Great stories! Here is one from my 24 years as an AA Flight Attendant - 1984 - 2008. In the 80's we could come and go in the cockpit all we wanted, This one time, we were on a flight to DFW from ORD - Delayed due to summer t-storms. So we are parked on the taxi-way for about 25 minuets, and I am up front BS-ing with the Flight Crew when we hear over the radio: "The delay for all departures has been extended another 20minuets"... dead silence for about 2 seconds, then "SHIT!" comes over the radio... "WHO SAID THAT?!" says the tower... another second or two of silence, then: "Ah tower, this is American 22... we did not say shit..." Tower, this is Delta, 245... we were not the one who aid Shit..." "... Ah tower, United 43... no shit here..." and on & on the roll-call went until we almost pee'd our pants.
Knowing me, if I worked near passenger planes at an airport I’d probably be the one who will be found easing across the wing to get a closer look at all the flaps out of sheer curiosity.
@J G , Read between the lines my friend. I know because I have heard similar banana peeling stories from my friends who have been to Thailand. It's the world's most famous country for recreational banana peeling that also include people of all genders
I was on this plane once. And I'm sitting there and uh...the captain gets on, he does his whole, you know, we'll be cruisin' at 35,000 feet. But then he puts the mic down and forgets to turn it off. And so he turns to the co-pilot and he's like, "You know, all I could use right now is a blow job and a cup of coffee." So the stewardess goes bombin' up from the back of the plane to tell him that the microphone's still on. And this guy in the back of the plane is like, "Hey, hon, don't forget the coffee!"
@@Joeybagofdonuts76 You aint gonna believe this but, I was at a Loves one day walking through the lot. I’m walking back to my truck with my hot dogs, I was a rookie, happy as a clam. Here comes super trucker backing into a spot, hanging halfway out of his truck with his door open. Well homeboy dumps the clutch, it bucks keeps rolling but it throws him off the truck and it rolls until it stalls near the end of the spot. Guy gets up and gets back in the truck with only a bruised ego
@@adamwajdenfeld2835 I believe it. That dude got lucky. I actually just stalled my truck today. Apparently it works better when you release the brakes. 🤦🏼♂️🤷♂️
@@NicverAZ so true! I’ve never really known “what I want to be when I grow up”. What I studied in college was becoming obsolete, especially in my smallish home town. So, I waited tables, then became a bartender while I tried to figure it out. Well 25 years later I’m still bartending, so I guess it was decided by default! Plenty of good stories thru the years. One thing I love is when I get the chance to talk to people about their jobs: like you said, every profession has its’ stories, and I’m just super curious. Also, I am probably still trying to find my ideal career! I was glad to see your comment bc I believe that while we are all different, we humans can still get along with each other. Hearing someone else’s story helps us relate to each other, and that makes it harder to dislike someone. (Usually!) Peace!
I subscribed to your channel about two weeks ago. I'm a police officer so I've never had anything to do with aviation, so my wife finds it odd that I'm constantly watching your videos. This video solidified my love for this channel! Your content is awesome and well put together and your sense of humor lines up with mine haha! Keep up the great content!
@@74gear Wow! Thanks so much for taking the time to actually reply to a fan. Thank your family members for me, it's a tough job right now and I'm sure yours is as well! Fly safe brother!
@74 Good call on being a pilot, you don't have the neck to be a leo, also being a leo is either being evil or looking the other way when you see an evil leo doing evil things which sucks just as much (had some friends in law enforcement.)
@attila I grew up with Leos, I know what's behind the curtain, I've lived it, you only mindlessly fall in line, but I've seen the criminality in leos first hand.
Imaging the story with the old guy in the massage place, the pilots crashed and all the crash investigators are in a room listening to the CVR and hear that
Kelsey, if you ever run out of pilot stories, you gotta find more material, like accident investigation, or passenger stories cause I just thoroughly enjoy your persona and delivery. Thank you for what you do.
I was talking to a F/O and he was telling me one of his stories. He was a former Navy pilot who had not flown after the Navy for a few years but then decided to return to flying by getting a flying job at a commuter airline. He was flying as a F/O on a Dash 8. He had a long layover and the Captain had family in the city so he disappeared. He decided to ask the very cute, very young F/A out to dinner. He said they had a very nice dinner, a couple of drinks, and a bit of wine. He was thinking things were going great. They were holding hands, he thinking about the rest of the layover with her. She looked into his eyes and softly said ,”Jim YOU are such a wonderful guy, I would love to fix you up with my mother!”.
Your story about the flight attendant at the controls was scary. Some years a go a Russian captain did the same with his kid, let him sit at the controls. The kid took the plane into a dive that no one survived.
I heard about that story, I think that flight was full of passengers, wasn’t it? I could be wrong. While this was risky also, at least there were no passengers. I’d love to know the reactions of the other crew when they saw this!
@@exrobowidow1617 I feel sorry for your person. Great way for the Federation to earn some good money ferrying people from Moscow to Hong Kong. That is not a way for any sensible person to die and I really hate that alternate captain because he seemed to be a real good pilot and certainly a professional employee.
@@ltraina3353 the captain in charge was on a rest break and the alternate first officer was G-Forced out of the equation. Sad part of it was that they found a major flaw in how the Airbus 310 reported steering issues and the threesome were put to rest next to the Cherenobyl firemen.
When I was an F/O we used too fly up and down the East Coast of Britain in an F27 - an aircraft not known for its turn of speed. But we did make a good target for a practice first interception for the RAF. One day an F4 Phantom (well before TCAS) used us as a target and after doing so flew in formation alongside to our right. One of our cabin crew was so impressed she decided to flash the pilot and nav her impressive bosoms. Now they were a sight worth seeing.
Omg, I have SO many questions about that last story! Like: if the other flight attendant went to grab a bite with ‘Mallory’, would she have ended up in New Mexico too? Why did she end up 1,000 miles away? What was she doing when they found her? God, that’s so weird! Loved all of these stories!
@Dump no relevance bro, I have to reply to random people's comment otherwise if I post it on it's own, I'm shadowbanned which means no one will see it, but if I post my comment as a reply to someone, it's seen by the world.
