Police Called on Pilots by Cabin Crew

Pranking happens in most every profession at some level but when pilots show up to the gate and the police are waiting for them it is never a good thing. This is the story.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - What is That
9:18 - Send Me The Picture

[Soniphex]

"if the other pilot decides to have a heart attack"

Imagine making such an irresponsible decision!

[Synaptic_gap]

You're lucky they didn't go full TASER "Get on the GROUND!" mode

[jeraldwenger]

I'm a recent enthusiast of your channel and given your military service record, (I myself am a former active duty US Marine), I have additional respect for you "Hoover". Rock on brother. And as for the Dreamliner...I'm in Everett Washington, so I see it leaving Boeing field on rare occasions. All props to you for flying the 747. I am a driver of an 18 wheeler. Boeing wanted to hire me but I'm happy with my current employer. Keep the blue-side up brother!

[revengejr]

Ya know, for someone who is telling someone else's story in first person, and insisting that you're not involved at all, you are a remarkable good story teller. You sure these aren't hybrid stories where you are mixing some of your own stories with these? Either way, another entertaining vid!

[romyaz]

showing your young fresh female colleague you've been secretly recording in the bathroom is like joking with the airport security personnel about bombs in your luggage. you're going down

[rohrichoak]

What is the most difficult thing in aviation?
Pilot #1: Takeoffs
Pilot #2: Landings
Pilot #3: Good CRM
Pilot #4: Emergencies
Pilot #5: Affording certifications and licenses
Kelsey: Finding good snacks

[LSMUSCLE]

When the jokes so good HR wants to hear it.

[commerce-usa]

I realize the story is told in the first person, but the snacks story sounded both familiar and authentic. 😉👍

[trainliker]

It's disappointing to learn that pilot training doesn't include "snack basket acquisition" and you have to be left to your own methods to figure it out.

[pauldowney]

I am a retired captain for a major airline. There is no room for fooling around as an airline captain. You can be cordial and friendly and always open to advice. You have to be very careful of joking around with crew or pax because not everyone has the same sense of humor. I have had flight attendants come to the cockpit and say off color jokes but if I ever said anything like this it would be an issue. The captain is held to a higher standard before, during, and after the flight period.

[discobikerAndRosie]

I'm a retired emt. You don't mess with jump kits (medical kits). They're stocked for each shift for a good reason.

[Bugdriver]

Number of years ago when flying for a large regional airline....A flight crew on a EMB 120 Brasilia, called the new FA to the cockpit (only one FA on an EMB120)....there the light crew explained the Lavatory was "overheating" while gesturing toward some flashing lights in the cockpit, and told her she needed to dump ice in it and flush it until the flight crew gives her the okay. Now the "potty on small regional aircraft is basically a portapotty with a pump that circulates the contents to filter out any solids from the fluid when it is "flushed." What the flight crew did not count on was a very intelligent and concerned FA... After the flight she first went to maintenance to check on the condition of the "overheating" toilet and to find out how often it happened and if it was a hazard in flight. That's when she was informed about being the victim of a prank. Pissed, her next stop was the chief sympathized with the FA and agreed to help her get day the flight crew were called into the chief pilot's office. Chief pilot immediately confronted the flight crew about their "prank"....after they admitted to the "harmless" joke, the chief pilot then explained how the pump that normally circulated the fluid had burned out due to all the ice they had instructed the FA to dump into were then informed that that pump cost $10, 000 and They, the flight crew, were on the hook for the cost of a new pump....and it would be taken out of their checks over the course of a few months!!!! The flight crew were left dangling for months before realizing the tables had been turned on

[ralfvandeven]

One reason for always having two persons in the cockpit is that there are a least two known instances where the remaining pilot locked the door on the other while he was off the flightdeck and crashed the plane deliberately to commit suicide. There was LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 and after that more well known Germanwings Flight 9525.

[dipling.pitzler]

A pilot I know explained a similar prank involving a new flight attendant while showing her the flight deck and explaining switches, including the ones he labeled "Contrails" beforehand with a label machine. Then explaining how these are switched on after getting a signal from the government for a vaccination run.

[AFloridaSon]

Just when you give us plenty of reasons to put full confidence when the pilots and crew, you come along and remind us that they are still crazy humans. 😂😂

[wannaseethevid]

I've seen practical jokes go way wrong. I never do them.

[curta]

Worked ATC for 31 years in NY, Love this channel

[jetlaggedchef]

My favorite part of this cockpit confessional episode is when you confess to lurking so you can snoop on the snack basket. LOL I think you're my spirit animal.

[dzmo-official]

You have to be brave for telling this in first person

[coffeeguy]

I was in the RAF back in the 80s and we quite often worked alongside the Americans on their UK bases, we got to know many of the guys at places like RAF Little Rissington and Upper Heyford ( probably closed now, it was years ago ) . The Americans were always so hospitable, we would be invited into their bars in the base exchange and the beers always flowed freely, usually bottles of chilled Michelob which I personally loved ! We had a team member on our squadron, who was always a bit out there, a bit of a lad and a joker and the centre of attention if you like. We spoke to the USAF Military Police and asked them to drive to our set up down the airfield in one of their Police vehicles, tires screeching and sirens wailing and come and arrest this joker in our team. Which they did, they hand cuffed him, back of their Police car and went off spinning the wheels, sirens and lights going with him in the back looking out, his face was a picture, with that, what have I done look on his face !! The cops bought him back half hour later and of course, he got the prank and it was beers all round. Great prank.