YOU'RE FIRED - Pilot Fired Week One | Cockpit Confessionals

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  • @PetterLyngeng
    @PetterLyngeng 3 роки тому +416

    Kelsey: I'm not involved in any of these stories
    Also Kelsey: So there is no cockpit door in my 747 freighter, and here is a picture of me from that day

    • @riprasta4540
      @riprasta4540 3 роки тому +18

      LMAO

    • @PurtyPurple
      @PurtyPurple 3 роки тому +24

      He must mix in some of his own stories to keep us on our toes - or they're all his stories! *gasp*

    • @philopharynx7910
      @philopharynx7910 2 роки тому +8

      I expect that that was his picture just to show the arrangement. He didn't say it was from that day.

    • @additive8924
      @additive8924 2 роки тому +2

      You obviously didn't pay attention. He clearly explained that it was not a picture from the same day. Yes it can be a little confusing when he intertwines his own experience with a story he's telling in the first person. If you can't tell the difference you obviously weren't paying attention.

  • @MatthewOnAMissionFromGod
    @MatthewOnAMissionFromGod 3 роки тому +599

    The only reason the instructor didn’t laugh was because he knew HR had a visual 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +186

      oh thats possibly true.

    • @waynebrundidge206
      @waynebrundidge206 3 роки тому +11

      The instructor was giving info to keep the Clowns butt safe and alive.

    • @kieranmcsorley7556
      @kieranmcsorley7556 3 роки тому +12

      @@74gear i guess she tried it and didnt like XD

    • @dukenukem8381
      @dukenukem8381 3 роки тому +63

      Get fired for a joke, thats really dumb. Hope she felt good afterwards, "i am gonna ruin this person life for a throw away joke! HUH!
      Hope that Rick became a pilot and she got fired for a Bs reason too.

    • @Gollas4k
      @Gollas4k 3 роки тому +11

      @@dukenukem8381 honestly... if it was a sexual joke aimed towards a coworker some disciplinary stuff is justified, if it´s sexual harassment, fire them and send them to prison... but THIS? a simple butt joke and they fired the guy? that hr twat needs to pull the stick and their head out of their arse...

  • @blackopsy9
    @blackopsy9 3 роки тому +267

    That Martin story is too good to be true. The classic "if I'm back here, and you're back here, then who's flying the..."

    • @lucasd3658
      @lucasd3658 3 роки тому +14

      It's too good of a joke to be true lmao

    • @kevinklassen4328
      @kevinklassen4328 3 роки тому +13

      @@lucasd3658 If that actually happened wouldn't the pilot lose his license? It seems like you would have more repercussions than just getting fired.

    • @lucasd3658
      @lucasd3658 3 роки тому +10

      @@kevinklassen4328 I would think so too, idk probably in some places that would happen and in other places it wouldn't

    • @imjustaguy4340
      @imjustaguy4340 3 роки тому

      😂😂😂loll i dident think of that

    • @airena1449
      @airena1449 3 роки тому +4

      I mean the autopilot keeps track of a lot of things at the same time making the job easier but damn...Martin could have been sent to prison because of this

  • @brucesmith9206
    @brucesmith9206 3 роки тому +325

    Re: nobody on the flight deck. This is not an aviation story but the severity and similarity makes it worth mentioning. During WW II, my father was a Radar Operator on a RCN Corvette doing convoy escorts. My father detected a submarine conning tower and periscope. It was at night. The Captain was sleeping. My father notified the XO or whatever he was called and informed him of the submarine. The XO overrode my father and said that my father was wrong, that it was a whale. A few minutes later all hell broke loose. Sonar detected an incoming torpedo. Fortunately they evaded it. The Captain, now awake, asked my father whether he had detected the sub or not. Radar back then was like looking at grass on a lawn with wind blowing it a bit. My father told the Captain what the XO said. The Captain tore a strip off the XO in front of the crew present in the Sonar/Radar room. He said if "my Radar Op says it is a submarine, it is an effing submarine". When the convoy made it to port the Captain filed a complaint or whatever. When they left port to head back to North America, the ship had a new XO. True story.

    • @blackhawkinternationalsecu6962
      @blackhawkinternationalsecu6962 3 роки тому +25

      Awesome story. My dad served in WWII, back seat of a SBD, got two planes shot out from under him and survived the attack on the USS Franklin CV13 when 800 men where killed.
      I enjoy hearing stories about our greatest generation like yours. I hope you dad is still with us.

    • @bobstern7827
      @bobstern7827 3 роки тому +6

      @Cindy Tartt surely you have survived an excruciating concert with the audience.

    • @jazzdirt
      @jazzdirt 3 роки тому +5

      And thanks for sharing

    • @nemo227
      @nemo227 3 роки тому +14

      The captain was acting like a captain. A captain CAN'T have an XO who is negligent. Captain did the right thing, absolutely.

    • @willm1019
      @willm1019 3 роки тому +11

      Imagine the XO costing your father and all his descendants life due to hubris. Crazy how much trust we invest in higher ups in war and why it’s so important to have good solid rusted brass

  • @igotanM16
    @igotanM16 3 роки тому +542

    You're really great at telling these stories in first person, Kelsey. It's almost like you were right there.

    • @julwin1985
      @julwin1985 3 роки тому +70

      Yeah, right Kelsey? Right?

    • @28ebdh3udnav
      @28ebdh3udnav 3 роки тому +9

      @@julwin1985 lol

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +220

      🤷 I guess some pilots are great at flying and others are great at just telling stories 😆

    • @heidikickhouse-
      @heidikickhouse- 3 роки тому +22

      @@74gear Shameless opportunistic piggyback here, to ask you a direct question (b/c have no contact media). Haven't completed your entire library yet, but so far have heard no female pilot voices. Does this reflect reality? (Or perhaps they make no video-worthy errors?). Thanks.

    • @August_Fields
      @August_Fields 3 роки тому +7

      I have so man stories I wanted to tell, but of course I wasn't there either, it's just stuff people told me. I'm in food service. Long story short, If you send back a steak you ordered rare because it's not done enough, you probably shouldn't eat it. Is my steak garnished with pubic hairs?

