just flew a 3-day with "special radio voice guy"...

[Uncle Bunkle]

"...all we ask now is that you sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight."
Because your puny little mind can't think how to speak in normal conversation.
Because as you say this I'm getting the evil eye from an FA if I really "sit back" in my seat.
Because I can relax in the middle seat with 2 obese folks on each side of me.

 

[Guppiedriver]

Move your damn mic away from your mouth so I don't have to listen to that spitting noise every time you talk.

 

[BuckMurdock1]

And here's a trick: instead of trying to guess exactly how many degrees of deviation you need just state your request as "left" or "right". If ATC needs to limit you they'll say so.

Yeah- pet peeve of mine too. Even when I ask "whaddya think about left deviations", my F/O keys up "XX 123, request 10 left for Wx". Then the controller..sure enough..limits us to what he requested. Then it turns out we needed 25 left. Like the other guy said: let the controller limit you if he needs to!

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

I usually describe the cloud for the controller, since he can't see it from our viewpoint.
Example: "Hey Houston, we need to go around that Snoopy cloud about 10 miles ahead", or "Oye Mexico City, we need to deviate around that buildup that looks like Roger Rabbit".

 

[outerlimits]

Yeah- pet peeve of mine too. Even when I ask "whaddya think about left deviations", my F/O keys up "XX 123, request 10 left for Wx". Then the controller..sure enough..limits us to what he requested. Then it turns out we needed 25 left. Like the other guy said: let the controller limit you if he needs to!

How do you get one of those


All I have is a dog .

 

[CRJ puppy]

I flew with a hemerroid once. It sure changed my radio voice!