. RPM zero 00.29:55 CAP: what the # is going on? 00.29:57 F/O: I don’t know. 00.30:07 CAP: what is going on here. 00.30:09 F/O: I don’t know. # you’re losing airspeed as well. 00.30:12 CAP: ok. Declare an emergency. 00.30:25 F/O: oh # keep it. 00.30:26 F/O: keep it up. Keep it up. 00.30:36 CAP: oh no, uh oh. 00.30:42 RDO-2: the co-pilot transmitted we’ve lost control. 00.30:46 a sound similar to varying change in propeller noise begins and continues to the end of recording. 00.30:51 CAP: uh ohh. 00.30:54 F/O: which way are we flying? 00.30:56 CAP: I have no- 00.30:56 F/O: I don’t know I don’t know. 00.31:09 CAP: I have no idea which way is up. 00.31:10 F/O: oh. Ground… I don’t know either . 00.31:13 CAP: \*upside down? Or [this](http://planecrashinfo.com/cvr820113.htm): 15:59:24 TWR Palm 90 cleared for takeoff. 15:59:28 TWR No delay on departure if you will, traffic’s two and a half out for the runway. 15:59:32 CA Okay, your throttles. 15:59:35 [Sound of engine spool-up] 15:59:49 CA Holler if you need the wipers. 15:59:51 CA It’s spooled. Real cold, real cold. 15:59:58 F/O God, look at that thing. That don’t seem right, does it? Uh, that’s not right 16:00:09 CA Yes it is, there’s eighty 16:00:10 F/O Naw, I don’t think that’s right. Ah, maybe it is. 16:00:21 CA CAM-1 Hundred and twenty. 16:00:23 F/O CAM-2 I don’t know 16:00:31 CA Vee-one. Easy, vee-two 16:00:39 [Sound of stickshaker starts and continues until impact] 16:00:41 TWR Palm 90 contact departure control. 16:00:45 CA Forward, forward, easy. We only want five hundred. 16:00:48 CA Come on forward…forward, just barely climb. 16:00:59 CA Stalling, we’re falling! 16:01:00 F/O Larry, we’re going down, Larry… 16:01:01 CA I know it. 16:01:01 [Sound of impact] ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273/95 "2010-09-21T21:06:06Z")
Now arriving at Gate 17…18…19… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-stupid-jerk-at-the-airport-bar/553273.md?page=4)