I boarded a DC9 in San Diego bound for L.A. a few years back. My seat mate was a middle aged man who kept looking nervously out the window, so I asked, "Is this your first time on a plane?" He replied, "No. I'm an FAA inspector." Not sure I've ever been totally comfortable on a plance since.
Hold short instructions are a specific exception to this unwritten rule. At ORD, BOS, and other airports I've traveled to, the ATIS broadcast often includes an instruction "Read back all hold short instructions unless otherwise advised."
A friend of my sister's was a flight attendant. During one of her safety presentations her co-flight attendants played a practical joke on her. Instead of the dummy life vest they gave her a real life vest, with a live CO2 cartridge. So when she yanked on the line that is usually disarmed, the life vest inflated completely within seconds, almost smothering her. But she played along, and continued the whole demonstration as if nothing had happened.
@@74gear Would not have thought of it, but yea, it'a a good one. Some of those US ATC dudes talk faster than Busta-freaking-Rhimes or those dudes at the end of tv-drug-commercials. BTW: I'm stone cold sober 99.99999%of the time! 😄
*Me:* hey, I should become a pilot *Me in 30 years:* alright, finally saved up enough money to pay for flight school *Me after flight school:* alright now I can legally fly, just need to wait 30 more years so I can afford a plane
I don't like to eat breakfast but make myself have something. I usually bring a breakfast bar because it's at least something. When there's a free breakfast, I feel like I'm paying for something but not getting value for money. My biggest meal of the day is always lunch. I have a light breakfast and a light dinner, but a big lunch.
@@74gear Kelsey, you don't fly passenger 747's ever anymore? Man, the 747 holds a very special place in my heart. My very first airplane flight was in 1971 or 72 if I remember correctly. My mom surprised me by taking me from DC to LAX and we also visited Disney! I was 10 or 11 and played piano, so the crew let me go upstairs... And in the piano bar to play for them.😁 I got to sit in the cockpit as well. DEFINITELY the single best experience of my youth!
I like that Kelsey understands that ATC may get irritated, but avoiding irritation isn’t worth risking people’s lives, and he takes it in good faith that ATC understands that too.
My friend likes to drop in on his grand parents with a para-motor out in the country side, you don’t need a license for a para-motor here. Scares them every time. He lands in their backyard.
On the fast talking ATC: They do that to speed up comms and bring up efficiency. The same reason prevents them (at least the good ones) from repeating an instruction with the same speed. Because if a pilot didn't get it the first time, they're not gonna get it the second time if you don't change anything. So most ATC will slow down, enounciate better and use standard phraseology more stringently, when you ask for clarification. (It helps if you do it in a foreign accent ;)).
@@castlebravo4627 No, just an aviation geek :) I'm the kind of guy who plays Microsoft Flight Simulator - on the ATC side... (Search for VATSIM, if you wanna check it out ;)) But the hobby brings with it a lot of friends who are pilots and/or ATC of varying degrees.
Even LAX can operate efficiently without giving directions like an auctioneer. I’ve had smaller regional airports speak at 150 mph like they’ve got something to prove. It’s super annoying. Even when ATC records the ATIS msg’s a lot of times they fly through them. It just means we have to listen to them three times instead of once, which is much less safe.
When I used to fly a lot, Southwest crews seemed to be the friendliest, and the most likely to joke with passengers, even over the PA. I assume it's something the company emphasizes in their training, and they probably have a roster of good jokes and banter they go through regularly. I think I remember hearing the same jokes a couple of times, but I couldn't tell if it was some of the same crew I'd had before.
Regarding the fast talking clearance delivery there's an old story about Pete Campbell, long time safety director at the FAA. He was preparing to make a flight and the clearance came at him at light speed. Pete who spoke in a heavy southern drawl came back at the controller and asked him, "Is any of that stuff you just said important?" The controller responded that of course it was important, it was his clearance. So Pete said "Well then, why don't you say it like it's important!"
