Typhoon1244
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Okay boys and girls, I've finally, after five years, had my most embarassing experience as an airline pilot.
We were sitting in DFW, getting ready for an AUS round-trip. I'd had the "WASH WINDSHIELD" sign sitting on the glareshield for an hour, but nobody'd done anything about it yet. Twenty minutes prior to pushback, I decided to do it myself.
I walked over to the edge of the ramp and got the wheeled ladder reserved for this purpose. It was at least 100 degrees on the ramp and humid as hell, so I was hurrying to get the job done and get back into the air conditioning. After a couple of minutes, I got the ladder against the nose and locked it down.
A ramp supervisor runs up, saying "here, I'll get that for you." No, it's okay. I don't mind. "No, no. You don't need to be washing windshields, Captain. I'll get it." Well, okay. I thanked him and headed back to the cockpit.
I stuffed my hat in the coat rack...and only then noticed a captain and a first officer sitting in the cockpit looking at me.
I had pushed the ladder up to the wrong airplane.
Thank god the supervisor stopped me before I made it up the ladder and started swabbing away! I guess this is why my company prohibits pilots from using ramp equipment...
We were sitting in DFW, getting ready for an AUS round-trip. I'd had the "WASH WINDSHIELD" sign sitting on the glareshield for an hour, but nobody'd done anything about it yet. Twenty minutes prior to pushback, I decided to do it myself.
I walked over to the edge of the ramp and got the wheeled ladder reserved for this purpose. It was at least 100 degrees on the ramp and humid as hell, so I was hurrying to get the job done and get back into the air conditioning. After a couple of minutes, I got the ladder against the nose and locked it down.
A ramp supervisor runs up, saying "here, I'll get that for you." No, it's okay. I don't mind. "No, no. You don't need to be washing windshields, Captain. I'll get it." Well, okay. I thanked him and headed back to the cockpit.
I stuffed my hat in the coat rack...and only then noticed a captain and a first officer sitting in the cockpit looking at me.
I had pushed the ladder up to the wrong airplane.
Thank god the supervisor stopped me before I made it up the ladder and started swabbing away! I guess this is why my company prohibits pilots from using ramp equipment...
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