I grew up in Aviation my whole life. I will never get bored listening to the stories. I would say this vlog is PG and is ok for the whole family to view. This was mostly comic relief. Thank you for the laughs.
OK Pilot Kelsey. You deserve every dime UA-cam makes for you. If it weren’t for you we would never imagine what goes on during the downtime. Keep em coming.
Peeling the banana, huh?! Cute! As a former UAL-FA, I've heard a few of these stories myself and have always wondered if they might be true or not. Nevertheless, they do provide for hours of really interesting storytelling. As always, thanks so much for sharing...
My dad was an RCAF pilot, and so I got to see and sit in the cockpit a few times, and even got to sit in the jump seat for landing once. Even after the enhanced safety protocols, he was just flying Dash-8 Q300s and gonzo's with few people on board, so we could still go check things out in the cockpit. It seems really strange that there's now a whole generation of kids that cannot have this experience.
I was at Boeing when a women speaker told an incredible story about her first flight as a flight attendant for Alaska Air her father owned the airline at the time It would be fantastic if you could contact her thru Alaska airlines, she’s retired, and invite her to tell her amazing story you will not regret it
Weirdest thing I’ve seen is a pilot bolting a HUGE plate of nachos in the waiting room before the flight. The poor guy had to go to the restroom 3 times during a 90 minute flight. Haha at Bill liking having body hair.
The story of the flight attendant who flew the 747 brings back memories. Dad was a corporate pilot in the 60s & 70s, flying Howard 500s. I got to go on a couple of trips & on approach to San Jose, Costa Rica he told the co-pilot, "Why don't you take a break and let my son take over for a while?" I was maybe 7 or 8 years old, but got to "fly" the Howard 500, a huge radial piston twin, with Mount Irazu erupting right next to San Jose city, spewing smoke & ash tens of thousands of feet into the sky. It was awesome and fueled my becoming a pilot & mechanic later in life.
Coming soon to theaters near you: Hangover IV: Turbulence Downunder Cast: Phil, Alan, Stu, Doug, Mr Chow and Mike Tyson. Special Guest Appearance by Pilot Kelsey.
As a 10 year old I asked if I could see the cockpit. The flight attendant asked and I was allowed in. I was careful not to touch anything. It was really crowded with two pilots and an engineer (?) anyway. They were really relaxed and friendly. One of the highlights of my holiday.
These are some great stories! A crazy story from my career in the Air National guard, a crew from the Washington Air Guard, flew their tanker mission naked. I did hear they might have received courts-martial, but never was confirmed. I heard it went off without a hitch. lol
I was sitting in MCO a couple of weeks ago waiting on a flight to MSP. I was watching old airline disaster movies on my laptop (Airport 70 to be exact). As I'm sitting there I feel the presence of someone standing over my shoulder. It was a pilot for major airline. I took my headphones off and turned to look back at the guy and he said "Airport 70. Good movie." And walked away. Guess who recognized me as I was boarding my plane... yep.. that pilot from the major airline... was one of the pilots on my flight...
Haha this video made me laugh so much! Best quotes in this video were "peel the banana" and "it was an old man" and "i do my hair every morning"😂😂😂😂. Haha nice work!
My eyesight is pretty poor at times, so I could never fly a plane. So, I enjoy coming to Kelsey's channel and listening to stories about flying. Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to fly with him and how enjoyable that would be. Being a pilot seems like a very stressful job. I appreciate all they do to keep us safe.
I just happen to be a Massage Therapist! This story of "peeling his banana" was so funny! I had to share with all of my co-workers! I've never laughed so hard in my life!
I remember as a passenger on an airliner out of Atlanta going to Melbourne Fl, back in 1971 as a student at FIT. I had my PPL at the time so I knew a little something about aviation. The Captain applied full power. The jet, I think and Eastern Airlines DC-9 sped down the runway. The captain rotated the nose but before the main gear left the ground he chopped the power and lowered the nose and came to a stop well within the length of the long Atlanta runway. The captain spoke to us and apologized and told us the baggage door lock light came on indicating the baggage door may not have been completely locked by the ground crew. The pilot taxied back and the mechanics made sure the baggage door was securely locked. Then we took off again. The airline Co. gave us all free drinks as an apology for the cut off after rotation. Today, that would have been a no no. But back in the day in the early 1970's I'm not sure what the rules were on "balked take-offs". I know the nose gear was rotated and the main gear never left the ground because I was a PP and I was following the take off with ultra interest because I wanted to become an airline pilot. I always believed the pilot did the right thing by aborting the take off just after rotation but before the main gear left the ground. But then during a pilot meeting many years later after discussing this case with many retired airline pilots, they all shook their head as a "no no". I said in defense of the Captain, "But he had so much runway left, this was Atlanta and he knew he had an open baggage door". But a retired airline 747 pilot and others whom I was discussing this case with said the captain of my plane "should have discontinued his take off". They said, "so what if the baggage door was open, it would have been safer to lose a few bags than to crash the airplane". But that was back in 1971 and I'm not sure if V1 cut offs were well taught to pilots in the same manner as they are today. If you were flying a DC-9 at Atlanta with a 10,000 foot runway back in 1971, would you have continued to take off at the moment the baggage door light came on while rotating or would you have chopped the power and abort? 1971 was almost 50 years ago. Did we have the same standards back then as we do now?
Ground maintenance confession. I was doing heavy maintenance on MD-11's back in the 90's and got along with the only girl on the team "great". We weren't dating, just sharing beds every other night. one day we were both inside the wing tanks inspecting for any corrosion and cracks and decided it would be a great idea to have a quickie. We didn't realise that we got the wing oszilating a bit and everybody put 2 and 2 together lol. When we got out all the guys were high fiving me and laughing tears. The only one who wasn't amused was the shift manager...
I recall when the flight decks were open. The captains would give me plastic wings. As a cub scout, we toured O'Hare, walked around the tarmac and were up in the control tower looking over the shoulders of the controllers. I think we talked to them a bit. It was a different world. We also toured a nuclear power plant and were in the control room.