Then: the industry is the best it’s ever been Now, coronavirus: whole world shuts down Now: Thomas cook reports a record loss of £1.5 nil and has gone bust
@@jaronhodgson9120 Up until my dad retired, I was able to check it out in flight on any trip to Poland so long as my dad knew one of the officers. Hell I even flew in there for the whole trip on many occasions (both as a kid, and into my late 20s)
@@jaronhodgson9120 TBH I flew the plane (a 767-400) for a few minutes when I was 12, again at 23, and the most recent one was 10 years ago (wow that long already...) Obviously at cruising altitude, but with teh autopilot off. I wasn't allowed to touch anything but the yoke - I was allowed to manoever in my ceiling only. It was fun but I was also fully aware that the plane was loaded up with passengers, so there was a real sense of heavy responsibility. I had informally "trained" on Dash 6, 7, and 8 simulators at FlightSafety after hours where my dad worked after leaving the airlines. As an 8 year old to about 12-13 , I got pretty good at flying and even landed them with minimal damage (I never quite mastered the flare, and I was predisposed to flat landings with a fair bit of hop) but I got good at landing and stopping on the runway towards the end (I was about 13). My dad may have one of the printout reports still, I'd have to ask him. The Dash 7 was my favourite - sometimes my dad would trip me up with some kind of failure, or engine fires (I had to pull the red cut off lever above my head - I remember having to take my belt off to reach it!) and then bring the plane down in that state. Sometimes I think that I should have become a pilot, because I don't like flying as a passenger ;)
Not a pilot but spent 40 years in the aviation industry. Every time I thought I'd seen it all something different would pop up. Never a dull moment. Those accidental slide deployments, and I've seen plenty, will get your heart pumping.
You sure it didn't go more like, "I write .. ahhhhh..as fast...aahhhb...as I...aahhhh...talk.." Funny memes. I agree, Anchorage looks not so inviting. Stay in and buddy up to that free breakfast. Thanks for a good wake up video Kelsey.
When it comes to taking a peek at the flight deck I'm still a small kid. I'm a private pilot and I still love to talk to the pilots. After the flight, that's usually fine. I'm glad I got to take a look at the 747-400 cockpit before BA retired theirs. Even got a cheesy photo of it. Most of the time the pilots seem super-friendly and talk to me about whatever I ask them. I still can't get enough of flying machines of any kind :)
I remember the pilots showing me some of the flight deck when I was a little kid, so much fun!!!. Also one time they gave us little stickers that looked like those wing...pin...thingies that crewmen wear. Even as an adult, I'm still so curious.
Yeah when Kelsey was talking about curious kids I was thinking. “Yeah I’ve been alive for almost four decades and I’d do the exact same thing.” In my defence though, my parents who fly regularly even today still deliberately choose the seats right the way up the front of me aircraft to exploit the fact the pilots are human and either need a bathroom break or either go get food or have it brought to them. And when that door opens for a few brief moments they can look through and see the flight deck so I’ve clearly inherited a strong sense of curiosity.
Kelsey! Loving your show. Am a nervous flyer , took on a job with Porter Air out of Toronto to get over it and now love everything to do with aviation. Thank you for your down to earth posts.
I've just started self sponsored and when you say "pilot shortage" or "best time to get into" it softens the dread of not getting employment right out of school.
The path to the first airline job is not easy. I just started too a modular ATPL (Europe) and already thinking where to send my CV once done with the training. Good luck with your training!!!
@@CPTairman Good luck to you too, things are looking up with the modular side of things, airlines that would have never taken modular before are doing so for the first time!
My friend is a pilot and he got his licence very young (around 19yo) so he got his first job in a big airline company aroung 21/22 yo and at that time he looked younger than he really was. Once he had an elderly woman that did not want to take the plane because he was a the pilot and he looked too young.
As a pilot when you have a nervous first time flyer just put their minds at ease by telling them as a pilot its your first time flying as well but you have read most of the how to fly manual.
Hah! While I am a nervous flyer I’m pretty good at suppressing it so I’d probably answer with. “Oh no problem. I’ve watched the Mentour Pilot UA-cam video on how a passenger can land a 747 in 12 easy steps. If you get stuck with anything, I’m in so just come find me and I’ll help you out.”
About being in uniform - reminds me of The Honeymooners episode when Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) was having an argument with Alice and he said "You never loved me. You were in love with my uniform!" (he was a bus driver)". Great video; I really needed the laughs.