  • @Turk10mm
    @Turk10mm 3 роки тому +26

    I was a volunteer fireman for 20 years. I carried a flashlight in my right bunker pants pocket. One night, I made a routine call at a fast food joint that had a smoke alarm going off. I was getting briefed by the female store manager in the front door area. She had arrived to unlock the door for us and all the lights were off. I reached into my bunker pants pocket for my flashlight grabbed it and pulled it out to go inside. I realized something was wrong and took a double take of my flashlight, and so did the store manager. I was not holding a flashlight at all. i'm sure you can guess what I was holding, as it was large and black and shaped something like a flashlight. I stammered for 30 seconds apologizing to the lady and she was laughing, so it ended up being no big deal. I explained that, clearly, someone had played a prank on me.
    No one ever copped to replacing my flashlight with something else, and I never went to jail for homicide. :D

    • @h8GW
      @h8GW 25 днів тому +2

      Funny story, but I really don't think first responders should be playing pranks with other first responders' equipment, no matter how harmless they might think it is. Let's hope you're not interested in passing down that tradition and whoever did it got fired for some other dumb shit they did.

  • @TXMEDRGR
    @TXMEDRGR 3 роки тому +480

    Kelsey, bad news. You don't have to be "super old" to get up in the night to go to the bathroom.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 3 роки тому +28

      I love to drink water and lots of it and I've been getting up a few times a night since I was in my 30s. That water has to go somewhere.

    • @drink.juice.
      @drink.juice. 3 роки тому +12

      my entire life i wake up early morning to piss. idk where that info came from

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 роки тому +22

      Amen bro! It can definitely creep up on you far earlier than "super old". But if it is beginning to be frequent and/or begins to have a bit of incontinence (such as 'dribbling'), schedule a Doctor appointment and get checked out, since it may indicate an underlying problem that can be treated. (This has been a public service announcement!).

    • @hardergamer
      @hardergamer 3 роки тому +9

      Everyone I know needs to piss every night no matter what age.

    • @mobilfone2234
      @mobilfone2234 3 роки тому +5

      I'm in my sixties, never had that problem......

  • @JPspinFPV
    @JPspinFPV 10 місяців тому +8

    "Wait, who's driving"
    "It's okay.... I put the cruise control on."
    "Ahhhhh!"

  • @sirius4k
    @sirius4k 3 роки тому +291

    The fleshlight story was.... illuminating xD

    • @cpt_nordbart
      @cpt_nordbart 3 роки тому +8

      I think AvE had a similar story of a woman traveling home with a bunch of guys. I think it was a logging camp or something. Anyway, one of the bags standing there started to buzz and people wondered who's bag it was. No one claimed it and it stayed where it was. Needless to say it was the opposite of a fleshlight. *wink*

    • @bogdan_n
      @bogdan_n 3 роки тому +8

      After working some time around airport security personnel you will know if it's a crew member's bag when you see it's x-ray image.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 3 роки тому +2

      @@bogdan_n I guess you see more vibrators, fleshlights etc. than in a sex shop

    • @donkoh5738
      @donkoh5738 3 роки тому +1

      not to be the nitpicker critic guy here... but I was wondering if he went back up to get his own real flashlight after realizing he wasn't holding 'the captain's flashlight' , in order to do the actual required walk around task? and if not, why not and did anyone else cover for him in doing the proper walk around???

    • @badlandskid
      @badlandskid 3 роки тому

      Grabbing a strangers flashlight..... 🤮

  • @Jasmine0591
    @Jasmine0591 3 роки тому +246

    That “coming up” never gets old😅

    • @xalexytb7985
      @xalexytb7985 3 роки тому +10

      I agree with u

    • @RifaiAL
      @RifaiAL 3 роки тому +7

      Yes, and with that patented head nod. 😂

    • @Notimp0rtant523
      @Notimp0rtant523 3 роки тому +6

      The head nod to seal the deal

    • @pieterdebie4162
      @pieterdebie4162 3 роки тому +3

      True!

    • @toddsmith8608
      @toddsmith8608 3 роки тому +4

      Kelsey do you get hazard pay when flying to dangerous areas?

  • @kailoveskitties
    @kailoveskitties 3 роки тому +47

    As soon as you said “I saw a flashlight in the captain’s bag,” I knew.

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +11

      man that is impressive!

  • @edwarwick8790
    @edwarwick8790 3 роки тому +70

    The flesh light was the funniest story I have ever heard really made laugh.all the best.

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 роки тому

      Might recommend Kelsey check out the Fleshlight website so he can recognize a fleshlight without having to remove the cover. Their build is such that you can tell the thing holds more than double D batteries!

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +7

      glad you enjoyed it Ed, thanks for watching

    • @Rx7man
      @Rx7man 3 роки тому

      But what if you don't have anything remotely close to double D's to put into it?

    • @benrosenberg3489
      @benrosenberg3489 3 роки тому +1

      @@74gear you should do more M rated stories if you have them, maybe a whole episode for them.

    • @cathybaldry7822
      @cathybaldry7822 Рік тому

      I'm betting the captain still has no idea unless he heard this story on here that a certain young lady at the bottom of those stairs knows his secret too

  • @lastdance2099
    @lastdance2099 3 роки тому +511

    Never leave Captain Fleshlight alone in the cockpit again.

    • @daledoesmtb7402
      @daledoesmtb7402 3 роки тому +21

      LMAO... OMG

    • @Soundbrigade
      @Soundbrigade 3 роки тому +17

      Came to think of an awful scifi film - Flesh Gordon (not a typing error).🙄

    • @nommadd5758
      @nommadd5758 3 роки тому +11

      @@Soundbrigade : Good title for a sci-fi porno. Lol!

    • @ThatGuy182545
      @ThatGuy182545 3 роки тому +19

      Or at least sanitize the controls before you fly….

    • @Alexagrigorieff
      @Alexagrigorieff 3 роки тому +5

      @@nommadd5758 Rule #34 doesn't fail: there's already such film.

  • @Trek001
    @Trek001 3 роки тому +10

    I was on an Easyjet flight where the First Officer was fired midflight - a deadheading pilot took over

  • @littleferrhis
    @littleferrhis 3 роки тому +127

    RIP Rick: The HR lady did not want to do butt stuff.