OMG ~ Mom was a stewardess in the late 40’s /early 50’ with Flying Tigers and had some awesome stories. Army soldier on Guam overturned his Jeep and she broke her leg, a bit of trouble for him. So many more stories. Stepfather a United pilot and such a wonderful story teller at dinner time. Junior pilot in the Ilikai in Honolulu decided to see what would happen if lighter was applied to sprinkler in Hotel room. Yes 25k to save his career in the 60’s. Love your channel, these stories bring back many interesting stories around the dinner table!
I have no idea how ended up on this Channel, never had any interest in aviation or at least I thought I Didnt. I was like "who is this guy who looks way too young to be flying a 747 talking about flying in movies" Fast forward a few months I have watched so many of these lately Im hooked. Really enjoy it, it's relaxed, authentic, honest, a little cheesy but I love it. Keep em coming. Subscribed.
Omg this is pure gold 🤣🤣 - I always assumed you were like the most laid-back innocent pilot who would NEVER even be interested in discussing such stories. 🤣 Freight dogs, repo flights, etc must be some of the f the coolest jobs on earth.
@74 Gear Have been watching Mentour for awhile but now binging on your channel. I think I going to save "Cockpit Cofessionals" to my after dinner with a glass of wine time slot...So funny!
when people aren't aware they are broadcasting their discussions is the funniest happened the other day with this microlight pilo broadcasting his entire conversation with his passenger and the things they were talking about were hilarious
I like that you show the view from your room. It's a nice touch. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad is a truck driver I would call him and ask him where he was. I liked to locate his position on a large map
I went on my first solo flight as a passenger when I was about 8. I was invited into the cockpit regularly. I got to do short hops, (Chicago to Syracuse). I guess I was a cute child because flight attendants, exclusively female then< kept giving me the plastic wings. I was flying "non rev" because my dad was an employee. I spent a lot of time stuck in Rochester and Buffalo, NY. some time for 24 hours at a time. with all of the stories; Isn't it a rule that you must be "alcohol free for 48 hours between flights?
8 Hours is the minimum in both the US and the EU I believe. That said both do also note that more time may be needed for BAC to fall bellow the maximum at higher levels of consumption. This is because there is a legal limit for blood alcohol content for anyone involved in flight operations which is even lower than that for driving. Also like when driving the authorities can show up and request a sample at any time. With the limit being so much lower than the driving limit though and impossible to account for variables like individual clearance rates etc being a factor refraining for 24 hours minimum is a better idea perhaps more after a particularly heavy session.
I was going to say that your question saved me writing a comment to ask the same, but it's been a year! All I can think is that she was a fugitive of some sort, if the local constabulary was involved? But I never dreamed one little stewardess could stop an entire airplane of people from flying.
@@heidikickhouse- and what airport did this happen near... probably MSP, but it would be odder if it was in Duluth or Rochester, as those are smaller towns to have to layover in anyways. At MSP the crews generally stay at hotels right by the airport or Mall of America a few blocks away, and there are many of them. Those other cities, not the same. :P Some crazy road trip across state highways and driving that shuttle bus through tribal reservations just has more flair than if she jumped onto 494 and hit I-35 southbound. :P
Since Airbus planes have a side-stick instead of a yoke, each pilot has a sliding tray, that they can pull out of the bottom of the instrument panel. That tray (in the A320 series) is rated for a weight of 55 kg, ~121lbs. Just putting that out there... 😉
Sunday morning, a cup of coffee and naughty crew stories--doesn't get better than that! The massage parlor story gives new meaning to the phrase "Comin' up" :)
OK Kelsey you just can't leave us hanging like that. What was the rest of the story with Mallory? Was it a Love Triangle gone bad like the lady NASA astronaut who drove across country making no stops to just " Talk " with the other female leg of their triangle. She of course wore an adult diaper during the drive so she would not have to make any pit stops.
Most of these stories never actually explain what happened or why. It's just "I saw Bob naked [insert random movie clip] and Mallory drove away." Okay?
So this isn't R-Rated, but my dad started flying with the airline in 1951 and has plenty of crazy stories. As we all know, things were a little different back then regarding crew regulations and behavior. Most cockpit crew were former military and often displayed "cowboy" tendencies. Dad tells the story of a time he was FO in a DC-4 somewhere in the western US (might have been Amarillo) readying for takeoff. As they ran up the plane at the end of the runway, the Captain hands it over to my dad for the takeoff, then proceeds to open his side window. Then, when dad begins his takeoff roll and they start accelerating, the Captain reaches around the side of his seat and pulls out a shotgun. He racks a shell into the chamber, sticks the barrel out the open window, and starts picking off jackrabbits as the plane rolls on by. Probably could not get away with that today.
Yes, I remember the rabbits on the field at LAX too. In those days, a continuous radio tone would be broadcast and listened to in flight. There were also beds with curtains on some domestic flights. Another thing people can't do today. I flew across country as a passenger by myself at age 5 with two plane changes.
Odd that there were no stories specific to cargo flights, those were always the best. If you ever get bored, google the story of Maverick air shoveling manure over Moscow after they refused to clean the plane at the airport (per contract). "...However, the Soviets did not possess the sophistication of western radar. They did not detect the 707’s lack of climb gradient and slow speed shortly after takeoff. There was not much traffic in the area at that time of the evening, which helped the Maverick crew perfectly execute their deviant plot. Aimer selected flaps 14 and slowed the big bird to about 120 knots. While the F/E quickly depressurized the aircraft. With a very shallow climb the aft entry door was cracked open. The cowboys, with the help of the flight engineer (another Pan Am furloughed pilot), quickly shoveled several tons of cow manure out of the aft door of the 707. I wonder if the Muscovites ever noticed the smell and the consistency of the snow that evening..."
"I know it takes me a while in the morning to get my hair done" 12:00 Cracked up lol
well at least someone gets my jokes! 👍 ✈️
@@74gear I got much longer hair than you do. Does doing your hair really take up so much time?.
Lol bro. 😂😂😂
@@lizlovsdagmara5525 Wooosh
It needs to be polished, after all.