My parents used to live a short flight apart so I would fly every 6-10 weeks for half term holidays throughout the year from Doha to Muscat, usually on 737s or A320s. As an aviation geek I would get shown the cockpit an awful lot and ask to see the christmas tree (not sure if thats actually slang or made up). The most memorable flight of my childhood was once I got to sit at the back of the cockpit of an Oman AIr ATR-42 landing at Muscat airport on the condition I stayed quiet. 11 year old me didnt say a word. This would have been around 2001. Im guessing it would never happen now.
It made me really happy hearing you talk about how you like being at the front of the plane when passengers get on, I’ve been on 10 flights in the last year and not one of the pilots has been there when I boarded or even when I got off for ANY of these flights. It honestly makes me anxious, like you were talking about I really like knowing who’s responsible for my safety and it definitely made me more uneasy on all of these flights even though I’m a good flyer overall
James Dean fully understandable! I think what had confused me in the last year is that I have been flying in and out of the same airports I have for years, as well as with the same airline! I totally understand that they may not have the opportunity and definitely don’t hold it against them. It was just confusing that they used to be greeting or saying goodbye every time I flew before this last year!
Can’t speak for Kelsey but for me it’s aisle seat all the way. Also the same in the van we use for getting around the airfield, I like a door seat. My colleagues have accepted this oddity of mine.
10:35 As a nervous flyer, I can verify that this is 100% accurate. In fact, just a well worded confident welcome message over the pa system before takeoff puts me at ease.
Likewise, probably because I’ve been a cashier/checkout operator and knows how difficult people can be. But there’s another reason why people tend to behave if there’s a pilot around and that’s because we’ve all essentially been trained to respect and obey authority figures. Experiments have been done on it, like the ones on a train. The researcher dresses normally then approaches a normal person sitting in one of the seats of a half empty carriage and asks that person if they can sit in the seat that person is currently occupying. Most people clearly thought it was a bit of an odd request since there are plenty of others available but moved to a different seat anyway. I’d likely have been one of those as I’d conclude that it’s far less effort to move than either get into a conversation or argument with a complete stranger. But of course there were a few people that refused to move seats or did so after putting up a bit of resistance. And that was the same result of all the researchers on various different trains. But when the researchers repeated the experiments by doing the exact same thing only this time they asked the passengers to move while a uniformed police officer stood silently with or just behind the researcher. Every single passenger they asked moved without complaint or doubt. I even experienced it when I worked in a big supermarket chain. When I wasn’t wearing my uniform and the fire alarm went off and I told people to get out, most ignored me. But when it went off while I was in uniform and on duty, nobody questioned me. One or two were reluctant to leave their trolleys but they still moved.
I'm an Electrical Engineer, and sometimes fly some of the longest flights in the world, and even though I know flying today is saver than ever, I still ask my self "how the heck these engines are running for 16 hours straight without a break". Cool man, I always enjoy your videos. Keep going the great work :)
Once, I took the TGV (French speed train) and I saw the crew giving a bag-in-box of wine (or "cubi" as we call it in France) to the driver, through the window. I was definitely scared when I boarded the train
I love when pilots stand snd greet you as you exit the plane. Then you can say nice landing or ask if you wonder about anything unusual you noticed on thd flight. Johan.
When I was about 10 (nearly 50 years ago!!!) and a right nerd (still am :-)) ) we went to what was then Yugoslovia on holiday (from the UK) and after take off and climb on the flight home I got invited up the the cockpit , I spent most of the flight up there nerding out the pilots! Those were the days! Sad for kids now that sort of thing cant happen these days. :-(
Hey Kelsey, I have been subscribed and watching for a handful of months now. I really enjoy watching your videos. I work in the industry, on the production level, and based on a few of your videos I believe you currently do as well on the same product line... The part that made me want to say something on this video was where you were talking about the pilots greeting the passengers, personally I have always really liked that personal interaction. I liked to see who was flying the plane when I was younger, but now as a dad who works as an engineer in the aerospace industry, i like the kid/pilot interaction. There was a flight a year or 2 ish ago where the pilot greeted the fam on the way in, we were towards the end, but the pilot/co-pilot (I didn't look at stripes) asked if my kids (3 and 5 at the time) if they wanted to check out the flightdeck, both my kids panicked and said no, I thanked him and we went to our seats at the back of the plane. On the way back off, he remembered us and offered again. My kids were hesitate, but I said , I would love to see, I explained where I worked, what I did, and the kids warmed up a bit. We spent maybe 3-4 minutes chatting about what I worked on and what this aircraft was, but it made my day and made my kids excited to talk about and see parts of the plane they didn't normally see. I personally really appreciate that level of interaction with all of the flight crew! Keep up the good work! I enjoy your videos. Cheers
ORD was my home airport for a long time. You're right, they never quite stop. I have fond memories of listening to the planes' brakes groan because the pilot _driving_ could never let off them entirely. I thought that was how it was everywhere!