    • @jamescaley9942
      @jamescaley9942 3 роки тому +7

      @Wayne Smith Nope. Certainly not in the US you are employed "at will" and can be fired "with or without cause". And certainly not if on probation.

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 3 роки тому +2

      @Wayne Smith you are 100% wrong.

    • @MrGovtCheese
      @MrGovtCheese 3 роки тому

      @@justayoutuber1906 Maybe you're both right. Wouldn't it depend on the state you're in?

    • @roop-a-loop
      @roop-a-loop 3 роки тому +6

      @Wayne Smith sued for what, it is perfectly legal for HR to be evil

    • @kushin5212
      @kushin5212 3 роки тому +4

      I can't believe someone can fire a man just because he made a stupid joke.

  • @randomweirdo839
    @randomweirdo839 3 роки тому +114

    "I'm not involved in any of these"
    plot twist
    He was involved in every single one of these.

    • @retracyrb
      @retracyrb 3 роки тому +3

      😂😂😂

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +52

      😂 I wish my life was this exciting 😇

    • @chrisb9960
      @chrisb9960 3 роки тому

      Lol

    • @JohnnyAGraves
      @JohnnyAGraves 3 роки тому +5

      And he laughs as he says he’s not involved…..lol

    • @richardbadish6990
      @richardbadish6990 3 роки тому

      @@74gear are you sure about that? The fleshlight story is one I'd not have to deal with. I'll take getting fired over dealing with that situation! Lbvs

  • @EmotionallyExhausted
    @EmotionallyExhausted 3 роки тому +400

    I hope Martin really enjoyed that sandwich.

    • @TriggerLRSSG
      @TriggerLRSSG 3 роки тому +12

      He probably joined the OADF and became an AWACS operator known as Long Caster after he got fired.

    • @upthebracket26
      @upthebracket26 3 роки тому +10

      @@TriggerLRSSG probably became a pilot for Trump airways!

    • @justayoutuber1906
      @justayoutuber1906 3 роки тому +13

      his last supper

    • @Jayro951
      @Jayro951 3 роки тому +22

      @@upthebracket26 So desperate to bring up Trump you'll reference a company that shut down 3 decades ago. I miss him too. Can't wait to cast my 3rd ballot for the only real leader we've known.

    • @TriggerLRSSG
      @TriggerLRSSG 3 роки тому +5

      @@upthebracket26 I’m not sure you get my reference.

  • @massive611
    @massive611 3 роки тому +150

    wow, that HR lady must be so proud of herself.

    • @littlesister3477
      @littlesister3477 3 роки тому +50

      A proud snowflake no doubt.

    • @kijana2030
      @kijana2030 3 роки тому +24

      Must be a rabid feminist.

    • @emilycrewe3794
      @emilycrewe3794 3 роки тому +25

      Or maybe she’s someone who doesn’t think making light of training that could potentially save or cost someone’s life is a joking matter. It may have been a harmless joke-I personally think it’s pretty funny-but in an industry that requires a high degree of professionalism, situational awareness, and good judgment, is it really that weird that they’re extremely careful about who they choose to employ? The HR employee no doubt had to consult with her higher ups, and the decision to fire the pilot was likely theirs, so I’m not sure what being a woman or a “feminist” has to do with anything. 🙄

    • @massive611
      @massive611 3 роки тому +14

      @@emilycrewe3794 You say "but in an industry that requires a high degree of professionalism, situational awareness, and good judgment, is it really that weird that they’re extremely careful about who they choose to employ?", but then you should also consider that the student was replying to someone who is talking about "normal sex". Which could be more professionally phrased. Saying 'normal sex' is also implying that there is 'abnormal sex'. In other words, the student was going off the logic of the instructor. If HR was consistent, they would have also punished the instructor just the same.

    • @expansionone
      @expansionone 3 роки тому +21

      it's all about political correctness. That's why they hire these combat-lesbians for jobs like that

  • @soyburglar1878
    @soyburglar1878 3 роки тому +7

    “That’s my cruise hoodie” is the most hardcore thing I’ve ever heard a pilot say.

  • @sr71sr71
    @sr71sr71 3 роки тому +6

    That last story 🤣 I cannot imagine how they felt and how the captain kept his cool through that and came up with the slickest "lost and found" cover.

  • @arjunbasra6327
    @arjunbasra6327 3 роки тому +131

    The way he says "Flashlight" everytime is hilarious 😂😂😂

    • @DutchSteamboat
      @DutchSteamboat 3 роки тому +8

      I've always wondered why Americans say 'flashlight' instead of 'torch' because it sounds too much like 'fleshlight' and can get awkward if you ask to borrow one.

    • @CollaredDom
      @CollaredDom 3 роки тому +16

      Because a torch needs fire.

    • @dave_n8pu
      @dave_n8pu 3 роки тому +10

      @@DutchSteamboat Not having anything to to with aviation but being a American, when I hear the word 'torch' my mind goes to the movies and thinks of the torchs that is put in mid-evil castles that are put along the walls for light. So for me anyway, that is why I never use 'torch' and 'flashlight' interchangeably. To me, they are two different items. Now if I hear someone talking that is from 'across the pond' and says torch, I know what they mean.

    • @ezion67
      @ezion67 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@dave_n8pu Yeah completely different, a flashlight is what you use to make photographs. ;-)

    • @LadyTarasque
      @LadyTarasque 3 роки тому +2

      @@DutchSteamboat ehh... think flashlight came first and the other was named after it o-o thank whoever named it for the awkwardness lol

  • @lewisgower1954
    @lewisgower1954 3 роки тому +86

    Wow just started rewatching this. I used to think that being an airline pilot was boring. Now I'm seriously considering becoming one!

    • @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper
      @Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper 3 роки тому +7

      How did you rewatch it if it was just uploaded

    • @Formula1st
      @Formula1st 3 роки тому +7

      @@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper they probably mean his channel

    • @Nickbaldeagle02
      @Nickbaldeagle02 3 роки тому +3

      I wouldn't bother. Because of Coronavirus only about 43% of pilots are still flying and even then it's reduced duties.