Great stories! Here is one from my 24 years as an AA Flight Attendant - 1984 - 2008. In the 80's we could come and go in the cockpit all we wanted, This one time, we were on a flight to DFW from ORD - Delayed due to summer t-storms. So we are parked on the taxi-way for about 25 minuets, and I am up front BS-ing with the Flight Crew when we hear over the radio: "The delay for all departures has been extended another 20minuets"... dead silence for about 2 seconds, then "SHIT!" comes over the radio... "WHO SAID THAT?!" says the tower... another second or two of silence, then: "Ah tower, this is American 22... we did not say shit..." Tower, this is Delta, 245... we were not the one who aid Shit..." "... Ah tower, United 43... no shit here..." and on & on the roll-call went until we almost pee'd our pants.
WHO SAID THAT THEN
That’s epic.
No #2 but almost #1.
This sounds like something that would happen on Vatsim
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But did the 747 pilot get a good picture? It’d be a shame to embarrass yourself like that and not even get it. 😂
😂 I don't know I never saw the picture
Then Leslie said, “Yeah, but did he die?”
Knowing me, if I worked near passenger planes at an airport I’d probably be the one who will be found easing across the wing to get a closer look at all the flaps out of sheer curiosity.
"Most of my videos are family-friendly. This one...will not be."
*Smashes that like button*
🤣 trying to keep it mixed up on here Jon! hope you enjoyed it
when i saw the comment, you had 69 likes :)
mr nice hmmmm magic number 😂
@@74gear, I sure did!
Nowadays that's a PG13 rating, 10 years ago R, 20 years ago X. Go figure!
Lol. The Thailand story 😂. It was quite family friendly. All they were doing is peeling bananas 😂😁
😂😂😂
well im not trying to get the video taken down
It's a boy! It's a boy!
@J G , Read between the lines my friend. I know because I have heard similar banana peeling stories from my friends who have been to Thailand. It's the world's most famous country for recreational banana peeling that also include people of all genders
74 Gear either he ordered the old dude and didn’t realise it or he did realise it 🤣
I was on this plane once. And I'm sitting there and uh...the captain gets on, he does his whole, you know, we'll be cruisin' at 35,000 feet. But then he puts the mic down and forgets to turn it off. And so he turns to the co-pilot and he's like, "You know, all I could use right now is a blow job and a cup of coffee." So the stewardess goes bombin' up from the back of the plane to tell him that the microphone's still on. And this guy in the back of the plane is like, "Hey, hon, don't forget the coffee!"
Goddamn 😂. Good one. I laughed hard reading this
That is too funny! My side hurts from laughing, 😂😂😂😂
Is your best friend Ben Affleck? I love that one!
(Chucking) Ever been on a plane?
That's a belter 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Storytellers: "Once upon a time..."
Pilots, truckers, fishermen: "I'm not making this shit up..."
Every line of business has stories to tell. Even a cashier will have stories to tell.
Trucker stories start with "you ain't gonna believe this shit, but..."
@@Joeybagofdonuts76 You aint gonna believe this but, I was at a Loves one day walking through the lot. I’m walking back to my truck with my hot dogs, I was a rookie, happy as a clam. Here comes super trucker backing into a spot, hanging halfway out of his truck with his door open. Well homeboy dumps the clutch, it bucks keeps rolling but it throws him off the truck and it rolls until it stalls near the end of the spot. Guy gets up and gets back in the truck with only a bruised ego
@@adamwajdenfeld2835 I believe it. That dude got lucky.
I actually just stalled my truck today. Apparently it works better when you release the brakes. 🤦🏼♂️🤷♂️
@@NicverAZ so true! I’ve never really known “what I want to be when I grow up”. What I studied in college was becoming obsolete, especially in my smallish home town. So, I waited tables, then became a bartender while I tried to figure it out. Well 25 years later I’m still bartending, so I guess it was decided by default!
Plenty of good stories thru the years.
One thing I love is when I get the chance to talk to people about their jobs: like you said, every profession has its’ stories, and I’m just super curious. Also, I am probably still trying to find my ideal career!
I was glad to see your comment bc I believe that while we are all different, we humans can still get along with each other. Hearing someone else’s story helps us relate to each other, and that makes it harder to dislike someone. (Usually!)
Peace!
"Most of my videos are family-friendly, this one will not be."
Thats why I'm here
I was 1 like too late to see this comment.
TNTFreddan sorry dude 😂, I hope everyone caught on to the Obi-Wan voice in “that’s why I’m here”
@@aviatorcrafty102
Wrong: Happy thoughts! Happy thoughts! Happy thoughts!
Correct: "Happy landings! Happy landings! Happy landings!
General Kenobi!
Hello there!
I subscribed to your channel about two weeks ago. I'm a police officer so I've never had anything to do with aviation, so my wife finds it odd that I'm constantly watching your videos. This video solidified my love for this channel! Your content is awesome and well put together and your sense of humor lines up with mine haha! Keep up the great content!
Thanks Nicholas, I have a lot of family that are LEOs I really considered doing it at one time. I really appreciate what you all do for us!
@@74gear Wow! Thanks so much for taking the time to actually reply to a fan. Thank your family members for me, it's a tough job right now and I'm sure yours is as well! Fly safe brother!
@74 Good call on being a pilot, you don't have the neck to be a leo, also being a leo is either being evil or looking the other way when you see an evil leo doing evil things which sucks just as much (had some friends in law enforcement.)
Nopehahalolwut
So much negativity and judgement in a single comment.
@attila I grew up with Leos, I know what's behind the curtain, I've lived it, you only mindlessly fall in line, but I've seen the criminality in leos first hand.
Imaging the story with the old guy in the massage place, the pilots crashed and all the crash investigators are in a room listening to the CVR and hear that
Next on Air Disasters
Baxter x rated air crash investigations
When he started out it was either Thailand or Angeles city Philippines. From the details I would guess Thailand
@@kevinbarry71 I was thinking the same thing. Bangkok
@Cousin Vinny And he was a master at it. Baiting, that is.