I was lucky enough as a kid to fly between London and Singapore a few times.........we were allowed to visit the flight deck and the pilots always let us sit in their seats........they'd explain various features.....it was an honour to be there..........they were different times.
*Meanwhile at KORD:* Alright, the Far East B743 just needs to taxi onto RWY07 Far East B743:(stops moving) ATC: *AREYOUKIDDINGMETHEFCKRIGHTNOWNSHRORBAGEORNHAOENEVEOENRHROWNEGRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* 😠😠😠😠 Far East B743: Dude, calm the hell down! This is an airport, not the Tokyo Metro. 😒
That meme where pilots asking FA if they can come out I could see that happening if ya worked with Stella after seeing the colab ya done with her a while back.
I always like to greet the pilots and flight attendants when I get off the plane and thank them when I get off. It doesn't cost anyone anything extra to treat people like people and respect what they do as people.
That hotel meme is true for many people who travel for work. I also got told that „wow, you get to travel to so many cities and different countries!“ My reply is usually along the lines of „Yes, I do. But: I know many airports all over the world, many hotels and even more conference rooms. And they all kinda look the same. So it is less exciting that you might think.“
Hey Kelsey, love your channel. Could you do a video (or series) with someone from ATC about your different perspectives, funny stories, what annoys you in the other, how you can help each other? I think that many of us would really enjoy that, and I think you could have a lot of fun making it too! Keep up the great work, and keep the blue side up 😃🛫
I believe it was Kimi Räikkönen who said that F1 drivers get to see the world, if the world is the airport, the hotel, and the racetrack. This was before he didn't pole in Monaco and then stormed off to the yacht...
That inflated raft reminded me of an account I once heard about a Meteor pilot in the RAF in WWII. He intercepted and shot a V-1 missile, only for the exploding V-1 to (somehow) cause his raft to inflate in the cockpit, trapping him. He barely managed to get a knife out and puncture it in time to regain control of the aircraft.
"There's a massive pilot shortage right now" Has been the rhetoric of pilots in steady jobs for as long as I've been in aviation. It is simply not true, unless you have 1000-1500 hours or more. It is ludicrous.
Arcticviper Those are US flight requirements. Here in Northern Europe you have an airline job within the first year of finishing flight school. The stats from most schools show 80-90 percent of students get a job 6-12 months after graduation.
@@boass I hope you have toilet paper, because that comment needs cleaning. I was trained in Northern Europe, Denmark, to be specific. When I finished, the closest you could get to a flying related job, was an invitation to an interview as a part-time operations staff member. I sent out 100+ applications, most of them didn't even get a receipt confirmation. I work in general aviation now, after some 8 years away from flying with massive debt problems due to flightschool bankruptcy, having pre-paid and all that. (Never pay in advance, kids) I am thankful for my current job aituation, because while low-pay, at least I am flying now, even with the current crisis. Cite your source for the 80-90 % figure. It has been repeated again and again and again. Of the people, who were in the same flightschools as me at the same time, 2 of them quit flying all together without getting a flying job. 2 of them are unemployed, and most of the rest are in severely uncertain circumstances now, with crisis looming.
To add: in my flightschool students reference frame, I still have some form of contact or updates from some 20-30 people on at least a semi regular basis. Call it 20, so yeah, over a 10 year period, 16 of them have jobs, which IS in fact 80% but most of them waited for approximately 3-5 years before their first actual flying job, and even now they are back at square one, or at least at risk of being there soon. That is not a good track record by any stretch of the imagination, so please stop encouraging naive young people by inferring it is easy to get a job. It isn't.