    • @lobsters12111
      @lobsters12111 3 роки тому +11

      @@Nickbaldeagle02 Places are lifting their coronavirus restrictions now and they’re going to need many new pilots when they’re back. I wouldn’t say not to bother. Pilots are beginning to return already.

    • @blackopsy9
      @blackopsy9 3 роки тому +2

      I think it's the same as any other job whether it be a garbage man or a pilot. The vast majority of the time it's boring, business as usual but every once in a while something interesting happens.

  • @DieselRamcharger
    @DieselRamcharger 3 роки тому +112

    man to get fired for a joke in a classroom setting. they really know how to kill morale.

    • @RickR69
      @RickR69 3 роки тому +51

      HR is hated for good reason. That joke wasn't even super egregious.

    • @davidd6635
      @davidd6635 3 роки тому +13

      @@RickR69 but, it hit close to 'her' and made her steaming mad.

    • @SB_McCollum
      @SB_McCollum 3 роки тому +25

      I doubt he was fired for the joke, my guess would be he was fired because he argued with the HR person, failed to handle being rebuked professionally and well, and escalated the entire situation far past where it had to go. Takeaway: if HR draws you aside and says you are speaking or acting outside of company guidelines, apologize, agree that your behavior could be considered improper, and commit to act in a more professional manner in the future. Do that 5 or 6 times if needed to quell the disagreement and reach a more amicable conclusion to the discussion. Both mgmt and HR can fire you, but HR doesn't like you and hiring is their job code. They will fire you in a microsecond if they can, it's their one and only power play and they don't get to do it very often. Don't give them a thrill.

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +38

      well thats probably why I would never get hired to be in HR

    • @DieselRamcharger
      @DieselRamcharger 3 роки тому +7

      @Wayne Smith yeah you dont understand at will employment.

  • @therealpoody7485
    @therealpoody7485 3 роки тому +50

    Wife walked in at the perfect time when you showed the picture of the fleshlight. She says "What the heck are you watching?"

  • @WendyKS93
    @WendyKS93 3 роки тому +5

    LMAO!!! I gotta confess I'm addicted to your cockpit confessionals. I'll be laughing all night over that "fleshlight" story.

  • @poopscoopproductions3177
    @poopscoopproductions3177 3 роки тому +22

    How you know Kelsey is a stand-up guy:
    Instead of judging the dude with the “flashlight,” he places responsibility upon himself in this situation for going through someone else’s bag.

  • @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid
    @A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid 3 роки тому +9

    On my first ride on a 747, there was a spiral staircase up to the top deck, called The Lounge back then (1978). There was a cockpit door, and a wraparound couch against the walls. There was a bar too, I believe, but being 8yrs old I was mostly interested in the large carpeted area in the middle. During the 9hr flight I spent a lot of time running up and down that staircase. (They even let me go into the cockpit: my 8yr old mind was so blown by what I saw lol. My mouth fell open, but no words came out! I was stricken by the tech! And the pilots didn't seem interested in inspiring a young pilot-wannabe, they just kept flipping switches and acted like I wasn't even there, haha. Then the flight attendant picked up on that and quietly took me back to my seat.)
    On my second 747 flight about 8yrs after that the spiral staircase was still there (I see layouts with straight stairs now) but now I'm 16 so there was no playing in the lounge going on. In fact on my first attempt to go up an attendant told me my seat didn't include lounge access so I never even got to see it. Sometimes being a kid has advantages. The 9hrs passed much slower when forced to sit in my assigned seat!

  • @tripprogers4814
    @tripprogers4814 3 роки тому +8

    I just LOVE when Kelsey gets uncomfortable when he tells a story and tries to find "other words" to explain ..

    • @Bandey747
      @Bandey747 10 місяців тому

      WTF

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 місяці тому

      As if he doesn't carry a "flashlight" with him on these long rotations!

  • @disturbed4733
    @disturbed4733 3 роки тому +14

    Kelsey tells the most interesting 3-minute stories that he stretches into 10 minutes. Bet he always asks for a 'Long Approach' for every landing. :)

  • @victoriahope8371
    @victoriahope8371 Рік тому +3

    I want Kelsey to make his dream of becoming a Captain in his lifetime. He should also be a flight instructor too. This man helps many folks cope with fear of flying. I feel much more at ease in the sky thanks to Captain Kelsey ✈️💯

  • @anthonyd507
    @anthonyd507 3 роки тому +3

    I’m not a career pilot. But I am an aviator, and I love your channel! My favorite quote from this post was when you pointed out how after a year of probation you have Union protection. I’m in a profession that is the same way. And I just loved how you said “every now and then, you have someone who acts like a child” 😂. Because it’s so true. Everyone hired comes from similar backgrounds, and has somewhat similar experience, yet there are always “those people”, who amaze you at their ridiculous behavior 😂. So kids watching this channel. Always remember. It doesn’t matter how good you are. Or how smart you are. You also need to make sure, you are polite and people like working with you. There is such an emphasis on “ability” these days. And less on affective qualities. It’s important to always be a team player and respect the feelings of those around you. Be it at work, home or at school. Nobody is an island. We all have to work together.

  • @carolynwilson7806
    @carolynwilson7806 3 роки тому +45

    Even if I did think you look like a boiled owl, I think you’re the cutest ever. I’m saying that in a motherly way because I’m sure I’m twice your age. I’ve gotten in the habit that when one of my assistants asked me to check a patient, I say “coming up.” They don’t get it, but I chuckle to myself.

    • @djbred18
      @djbred18 3 роки тому +3

      So if you weren’t twice his age would it still be motherly?🤔

    • @toddsmith8608
      @toddsmith8608 3 роки тому +5

      Carolyn, the "boiled owl" description from his mean comments video will live forever!

  • @matthewwarren7879
    @matthewwarren7879 3 роки тому +56

    No point to working at an airline that doesn't have a sense of humor.

    • @shaunwheeler3484
      @shaunwheeler3484 3 роки тому +5

      It's just an accepted scientific fact that any airline with 'woke' HR people is gonna be more profitable by killing off anything that remotely resembles a sense of humor. Give it a month and she'll rename the 'cockpit' into the 'genpit' and require every crewmember to memorize the 57 varieties of gender identity across the spectrum.