Kelsey, if you ever run out of pilot stories, you gotta find more material, like accident investigation, or passenger stories cause I just thoroughly enjoy your persona and delivery. Thank you for what you do.
For my sins I work with pilots, trust me you can never run out of stories of pilots, they are the gift that keeps giving 😅
I was talking to a F/O and he was telling me one of his stories. He was a former Navy pilot who had not flown after the Navy for a few years but then decided to return to flying by getting a flying job at a commuter airline. He was flying as a F/O on a Dash 8. He had a long layover and the Captain had family in the city so he disappeared. He decided to ask the very cute, very young F/A out to dinner. He said they had a very nice dinner, a couple of drinks, and a bit of wine. He was thinking things were going great. They were holding hands, he thinking about the rest of the layover with her. She looked into his eyes and softly said ,”Jim YOU are such a wonderful guy, I would love to fix you up with my mother!”.
Your story about the flight attendant at the controls was scary. Some years a go a Russian captain did the same with his kid, let him sit at the controls. The kid took the plane into a dive that no one survived.
I heard about that story, I think that flight was full of passengers, wasn’t it? I could be wrong. While this was risky also, at least there were no passengers. I’d love to know the reactions of the other crew when they saw this!
@@ltraina3353 I knew someone who was on that flight. Good guy doing good work, killed by the pilot's bad decisions.
@@exrobowidow1617 I feel sorry for your person. Great way for the Federation to earn some good money ferrying people from Moscow to Hong Kong. That is not a way for any sensible person to die and I really hate that alternate captain because he seemed to be a real good pilot and certainly a professional employee.
@@ltraina3353 the captain in charge was on a rest break and the alternate first officer was G-Forced out of the equation. Sad part of it was that they found a major flaw in how the Airbus 310 reported steering issues and the threesome were put to rest next to the Cherenobyl firemen.
He did something that knocked the auto-pilot off but they didnt realise.
When I was an F/O we used too fly up and down the East Coast of Britain in an F27 - an aircraft not known for its turn of speed. But we did make a good target for a practice first interception for the RAF. One day an F4 Phantom (well before TCAS) used us as a target and after doing so flew in formation alongside to our right. One of our cabin crew was so impressed she decided to flash the pilot and nav her impressive bosoms. Now they were a sight worth seeing.
Ah, Britain.
I wasn't laughing until you said "so this is the one that you're going to want to wait until they go to sleep" that was funny.
maybe I need to improve my story telling
@@74gear You did great! No point in improving greatness.
@@74gear nah, you were awesome!!!!
@@74gear well you told the stories well but as with all things you can always improve the storytelling
74g: "I'm in Toronto, Italy..."
Me : Say WHAT?
*looks up at screen* Ah, "T-A-r-a-nto"!
Ex-ACTLY!
I'm glad I'm not the only Canuck who did a doubletake at that point
I'm a New Englander, and heard Toronto, also!
Yeah, he mispronounced Taranto saying Tarànto instead of Tàranto. That makes it even more difficult :-)
@@terendo4514 ... I'll take your word for it lol
Omg, I have SO many questions about that last story! Like: if the other flight attendant went to grab a bite with ‘Mallory’, would she have ended up in New Mexico too? Why did she end up 1,000 miles away? What was she doing when they found her? God, that’s so weird! Loved all of these stories!
How and why did Bill end up naked in reception?
Why did “Malory” head for the boarder?
Dump Chump Too many UNFINISHED stories...
I personally like "Ryanair" memes, it usually involves really hard landings and spine insurance, which is not included in your ticket.
Nopehahalolwut
I don’t get the relevance to my comment?
@Dump no relevance bro, I have to reply to random people's comment otherwise if I post it on it's own, I'm shadowbanned which means no one will see it, but if I post my comment as a reply to someone, it's seen by the world.
Nopehahalolwut
Why are you shadowbanned and why was it so important to you to get your comment “seen by the world”?
“Peel his banana”.... “coming up! “ I couldnt resist putting those two together ( flutters eyelashes innocently) 😂😂😉
well I am glad you found it funny LInz, thanks so much for watching!
Omg Linz that’s the 🐐 comment of the day 😂😂 (flutters eyelashes innocently)
74 Gear Hilarious Kelsey, I love a good laugh 😂
Ms. High Altitude Hahaha, me, innocent... that’s the best laugh 😂
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Do weird passenger stories next! 😁👍
“Keep the blue side up” must confuse your KLM colleagues 😉
"keep the blue side up"
that klm aircraft be stallin'.
Lol
Hi, your name is Kelsey, you're a 747 pilot, and your videos are fantastic
well im glad at least someone out there thinks so!!
74 Gear Hey Kelsey, I heard your video with Captain Joe was COMIN’ UP too. Any time soon? :)
I grew up in Aviation my whole life. I will never get bored listening to the stories.
I would say this vlog is PG and is ok for the whole family to view.
This was mostly comic relief. Thank you for the laughs.
ya I tried to make it as PG as possible so UA-cam doesn't take it down
I agree travelling makes you have a ton of experiences you probably would never get just staying at home.
OK Pilot Kelsey. You deserve every dime UA-cam makes for you. If it weren’t for you we would never imagine what goes on during the downtime. Keep em coming.
Peeling the banana, huh?! Cute! As a former UAL-FA, I've heard a few of these stories myself and have always wondered if they might be true or not. Nevertheless, they do provide for hours of really interesting storytelling. As always, thanks so much for sharing...
A couple of your stories are all too familiar to me, as a nurse 👩⚕️ great series, looking forward to more!
oh I am sure you have some nurse versions of these stories for sure!!!
My dad was an RCAF pilot, and so I got to see and sit in the cockpit a few times, and even got to sit in the jump seat for landing once. Even after the enhanced safety protocols, he was just flying Dash-8 Q300s and gonzo's with few people on board, so we could still go check things out in the cockpit.
It seems really strange that there's now a whole generation of kids that cannot have this experience.