Arcticviper Okay then my mistake. Maybe not all of Northern Europe but at least Iceland has high demand for pilots. I just assumed that it wasn’t too tough there either but I am clearly mistaken... At least for Icelandic carriers it was relatively easy to secure a position or at the very least a position over the summer then later transitioning into it full time. The three flight schools in Iceland all had similar stats. My mistake. :/
Arcticviper I also had not factored in the current crisis nor the aftermaths of it. I was only citing Icelandic information which I thought our northern neighbors might share. There is also the fact that a bunch of Icelandic pilots search vigorously for jobs outside Iceland and the EU. However I didn’t specify any of this so it was right of you to correct me.
Really nice of you talking to the passengers and giving flight deck mini tours. Pilots NEVER have time, and security restrictions, BEFORE a flight. They often say hello after.
I always would feed my crew well. Not only get a breakfast but I would fill barn boxes with sandwiches, juices, granola bars, cookies......so they got some snacks / lunch too
Early as hell and loving it 🙌🏾 Edit: Free breakfast is life!! I don't pile my plate quite that high...but I do the best I can...that free food gotta carry me through the day 🤣🤣
@@74gear It's the worst when the hotel has free breakfast but you have to head out on duty before service starts; just hoping they have some stuff set out early.
Anchorage! Yes! My son in law was a bush pilot there. He took me up in his 172 and we flew to Talkeetna. I got to fly it while there although I wasn't a pilot. Best experience ever!
My grandson and his mom and dad flew Alaska Airlines and the pilot showed him the cockpit. He didn't understand how special that was, but he still has the Alaska Airlines pin they gave him.
You known Frank Abagnale Jr. also did a Hollywood VS reality on "Catch me if you Can." One of the things that stuck out the most was that he said he wished he had as much time with his dad as Frank in the movie did.
"Tower, be advised we will all be on the News tonight if I follow your last instruction. Please say again."
I am an atco, and this comment of yours made my day 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I boarded a DC9 in San Diego bound for L.A. a few years back. My seat mate was a middle aged man who kept looking nervously out the window, so I asked, "Is this your first time on a plane?" He replied, "No. I'm an FAA inspector." Not sure I've ever been totally comfortable on a plance since.
When I board an airplane I always tell the pilots to have a good day. I figure if they have a good day so will I.
Yeah, their landing tends to be better. I remember not saying anything, sure enough, late at night, they didn't feel like a butter
This is funnier than most people seem to appreciate
So your plane glided to land?
@Exceeded Duck sure
I always exclaim "Oh no! Not you again!" The pilots and other passengers find that funny.
Kelsey: number one rule at ORD is to never stop moving
Pilot that was told to hold short of an active runway: 👁👄👁
Hold short instructions are a specific exception to this unwritten rule. At ORD, BOS, and other airports I've traveled to, the ATIS broadcast often includes an instruction "Read back all hold short instructions unless otherwise advised."
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@@sct913woosh
He's keeping the blue-side up!@@gayjoebiden
A friend of my sister's was a flight attendant. During one of her safety presentations her co-flight attendants played a practical joke on her. Instead of the dummy life vest they gave her a real life vest, with a live CO2 cartridge. So when she yanked on the line that is usually disarmed, the life vest inflated completely within seconds, almost smothering her. But she played along, and continued the whole demonstration as if nothing had happened.
"Iii... wrriteee... aaabout... asss... fast... as... Iii... talk..." 😂😂
That's a goon one!!
glad you liked it Drunk!
@@74gear Would not have thought of it, but yea, it'a a good one.
Some of those US ATC dudes talk faster than Busta-freaking-Rhimes or those dudes at the end of tv-drug-commercials.
BTW: I'm stone cold sober 99.99999%of the time! 😄
(March 1) Kelsey: "right now it's probably the best it's ever been, that may change in the future"
(May 15) COVID-19: "hold my beer"
*Me:* hey, I should become a pilot
*Me in 30 years:* alright, finally saved up enough money to pay for flight school
*Me after flight school:* alright now I can legally fly, just need to wait 30 more years so I can afford a plane
Do the smart thing...