    • @ivanbilobrk4696
      @ivanbilobrk4696 3 роки тому +1

      @@shaunwheeler3484 woke ppl am i right? haha funny
      please tell me im funny, im desperate for attention

  • @teelo12000
    @teelo12000 3 роки тому +13

    Re: nobody on the flight deck, I heard this one in the 90s, so I'm paraphrasing it how I remember it: "I was flying with a rogue airline across China when I saw the Pilot leave the cockpit. A little while later I saw the co-pilot leave the cockpit. A little while later they came back and realised they'd locked themselves out of the cockpit and had to cut the door down with an axe"

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again 3 роки тому +1

      😮 they have an axe onboard airliners?

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 3 роки тому +1

      @@Make-Asylums-Great-Again Yes, but it is very secret

    • @Make-Asylums-Great-Again
      @Make-Asylums-Great-Again 3 роки тому +2

      @@leifvejby8023 so they have a super secret axe onboard, that’s way cooler.

    • @leifvejby8023
      @leifvejby8023 3 роки тому +2

      @@Make-Asylums-Great-Again I believe the aircraft isn't airworthy without.

    • @beringstraitrailway
      @beringstraitrailway 3 роки тому +2

      I thought the only axe onboard a plane was in the cockpit.

  • @Bismuth69
    @Bismuth69 3 роки тому +2

    Lol, the flesh/flash-light story made me LOL, especially since you opened it in front of the security lady! 😂

  • @NickVanRegenmorter
    @NickVanRegenmorter 3 роки тому +3

    Kelsey, dont lie. You were definitely involved in the "flashlight" story.
    You're not gonna convince me you weren't lazy 😂

  • @xcw4934
    @xcw4934 3 роки тому +3

    I'm a trainee ATC. I was told a story of a guy who was in the operations room with his headset on and plugged in. There's a button attached to your headset that you hook into your belt that you can push to talk to the pilots so you don't have to be right at the console (where there is another button and a foot pedal to talk) and the cable is super stretchy (think old landline phone coil). Apparently it was a slow shift so the guy gets up from his console and walks over to the snack table that was maybe 10m away, at the limit of the stretchy cable. Ordinarily the plug on the end of the cable can't be removed without depressing something to prevent it coming out accidentally but his plug must have malfunctioned or he just yanked it so freaking hard that it dislodged from the console and it came flying back at him like a bullet. The plug is the size of your thumb and pretty solid weight so it hit his hand and broke his knuckle.
    He wasn't terminated but his boss was less than impressed at the reason why they had to call someone else in on overtime to cover the end of his shift. Also there were others around who could jump on his sector immediately so safety wasn't compromised (at least not for long) but he's now a cautionary tale for all us trainees.

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj 12 днів тому

      I was expecting that plug to strike in a more-tender spot...

  • @exfaa1172
    @exfaa1172 3 роки тому +68

    After 30 plus years of flying in the jump seat as an FAA Inspector, I can tell you some stories.

    • @ermerrodriguez8666
      @ermerrodriguez8666 3 роки тому +10

      We would love to hear some.

    • @c0ldcity
      @c0ldcity 3 роки тому +1

      We really would!

    • @thatairplaneguy
      @thatairplaneguy 3 роки тому +3

      Well...we’re waiting

    • @F_Tim1961
      @F_Tim1961 3 роки тому

      .. about the 22 year old airhostess who was flying transit and since the plane was full to the boots she had to share the same jump seat ?.. that story ?? TEF

    • @garyb8528
      @garyb8528 3 роки тому +1

      When I got my ticket, as I was landing at my home base, the FAA inspector asked me what I was going to do to celebrate (the first hint that I passed). He said “ you going to get drunk?” “I said I don’t drink” and his response was “WHAT KIND OF F@CKING PILOT ARE YOU THAT DOESN’T DRINK?”

  • @sparkeyjones6261
    @sparkeyjones6261 3 роки тому +5

    Kelsey, you've done so much to explain the dynamics of flight I've always wondered about. Thank you. Love your channel. I hope one day I'll see your smiling "boiled owl" face while exiting a plane on one of my flights. Cheers man.

  • @runarandersen878
    @runarandersen878 3 роки тому +14

    The snack episode reminds me of the famous old Disney cartoon with Goofy, Mickey and Donald on a caravan trip. They are all eating in the caravan while moving, when suddenly: Who’s driving the car?

  • @avocadoflight
    @avocadoflight 3 роки тому +42

    Another reason to always carry extra handsanitizer and soap.

  • @huntergant6518
    @huntergant6518 3 роки тому +10

    These videos always make my day. Hope your doing good Kelsey. Stay safe and keep the blue side up

  • @jasonhood2453
    @jasonhood2453 3 роки тому +20

    Let me just say “thank you” for the adult content disclaimer at the very beginning. It demonstrates not only your concern for creating quality content, but the fact that you’re a real class act.

  • @wickedcabinboy
    @wickedcabinboy 3 роки тому +17

    18:37 I know. You know I know. I know you know I know. "...easily, easily the most uncomfortable 12 hours I've ever spent on an aircraft." I cannot imagine.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 3 роки тому +5

      Sterile cockpit has never been easier! LOL!

  • @outabeat
    @outabeat 3 роки тому +3

    In my industry (LEO), as a head instructor, it is common to go into the restroom and take a seat in a stall and listen to all the students go through the men's room for a break and listen to their conversations. If the instruction in the class isn't good, you'll know it because they talk candidly when their standing at urinals.

  • @braydendykstra
    @braydendykstra 3 роки тому +6

    Hope you washed your hands after that “flashlight”. You wouldn’t wanna start snackin down on some chocolate covered pretzels after that. 😆

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +3

      Chocolate covered pretzels!!! I wish!

  • @grillguy3845
    @grillguy3845 3 роки тому +4

    I had tears listening to the flashlight story. Thank you ✈ 🔦

  • @elenabob4953
    @elenabob4953 3 роки тому +3

    The story with the sandwich it's insane because I'm pretty sure that nobody told you in training that you aren't allowed to do that because nobody imagine that a sane and responsible person could do it. On the bright side, now that you have a confirmed case, I'm sure that is part of the training.