I wasn’t listening and then I hear jail and you grabbed my attention
🤣 ya this will be interesting to see what people think of this
74 Gear yeah I can’t wait till comments flow in lol huge fan.
I was at Boeing when a women speaker told an incredible story about her first flight as a flight attendant for Alaska Air her father owned the airline at the time It would be fantastic if you could contact her thru Alaska airlines, she’s retired, and invite her to tell her amazing story you will not regret it
Weirdest thing I’ve seen is a pilot bolting a HUGE plate of nachos in the waiting room before the flight. The poor guy had to go to the restroom 3 times during a 90 minute flight.
Haha at Bill liking having body hair.
I feel bad for the other pilot and the FAs... why would you do that to your crew!?!?! haha
Sometimes you just have to have nachos
Joe Ees it was pretty impressive how quickly he ate those nachos though. Like he was going for a contest.
@@joeees7790 I guess he'd reply with.... 'Nacho business.'
...I'll show myself out.
Sounds like he lost a bet :D
The story of the flight attendant who flew the 747 brings back memories. Dad was a corporate pilot in the 60s & 70s, flying Howard 500s. I got to go on a couple of trips & on approach to San Jose, Costa Rica he told the co-pilot, "Why don't you take a break and let my son take over for a while?" I was maybe 7 or 8 years old, but got to "fly" the Howard 500, a huge radial piston twin, with Mount Irazu erupting right next to San Jose city, spewing smoke & ash tens of thousands of feet into the sky. It was awesome and fueled my becoming a pilot & mechanic later in life.
Video exists
Demonetization: allow me to introduce myself.
ya I have a feeling thats coming or it gets taken down
It can be cut and reposted. They usually tell you where they have an issue with
Love this video! Hope he keeps it up demonetization or not
Coming soon to theaters near you: Hangover IV: Turbulence Downunder
Cast: Phil, Alan, Stu, Doug, Mr Chow and Mike Tyson. Special Guest Appearance by Pilot Kelsey.
As a 10 year old I asked if I could see the cockpit. The flight attendant asked and I was allowed in. I was careful not to touch anything. It was really crowded with two pilots and an engineer (?) anyway. They were really relaxed and friendly. One of the highlights of my holiday.
Literally no one
Kelsey: we were good but now we’re bad.
🤣 well got to keep things mixed up on here right?
@@74gear "let me catch you up to speed, We know nothing, You are no up to speed"
These are some great stories! A crazy story from my career in the Air National guard, a crew from the Washington Air Guard, flew their tanker mission naked. I did hear they might have received courts-martial, but never was confirmed. I heard it went off without a hitch. lol
I passed my CFI checkride ASEL today. One step closer to making my own airlines stories ;-) thx for the content.
I was sitting in MCO a couple of weeks ago waiting on a flight to MSP. I was watching old airline disaster movies on my laptop (Airport 70 to be exact). As I'm sitting there I feel the presence of someone standing over my shoulder. It was a pilot for major airline. I took my headphones off and turned to look back at the guy and he said "Airport 70. Good movie." And walked away.
Guess who recognized me as I was boarding my plane... yep.. that pilot from the major airline... was one of the pilots on my flight...
Haha this video made me laugh so much! Best quotes in this video were "peel the banana" and "it was an old man" and "i do my hair every morning"😂😂😂😂. Haha nice work!
My eyesight is pretty poor at times, so I could never fly a plane. So, I enjoy coming to Kelsey's channel and listening to stories about flying. Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to fly with him and how enjoyable that would be. Being a pilot seems like a very stressful job. I appreciate all they do to keep us safe.
I was literally eating a banana when the 3rd story kicked in😱😂
I was eating a apple
I don’t get it. 7:10 What does a banana have to do with fishing?
Did you peel it first?
One of your very best, Kelsey! Great tales, perfect presentation, admirable video: applause!
Love this series, as always your content is amazing, keep it up chief
ok so I will have to keep doing these then
One of the best videos from 74. Thank you for sharing..
Omg the banana peeling story 😂😂😂
im glad you found it funny wasn't sure how it was going to be received.
74 Gear Potassium is very important and everyone enjoys eating a banana.
I just happen to be a Massage Therapist! This story of "peeling his banana" was so funny! I had to share with all of my co-workers! I've never laughed so hard in my life!
r/SuddenlyGay
But why would there be an old MAAAANNN?
I remember as a passenger on an airliner out of Atlanta going to Melbourne Fl, back in 1971 as a student at FIT. I had my PPL at the time so I knew a little something about aviation. The Captain applied full power. The jet, I think and Eastern Airlines DC-9 sped down the runway. The captain rotated the nose but before the main gear left the ground he chopped the power and lowered the nose and came to a stop well within the length of the long Atlanta runway. The captain spoke to us and apologized and told us the baggage door lock light came on indicating the baggage door may not have been completely locked by the ground crew.
The pilot taxied back and the mechanics made sure the baggage door was securely locked. Then we took off again. The airline Co. gave us all free drinks as an apology for the cut off after rotation. Today, that would have been a no no. But back in the day in the early 1970's I'm not sure what the rules were on "balked take-offs". I know the nose gear was rotated and the main gear never left the ground because I was a PP and I was following the take off with ultra interest because I wanted to become an airline pilot. I always believed the pilot did the right thing by aborting the take off just after rotation but before the main gear left the ground.
But then during a pilot meeting many years later after discussing this case with many retired airline pilots, they all shook their head as a "no no". I said in defense of the Captain, "But he had so much runway left, this was Atlanta and he knew he had an open baggage door".
But a retired airline 747 pilot and others whom I was discussing this case with said the captain of my plane "should have discontinued his take off". They said, "so what if the baggage door was open, it would have been safer to lose a few bags than to crash the airplane".
But that was back in 1971 and I'm not sure if V1 cut offs were well taught to pilots in the same manner as they are today. If you were flying a DC-9 at Atlanta with a 10,000 foot runway back in 1971, would you have continued to take off at the moment the baggage door light came on while rotating or would you have chopped the power and abort? 1971 was almost 50 years ago. Did we have the same standards back then as we do now?
Whatever! I just love these great videos that Kelsey makes. My wife used to be a flight attendant.....oh the stories!!
well hopefully she has some I can use for this series! send them to me on IG
@@74gear I'll have her send you the MaxiPad in the back Lav story on IG. It's definitely a classic and probably not at all what you're thinking!
