Ode to the right seat

[TwinTails]

I am the copilot. I sit on the right.
It's up to me to be quick and bright;
I never talk back for I have regrets,
But I have to remember what the Captain forgets.

I make out the Flight Plan and study the weather, Pull up the gear,
stand by to feather;
Make out the mail forms and do the reporting,
And fly the old crate while the Captain is courting.

I take the readings, adjust the power,
Put on the heaters when we're in a shower;
Tell him where we are on the darkest night,
And do all the bookwork without any light.

I call for my Captain and buy him cokes;
I always laugh at his corny jokes,
And once in awhile when his landings are rusty
I always come through with, "By gosh it's gusty!"

All in all I'm a general stooge,
As I sit on the right of the man I call "Scrooge"; I guess you think
that is past understanding, But maybe some day he will give me a
landing.

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[jetdriven]

where is the one about the captain??

 

[iaflyer]

Giving credit...

I may be wrong, but was it Len Morgan that wrote that (the guy who used to write "Vectors" in Flying magazine?)

I thought I saw it somewhere with his byline on it..

iaflyer

 

[Ty Webb]

When I heard it, from an old Eastern Skipper, it was a little different:


I make up the flight plans
and line up his whores
and fly the old crate
to the sound of his snores

Maybe someone creative can give us a more modern version- one where the captain has PMS, the F/A's are transexuals and the FO had to show up barefoot because his boots got stuck in the x-ray machine . . . .

Now, that would be funny!