  • @danieltaylor4185
    @danieltaylor4185 3 роки тому +5

    As soon as I heard, "I grabbed the captain's flashlight," and knew that something was going to go awry, I knew immediately that the wrong vowel was being used at the beginning of that word.

  • @russrockino-rr0864
    @russrockino-rr0864 3 роки тому +3

    Kelsey, I can't believe you told that last story with a straight face. LOL. You are a true professional.

  • @PatrickSBellSr
    @PatrickSBellSr 8 місяців тому +2

    Story 2 was truly frightening - no wonder 'Steve', I am sure, let out a flurry of expletives while pushing Martin (and his sandwich🙄) out of the way. Wow. And I mean WOW.😲

  • @susanfanning9480
    @susanfanning9480 3 роки тому +2

    (flashlight) Awkward all around. Im an elderly lady who flew in Alaska. I had nooooo idea of the existence of these "light" until today. Thanks Kelsey, for the continued education class.

  • @robertwren2289
    @robertwren2289 3 роки тому +3

    Holy smoke, at 68 you'd think I'd know what a flashlight is. Nope, but I do now. lol

    • @jaimejimenez4223
      @jaimejimenez4223 3 роки тому

      Do you know what Amazon prime is now too lmao?😂😂😂😂😂

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 місяці тому

      One of the all time great inventions of mankind. I understand it helps prevent hand cramps.

  • @bobbywelch6035
    @bobbywelch6035 3 роки тому +15

    That "flash light" had to be an awkward moment.

  • @MujtabaTareen-hc3eu
    @MujtabaTareen-hc3eu 3 роки тому +2

    Always waiting for your video to come out ❤️❤️
    Never stop making this amazing content.

  • @blackhawkinternationalsecu6962
    @blackhawkinternationalsecu6962 3 роки тому +5

    Had it been me, I'd made sure the flash light worked before I walked down the stairs. You never know if the batteries might be dead. LOL

  • @5boysandamom
    @5boysandamom 3 роки тому +12

    Hi Kelsey. Grandma Joanne here. These are such funny stories 🤣 unless your super old 😂😂 You are so cute ☺️

  • @jursamaj
    @jursamaj 3 роки тому +36

    For what it's worth: "common sense" has *never* been very common.

    • @marvinmarvin8478
      @marvinmarvin8478 3 роки тому +5

      Common sense is the least used of all the senses.

    • @laysdong
      @laysdong 3 роки тому

      Tell me you're a boomer, without telling me.

    • @georgedrrxryikdoy2628
      @georgedrrxryikdoy2628 3 роки тому

      @@laysdong im not a boomer but a good way is sayiong something like
      i watch westerns and black and white shows

  • @wolf310ii
    @wolf310ii 3 роки тому +2

    When i was in the army (in germany) we had an Unteroffizier (Sergeant) who had to take an seminar at the "Sergeant School" to get promoted to Stabs Unteroffizier.
    The Teacher asked "A-bomb impact at 5km, what do you do?", our Uffz answer was: "I stand up and look at it, something like this i will see only once in a lifetime".
    When my service time ended a few month later, he was still Unteroffizier

    • @balesjo
      @balesjo 3 місяці тому

      Great response, even if it wasn't seen that way by the Unteroffizier, because it's likely the truth (depending on the size of the nuke and where you're located.

    • @wolf310ii
      @wolf310ii 3 місяці тому

      @@balesjo He was send to the "deacon" of the school, and he said our Uffz was practically right, at this distance he would be dead withhin a few hour or days from the radiation anyway, but the correct answer was duck and cover.

  • @bismarckm99
    @bismarckm99 3 роки тому +4

    Loved it. Every company I´ve worked with, has told me in the first hour of orientation to be VERY CAREFUL with ANY joke you tell at your workplace. You never know how your own sense of humor stacks against your other co-workers. To be safe, I refrain from joking unless I really, really know the person very well.

  • @someusername121
    @someusername121 3 роки тому +4

    I want to imagine the captain was counting like 3 times over to make sure the math checks out there’s no one flying the plane.

  • @johnbeauvais3159
    @johnbeauvais3159 3 роки тому +3

    So the lesson to take from this is always keep the bag with the tools and quick access material distinct and separate from all other materials

  • @fadelemonorgodlydrxm5069
    @fadelemonorgodlydrxm5069 3 роки тому +1

    I started watching your channel about 3 days ago and I have been just watching you channel all day

  • @robertw94550
    @robertw94550 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Kelsey....been watching your videos for awhile. You do a fantastic job narrating and explaining

  • @LetsTakeWalk
    @LetsTakeWalk 3 роки тому +14

    Yeah, I do not think Human Resources can fire someone on the spot in my country. That's a very American thing to do.

    • @foresthallee7378
      @foresthallee7378 3 роки тому +2

      That's true, in the US there's no such thing as work contracts that provide restrictions around firing, such as the ones that exist in Europe. There are a few exceptions where unions are involved, though, but unions in the US are almost obsolete.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 3 роки тому +3

      @@foresthallee7378 The postal unions are still pretty powerful (I'm a mail carrier)

    • @Lavthefox
      @Lavthefox 3 роки тому

      Here in the US HR is an employee's worst enemy, and employer's easiest way out.

    • @skyking228
      @skyking228 3 роки тому +1

      HR will first confirm whether or not the employee in question has friends or relatives high up in the company. Don't want to recommend someone for termination and find out their Aunt is having an affair with the CEO... Yes, true story.

    • @derekhall2079
      @derekhall2079 3 роки тому

      @@jeffw1267 is this why standards for postal service seems lower now, union protection? Many people in the county I live wonder when they will get their mail. It took five weeks after the court house mailed my tag for me to receive it.

  • @TheEDFLegacy
    @TheEDFLegacy 3 роки тому +62

    Last Story: Did you remember to do the walkaround? 😅

    • @TooLazyToFail
      @TooLazyToFail 3 роки тому +12

      Is that what we're calling it these days?

    • @toddsmith8608
      @toddsmith8608 3 роки тому +21

      He used the flashlight to check the pitot tubes.