Talk about a happy ending for that guy, he love him long time. LOL.
Jack Sroka 20 minutes is ‘long time?’ Oh the ‘long time’ stories the enlisted can tell.
Me so horny me sucky sucky me love you long time 😂😂😂 I love that movie hahahaha
Let’s be honest , the original girl giving the massage was probably a dude as well
One Kelsey's video per day, makes a daily tiredness goes away :D great content, as always :) we wish you clear sky and safe fly
Ground maintenance confession.
I was doing heavy maintenance on MD-11's back in the 90's and got along with the only girl on the team "great". We weren't dating, just sharing beds every other night. one day we were both inside the wing tanks inspecting for any corrosion and cracks and decided it would be a great idea to have a quickie. We didn't realise that we got the wing oszilating a bit and everybody put 2 and 2 together lol. When we got out all the guys were high fiving me and laughing tears. The only one who wasn't amused was the shift manager...
"I do it for the gram" lol
😂 well its true right?
I'm thinking, gram of what? Don't they piss test flight crew?
@@k.h.1587 Instagram mate not gram of drugs lol
Love your videos as always! Thanks for all you do to keep us all educated as well as entertained! 😁
OK brother five times people have asked about Mallory, please finish the story why did she disappear? Other than that love your videos brother
I recall when the flight decks were open. The captains would give me plastic wings. As a cub scout, we toured O'Hare, walked around the tarmac and were up in the control tower looking over the shoulders of the controllers. I think we talked to them a bit. It was a different world. We also toured a nuclear power plant and were in the control room.
"I know it takes me a while in the morning to get my hair done"
OMG ~ Mom was a stewardess in the late 40’s /early 50’ with Flying Tigers and had some awesome stories. Army soldier on Guam overturned his Jeep and she broke her leg, a bit of trouble for him. So many more stories. Stepfather a United pilot and such a wonderful story teller at dinner time. Junior pilot in the Ilikai in Honolulu decided to see what would happen if lighter was applied to sprinkler in Hotel room. Yes 25k to save his career in the 60’s. Love your channel, these stories bring back many interesting stories around the dinner table!
"Daddy's home!"
the flight attendant from that flight messaged me after she saw that video 😂
@@74gearso they were just randomly standing in the cabin and you made that announcement.... I would've loved to be a passenger that day😏😂
@@74gear Whadshe say?
@@DrunkHog Yea... whadshe say?
Chris B if she was smart she would have said “daddy I’ve been bad”
like to hear some things about the dream lifter if posible !!!loooking ot it !!
ya I am working on putting that video together sometime this year Vedant
I have no idea how ended up on this Channel, never had any interest in aviation or at least I thought I Didnt. I was like "who is this guy who looks way too young to be flying a 747 talking about flying in movies" Fast forward a few months I have watched so many of these lately Im hooked. Really enjoy it, it's relaxed, authentic, honest, a little cheesy but I love it. Keep em coming. Subscribed.
I know a pilot who had someone take off their clothes and howl like a werewolf and run up and down the aisle. He was arrested upon landing.
ya I don't see how that would work out well
74 Gear Thanks for replying! You are my favorite aviation UA-camr. I am currently pursuing my PPL in high school.
I can’t see that fly either.
“It takes me a long time to get my hair done”
What hair
I’m sorry 😂😭
I don't care about the content, I just wanna see you every day in my feed!
Omg this is pure gold 🤣🤣 - I always assumed you were like the most laid-back innocent pilot who would NEVER even be interested in discussing such stories. 🤣
Freight dogs, repo flights, etc must be some of the f the coolest jobs on earth.
Legend has it that Malory is somewhere in Patagonia now and still on the run.
That does not check out. You cannot drive from North America to South America. There's no road through the Darien Gap.
@74 Gear Have been watching Mentour for awhile but now binging on your channel. I think I going to save "Cockpit Cofessionals" to my after dinner with a glass of wine time slot...So funny!
when people aren't aware they are broadcasting their discussions is the funniest happened the other day with this microlight pilo broadcasting his entire conversation with his passenger and the things they were talking about were hilarious
I loved your stories AHAH i never laugh out loud alone, but i did with these XD Great job!
Imagine showing up to flight school and them asking you if you’ve ever flown a plane. “Oh ya I’ve flown a 747” 🥴
Good stories Kelsey. They make me crack up or put a smile on my face. Thanks for the channel, Kelsey
As a former crew scheduler I've heard numerous crazy stories just like these. But I think yours are better! Had me balling!😅
Q: How was copper wire invented? A: Two pilots fighting over a penny.
Pilots fighting over a penny what are they regional airline pilots who aren’t getting paid enough.
I like that you show the view from your room. It's a nice touch. It reminds me of when I was a kid and my dad is a truck driver I would call him and ask him where he was. I liked to locate his position on a large map
I went on my first solo flight as a passenger when I was about 8. I was invited into the cockpit regularly. I got to do short hops, (Chicago to Syracuse). I guess I was a cute child because flight attendants, exclusively female then< kept giving me the plastic wings. I was flying "non rev" because my dad was an employee. I spent a lot of time stuck in Rochester and Buffalo, NY. some time for 24 hours at a time. with all of the stories; Isn't it a rule that you must be "alcohol free for 48 hours between flights?
8 Hours is the minimum in both the US and the EU I believe. That said both do also note that more time may be needed for BAC to fall bellow the maximum at higher levels of consumption. This is because there is a legal limit for blood alcohol content for anyone involved in flight operations which is even lower than that for driving. Also like when driving the authorities can show up and request a sample at any time. With the limit being so much lower than the driving limit though and impossible to account for variables like individual clearance rates etc being a factor refraining for 24 hours minimum is a better idea perhaps more after a particularly heavy session.
Enjoyed your "War" stories very much...Thanks
How did Mallory end up so far away??? Need to know the rest of that story...!
YES please follow up. WTF was Mallory doing?!?
