Head in the clouds: The things that airline pilots say
Head in the clouds The things that airline pilots say I have nothing personal against airline pilots as a profession, but I am intrigued by their need to be chatty, sometimes well and truly beyond the point of providing essential information to passengers. Granted that far fewer people are familiar with the nuances of their job than say a bus driver’s, but it’s rather presumptuous of them to think that the vast majority are enamored by flying; most flyers want simply to get from point A to point B. Perhaps, this is a vestigial tradition handed down from ages ago when flying held a fascination for the lay person. Or maybe it has something to do with the personality type of the people who become pilots. This oft repeated quip comes to mind: “How do you tell if there is a pilot in your party?” Answer: “He’ll tell you!” That being as it may, my problem is with having to listen to idiosyncratic inanities as part of a captive audience. The one which easily takes the cake i...