    • @fluffy-fluffy5996
      @fluffy-fluffy5996 3 роки тому +7

      Everything probably looked peachy.

    • @fluffy-fluffy5996
      @fluffy-fluffy5996 3 роки тому +8

      @@toddsmith8608 you mean pilot tube.

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому +22

      😛 I am glad you get my sense of humor

  • @nathankay
    @nathankay 3 роки тому +25

    Just once, a pretty flight attendant should walk out of the bathroom behind Kelsey.

  • @jordantewari
    @jordantewari 3 роки тому +1

    That was a nice cover you did for the captain and his “flashlight” such a sweetheart.

  • @rileymccollor
    @rileymccollor 3 роки тому +36

    Kelsey. Please do a video of your favorite airport, approach, aircraft/type, and city for layovers

  • @AC-jt9hl
    @AC-jt9hl 3 роки тому +3

    That was absolutely excellent. Had me chuckling away, cheers for that.

  • @whoever6458
    @whoever6458 3 роки тому +8

    That was really smooth how that guy returned the "flashlight." It kind of reminds me of the time when I accidentally brought the water bottle I had that was actually full of rum to work when I was working at a school.
    Thinking my water bottle full of rum was actually full of water, I put it in the teacher's lounge. It was a fairly hot day so, around lunch time, I came in, took my "water" bottle out of the fridge, and took a HUGE drink from it. There were several teachers in the lounge eating lunch and I made a face before I could stop myself. I knew at least one of the teachers had seen me make a face so, while I was swallowing this giant gulp of unexpected rum, I was thinking as quickly as I could about what I would say to cover for the disgusted face that I had made. I closed the bottle quickly and threw it into my backpack. Then I said, "Yuck, mildew! I'll have to clean this bottle out better before refilling it."
    This worked but I still had the problem of my breath smelling like rum and I also started to feel just a little bit tipsy. There was absolutely nothing at all that I had in my backpack that could cover for the smell of alcohol on my breath so I literally went and washed my mouth out with soap and water. Luckily, since this was lunch time when I took that drink and I had a few hours left to work, I was sober again before I had to drive home. It actually turned out not to be the end of the world to be a little tipsy that day because the principal was really grumpy that day and she decided to yell at a bunch of us but I didn't really care all that much because I was tipsy.

    • @Ena48145
      @Ena48145 3 роки тому

      OMG. I did this at work once with a water bottle filled with vodka. It had been in my purse and I forgot it was in there. I can't remember if I even took a sip of it or if I just smelled it, but that's so funny. I'm glad you didn't get in trouble!

    • @mikatu
      @mikatu 3 роки тому +1

      so, are you saying you are a snowflake! a little gulp of rum and you are tipsy??!! gosh man, grow some balls!

  • @johnbroadwell2603
    @johnbroadwell2603 3 роки тому +5

    Kelsey You would have loved to have been on the last 747 flight I was on, it was from Manila to Seoul June 15 1991. We saw the eruption of Mt Pinatubo, the seat belt sign had been turned off, the drink carts were coming down the isles and the captain announced to look out the port side that Mt Pinatubo had just erupted. I was there on honeymoon, it was a fitting end or should I say a very climatic end. We had a perfect view and the camera was in the luggage. The eruption was hundreds of miles away, I saw the plume come from the ocean to level with the plane in a few seconds and past us. This was airlines I think but I ain't sure. I don't remember what airline this was, though perhaps one based in Detroit....

  • @kevinphallus
    @kevinphallus 3 роки тому +13

    Karen from HR slipped into the back of the class and no one noticed.

  • @emanueldobos8452
    @emanueldobos8452 3 роки тому +6

    Getting fired for the butt stuff joke? Ridiculous, that’s not even worth a write up/special report. It doesn’t have any offensive connotations, he wasn’t being disrespectful or disruptive, it was a mildly dirty joke between colleagues as I am sure any other workplace has where there is a bit of camaraderie.

    • @eyeborg3148
      @eyeborg3148 3 роки тому +6

      And HR wonders why everyone hates them

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 3 роки тому +1

      Hell, he could’ve even been genuinely curious.

    • @Amanda-C.
      @Amanda-C. 3 роки тому

      We have no idea what happened in that office. I imagine it was spectacular.

    • @mfbfreak
      @mfbfreak 3 роки тому

      @@Amanda-C. Exactly. Perhaps the guy said much worse stuff to the HR person, or got extremely offended when they explained that such things are improper at work.
      Wouldn't be the first man who gets offended by such things.

    • @jeffw1267
      @jeffw1267 3 роки тому +1

      @@mfbfreak Oftentimes HR has already decided to fire a person before he/she is even called in.

  • @4evercuber
    @4evercuber 3 роки тому +1

    That flashlight story is the best! I love all your videos but I couldn't stop laughing when you told this story.

  • @SvenRognelund
    @SvenRognelund 3 роки тому +1

    Easily the funniest of cockpit confessionals so far! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @richardwilliams3497
    @richardwilliams3497 3 роки тому +4

    The flesh light thing is funny as hell. Gets my 👍

    • @falxonPSN
      @falxonPSN 3 роки тому +1

      It got the Captain's too.

  • @manindercheema3396
    @manindercheema3396 3 роки тому +1

    Hes so good at telling the stories like he was in them, I forget that he "isnt involved", but this is the funniest stuff I've seen.

  • @109bmd3
    @109bmd3 3 роки тому +1

    Love this series, thank you to everyone for sending these in to the channel. Stay safe everyone!

  • @creativechazzan
    @creativechazzan 3 роки тому +13

    Oh dear, that's about the worst flight story ever, the guy actually left the flight deck vacant?! What was he thinking?!

    • @blogengeezer4507
      @blogengeezer4507 3 роки тому +1

      -Auto-Pilot = Cruise Control? ;}

    • @creativechazzan
      @creativechazzan 3 роки тому +3

      Lmao, yes well aware of Autopilot, but that is a full out violation of everything flying that we know. Autopilot is not made for that! That guy will probably never fly again!