I was going to say that your question saved me writing a comment to ask the same, but it's been a year! All I can think is that she was a fugitive of some sort, if the local constabulary was involved? But I never dreamed one little stewardess could stop an entire airplane of people from flying.
You are required to have one flight attendant per every 50 passengers by FAA regulation for safety. If you don’t, the flight can’t depart.
@@heidikickhouse- and what airport did this happen near... probably MSP, but it would be odder if it was in Duluth or Rochester, as those are smaller towns to have to layover in anyways. At MSP the crews generally stay at hotels right by the airport or Mall of America a few blocks away, and there are many of them. Those other cities, not the same. :P
Some crazy road trip across state highways and driving that shuttle bus through tribal reservations just has more flair than if she jumped onto 494 and hit I-35 southbound. :P
@74gear we need a series of these videos!
Kelsey: "So basically, She left Butt Cheek smears on my side of the wind screen"...
Atta Boy🍻🍻🍻 get yourself some, Kelsey😂😂👍👍
well... now I I didn't say that 😂
@@74gear You didn't have to say it.. We just know..😂😂😂.. Kelsey: The Man, The Myth, The Legend....🍻🍻💨
@@74gear Please give a time stamp to this story?
I watched the video twice and missed it
@@74gear well ok then our good pilot.
Since Airbus planes have a side-stick instead of a yoke, each pilot has a sliding tray, that they can pull out of the bottom of the instrument panel. That tray (in the A320 series) is rated for a weight of 55 kg, ~121lbs. Just putting that out there... 😉
Thanks for your vids K! Always enjoy them regardless of subject.
I get so excited when you say.. Coming up😂
ya not sure how that happened but people do love it... thank you 🙏
Coming up
8:49 ayoooo💀💀💀💀 I was thinking the whole crew was gonna be staring at him and laughing but nope 😭
The last story was the strangest story i've ever heard.
I swear your videos consume almost my whole day while I'm in cruise mode in MSFS. I struggle hard not to watch the next video you suggest.
5:40 An Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed when a pilot put their kid in the pilot seat and their actions fucked up the autopilot. 75 people died.
I remember that
Hahahaha... he couldn’t stop the massage anymore as he was way passed V1 😂😂😂
Can you react to the 2020 Microsoft flight simulator footage?
Love the warning for the kids at the beginning. Great channel man!
1:21 good boy Kelsey good boy someone has been a very good boy. LMAO
"ummm it wasn't me who let the old man peel my banana" said Kelsey. Suuuuuuuuuuuuure it wasn't.
Welcome to 74 Gear - Blue Edition.
so that means you enjoyed it Spyros?
@@74gear Well obviously, yes! Thanks for the great work, keep it up!
Spyros After Dark Edition.
TheKaiTetley Call it Midnight Blue 74 Gear... adults only.
Kelsey "Working Blue"
I would imagine massage Man's last question was, "Does that make me gay?" Yes. Yes it does. 🤣
Sunday morning, a cup of coffee and naughty crew stories--doesn't get better than that! The massage parlor story gives new meaning to the phrase "Comin' up" :)
OK Kelsey you just can't leave us hanging like that. What was the rest of the story with Mallory?
Was it a Love Triangle gone bad like the lady NASA astronaut who drove across country making no stops
to just " Talk " with the other female leg of their triangle. She of course wore an adult diaper during the drive
so she would not have to make any pit stops.
-Ahh yes, the psycho astronaut. Would like to imagine that 'screening' was a bit more thorough, for that profession.. ;]
Omg, love the new series topics. Top notch! You rock. 😀
Most of these stories never actually explain what happened or why. It's just "I saw Bob naked [insert random movie clip] and Mallory drove away." Okay?
there's also the chance that that's all the details he was given. if that's where the original story ends, then how should he know the rest?
So this isn't R-Rated, but my dad started flying with the airline in 1951 and has plenty of crazy stories. As we all know, things were a little different back then regarding crew regulations and behavior. Most cockpit crew were former military and often displayed "cowboy" tendencies. Dad tells the story of a time he was FO in a DC-4 somewhere in the western US (might have been Amarillo) readying for takeoff. As they ran up the plane at the end of the runway, the Captain hands it over to my dad for the takeoff, then proceeds to open his side window. Then, when dad begins his takeoff roll and they start accelerating, the Captain reaches around the side of his seat and pulls out a shotgun. He racks a shell into the chamber, sticks the barrel out the open window, and starts picking off jackrabbits as the plane rolls on by.
Probably could not get away with that today.
Yes, I remember the rabbits on the field at LAX too. In those days, a continuous radio tone would be broadcast and listened to in flight. There were also beds with curtains on some domestic flights. Another thing people can't do today. I flew across country as a passenger by myself at age 5 with two plane changes.
Bless me flight crew, for I have squawked.
😆 you think this video is going to get taken down ? 🤷♂️
You have squawked what 7500, 7600,7700.
Flight crew, we are all squaking all the time. Our only hope is that ATC keeps us on the correct heading.
Peelers and courtesy car usage that was slightly out of range... Priceless! lol :)))
Please review snakes on a plane 😂😂
Kelsey seriously did he just allow lady to do that that's bananas!
Odd that there were no stories specific to cargo flights, those were always the best. If you ever get bored, google the story of Maverick air shoveling manure over Moscow after they refused to clean the plane at the airport (per contract). "...However, the Soviets did not possess the sophistication of western radar. They did not detect the 707’s lack of climb gradient and slow speed shortly after takeoff. There was not much traffic in the area at that time of the evening, which helped the Maverick crew perfectly execute their deviant plot. Aimer selected flaps 14 and slowed the big bird to about 120 knots. While the F/E quickly depressurized the aircraft. With a very shallow climb the aft entry door was cracked open. The cowboys, with the help of the flight engineer (another Pan Am furloughed pilot), quickly shoveled several tons of cow manure out of the aft door of the 707.
I wonder if the Muscovites ever noticed the smell and the consistency of the snow that evening..."
"It wasn't a young lady anymore, It was an old man" i lost it 😂🤣 whatever floats your boat man, or in this case, whatever flies ya plane, lol! 😅✈
Love this channel. Thanks 😊