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Flight Crew Dirt #1: Practical Jokes in the Cockpit

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Who’s ready for some flight crew dirt? Robin, our very own flight attendant, is retired from service and excited to share what life above the clouds was like.

What, exactly, do those uniformed folks do on the plane…well, beyond what you see? Remember, read this with a SENSE OF HUMOR, people. All flight attendants work very hard and take their jobs seriously.  But, just like you & me, they do have personalities and a sense of humor. In Robin’s case – that’d be a HUGE sense of humor.

Back in the fun days, pilots and FAs would play so many practical jokes on one another. We would just constantly laugh and try to one-up each other for four days (that was the usual trip length).

We were a family then. Pilots would tell us they were separated from their wives (for four days!!!).

On a bad landing, the forward FA would go up to the cockpit with her panty hose pulled down to her ankles and say “WTH!”

One time I was called up front (back in the 80’s) for coffee…I went up and all three guys were flying in their underwear. I thought that was SO funny!

Sexual harassment would never come into the equation then. We were just having fun. I laughed my ass off!!!

Sometimes the fun between pilots and flight attendants could get a little out of hand and result in some aeronautical naughtiness. Most pilot’s wives didn’t have a clue, but not all were so out to lunch–

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There was the funny story of the time that the captain brought his wife on the trip. She was a very attractive “Jackie-O” type. One of the younger, fresh-out-of-training stews walked up to her and said, “Hi, it’s a pleasure to meet you ma’am. I understand that your husband is the Captain”. “Yes, that’s right” the wife answered. “Are you a flight attendant?” asked the newbie.  “No” she replied, “I’m his FIRST wife”


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3 Responses to “Flight Crew Dirt #1: Practical Jokes in the Cockpit”

  1. kim quick #

    i’d always wanted to be a f/a…unfortunately, i came onboard way AFTER 9/11 and have only worked under those conditions…what you posted sounded SUPER FUN…one aspect of the job i LOVE, is the feeling of closeness and camaraderie that you get on a trip (at LEAST 3 DAYS)…i love these peope, hate them (sometimes) and we all get a kind of ‘shorthand’ when talking to each other…the most fun people i’ve met have been on the job…f/a’s and pilots…please, post more stories…i’m kinda jonesing…

    January 21, 2011 at 1:02 AM Reply
  2. Shark #

    Please keep them coming. I can not stop laughing!

    January 27, 2011 at 7:37 PM Reply
  3. CaptM #

    Hope I’m not out of place here. Knew of one Captain (in cahoots with a very senior FA) sent a newbie FO outside one night with a flashlight to investigate a “passenger’s comment” regarding a “crack” in one of the exit-row windows.

    February 18, 2011 at 11:43 PM Reply

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