  • @toxictrumptube7763
    @toxictrumptube7763 3 роки тому +8

    Your „coming up“ punchline already is a classic! I always have to say it simultaneously together with you😃🤜🏼🤛🏻

    • @suegardner
      @suegardner 3 роки тому +1

      Impossible not to 😆

  • @trevorgwelch7412
    @trevorgwelch7412 3 роки тому +1

    I went out with a flight attendant many years ago ... 747-400 , 2 minutes before landing she goes into the cockpit and the pilot and co-pilot were fast asleep and the wheels were still up ... this made headline news . !!!! Name of airline with held .

  • @chopperskier
    @chopperskier Місяць тому

    I love the "Fleshlight" in place of the "Flashlight!" LOL!

  • @Yora21
    @Yora21 3 роки тому +15

    So "Wait, then who's flying the plane?!" actually does happen?

    • @tomsmith3045
      @tomsmith3045 3 роки тому +1

      do a search for "pilots fall asleep" - I'm sure it happened. My bet is that it wasn't his first time, but that this captain was one that realized it was nuts.

    • @drdre4397
      @drdre4397 3 роки тому

      The air France crash was because one of the pilots was a complete idiot, he was doing basic stuff, got flustered and caused panic. Waited way too long to give the controls up.

  • @wighty5860
    @wighty5860 3 роки тому +5

    "....and we never saw Rick again." Hopefully when this was pointed out someone made a comment about Rick maybe meeting 2 ladies while on break.

    • @monsterfurby
      @monsterfurby 3 роки тому

      Sadly for Rick, he was taken out of that class before being able to listen to scenario 2: In that one, the two ladies work for HR.

  • @sdmackpictures
    @sdmackpictures 3 роки тому +1

    Another excellent video. On my first trip to the Soviet Union, I had a Sony Walkman. I found that I was able to monitor air traffic transmissions from tower to Aeroflot.

  • @williamharshman9572
    @williamharshman9572 3 роки тому

    I love the brutal honesty a welcome change for these days, thank you for sharing this

  • @michaelm1
    @michaelm1 3 роки тому +7

    Yes, the Fleshlight story is one of those moments when you wish that ground opens... and swallows the other guy.

    • @toddsmith8608
      @toddsmith8608 3 роки тому +1

      Should have waited till end of that trip to give the captain his "flashlight" back.

  • @madisonlicalzi6586
    @madisonlicalzi6586 3 роки тому +4

    hope you are having a great week kelsey!

  • @Petra44YT
    @Petra44YT 3 роки тому +2

    Lol at the fleshlight. I never even knew this existed! ;-)
    I had a security officer in North Korea look at one of my tampons. Her machine had told her that this was in my jeans pocket. You could tell that she had never used one and only knew what this might be in theory.

    • @maacha286
      @maacha286 3 роки тому +1

      How can you just casually toss in that you were in north korea lol

  • @Igbon5
    @Igbon5 3 роки тому +2

    Moral of the story is HR and the kind of people that dominate in that field.

    • @jeffb.140
      @jeffb.140 3 роки тому

      Little tyrants .. This is why I work for myself only

  • @Greg_J
    @Greg_J 3 роки тому +9

    Love it when Kelsey says 'Comin up' 😀

    • @bandywallop
      @bandywallop 3 роки тому

      keep the blue side up! is better, also good advice ;)

    • @Docstantinople
      @Docstantinople 3 роки тому

      Why?

    • @supernutt
      @supernutt 3 роки тому

      Is this a kink thing? If it is I'm kink shaming.

  • @Menstral
    @Menstral 3 роки тому +29

    HR person is a humorless troll.
    Lunchman deserved a counseling, at most a rebuke.

    • @magoid
      @magoid 3 роки тому +3

      Well, as the equipment of the company she works for cost over 200 million USD each (747), even I would be humorless when hiring new employees.
      See the story of the Martin guy that got fired. HR people of that company would be asking themselves, how a guy with that mentality passed in the hiring process.

    • @MrNicoJac
      @MrNicoJac 3 роки тому +5

      @ Menstrel
      I completely agree, and all I can hope for is that he lost his shit during that half hour in her office.
      @ magoid
      Glad you're not in HR then... I'd MUCH rather have colleagues who can blow off a little steam every once in a while, than someone who bottles it all up and ends up crashing the plane :/

    • @ursodermatt8809
      @ursodermatt8809 3 роки тому +4

      @@magoid
      are you trying to say the more the cost of equipment the less joking you can do?

    • @roop-a-loop
      @roop-a-loop 3 роки тому +2

      @@magoid try to be less crazy

    • @magoid
      @magoid 3 роки тому +1

      @@ursodermatt8809 If you were a employer with obscenely expensive equipment, would you hire the joker of the class or the serious one? I know were I would put my hardware with, especially considering if the industry I'm into (commercial aviation), is extremely prone to get into costly lawsuits.
      But that is me. If you are still young and still see the world trough rose colored glasses, feel free take the risks.

  • @jerremm
    @jerremm 3 роки тому +2

    More like moral of the story, murrica is a corporate dystopia where a non PC joke isn't tolerated.

  • @robertcornelius3514
    @robertcornelius3514 3 роки тому +4

    I got my Mommy's permission to watch. I said it's just another video by 74 Gear. She immediately said it was okay then.

  • @axelfoley5265
    @axelfoley5265 3 роки тому +20

    5:04 - 5:10 The best answer the instructor could have given would be: "Yes, but with you on the receiving end."

  • @michaelstansfield319
    @michaelstansfield319 3 роки тому +2

    LOL!!!!! at the "flashlight" story.

  • @deannesanv8931
    @deannesanv8931 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the warning. I really appreciate it. I’m in my mid-fifties, but I say I am “rated G.” I’ll skip along to another video. I really appreciate it that your videos are family friendly. It’s nice to find these days. My viewing options are pretty limited.

  • @nordicplayz5627
    @nordicplayz5627 3 роки тому +6

    AYEEE my fav series is back!

    • @74gear
      @74gear  3 роки тому

      glad you enjoy it Nordic!

    • @TB-um1xz
      @TB-um1xz 3 роки тому

      @@74gear didn't realize Atlas did these types scenarios. I thought they just push pilots through, just like most ACMI.

  • @kubathepilot1739
    @kubathepilot1739 3 роки тому +4

    Flashlight more like fleshlight