Buy the plane first. Then you don't have to rent one.
@@Skyfighter64 yeah that way you don't have five years
There are ways to fly without a license, it’s called para-motor...
@@xeth9074 if you live in europe. You need a license to even shit it public restrooms let alone fly something
Most airline captains are ex-military. Getting enough hours of experience flying jets on your own would be hella expensive.
“I’m fact I ate a free breakfast this morning and I loved it.”
I always choose hotels based on whether or not they have free breakfast. 😂
I try to do the exact same beach!
I am your 100th like your welcome 😉
Thanks
What's even the point of a hotel if it doesn't have free breakfast lol
I don't like to eat breakfast but make myself have something. I usually bring a breakfast bar because it's at least something. When there's a free breakfast, I feel like I'm paying for something but not getting value for money. My biggest meal of the day is always lunch. I have a light breakfast and a light dinner, but a big lunch.
10:18 "I don't fly a lot of kids now" You don't know what's in the cargo, right?
😂 well I do military charters sometimes its family but its rare for sure
LMAO @@
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@@74gear Kelsey, you don't fly passenger 747's ever anymore?
Man, the 747 holds a very special place in my heart. My very first airplane flight was in 1971 or 72 if I remember correctly.
My mom surprised me by taking me from DC to LAX and we also visited Disney! I was 10 or 11 and played piano, so the crew let me go upstairs... And in the piano bar to play for them.😁 I got to sit in the cockpit as well. DEFINITELY the single best experience of my youth!
@@kellyc2425 That is so cool!
"Right now it's the best it's ever been"
*Coronavirus enters the chat*
That statement didn’t age well 😅
@I'mRed -_ well hindsight is 20/20
yeah... "Cough Cough!!"
"That may change in the future" He called it!
doh
Pilot: *lands hard*
His/her airline: FIRED!
RyanAir: HIRED!
I like that Kelsey understands that ATC may get irritated, but avoiding irritation isn’t worth risking people’s lives, and he takes it in good faith that ATC understands that too.
4:25 "now its probably the best its ever been, but that may change in the future" That"s the understatement of the year!
My friend likes to drop in on his grand parents with a para-motor out in the country side, you don’t need a license for a para-motor here.
Scares them every time.
He lands in their backyard.
I love this guy he seems like such a nice guy and takes time out of his day to educate his fans on aviation and aircrafts....love your vids👍👍🔥
Pilot: “I’m a pilot”
Passenger: “Please, I’m a doctor”
Me, a Dishwasher: “AMATEURS”
I thank the dishwasher at work at least once a shift
I can’t imagine my current cooking job without a good dishwasher!
The flight attendant that deployed the raft is somewhere among those dislikes
😂 I hope no crews are giving dislikes to my videos but maybe you are right
Michael Bourdeau them, the ATC controllers, and crew scheduling
She’s actually doing quite well working at Luther’s BBQ.
@Gabriel Ordones theres no such thing as an airbus a390
@@graycloud057 mmm Luther's
On the fast talking ATC:
They do that to speed up comms and bring up efficiency. The same reason prevents them (at least the good ones) from repeating an instruction with the same speed. Because if a pilot didn't get it the first time, they're not gonna get it the second time if you don't change anything. So most ATC will slow down, enounciate better and use standard phraseology more stringently, when you ask for clarification. (It helps if you do it in a foreign accent ;)).
Are you an ATC? Not a pilot btw
@@castlebravo4627 No, just an aviation geek :) I'm the kind of guy who plays Microsoft Flight Simulator - on the ATC side...
(Search for VATSIM, if you wanna check it out ;))
But the hobby brings with it a lot of friends who are pilots and/or ATC of varying degrees.
Also depends on where the ATC is.
Some countries have strict english requirements for their ATC, others are more lenient.
Even LAX can operate efficiently without giving directions like an auctioneer. I’ve had smaller regional airports speak at 150 mph like they’ve got something to prove. It’s super annoying. Even when ATC records the ATIS msg’s a lot of times they fly through them. It just means we have to listen to them three times instead of once, which is much less safe.
“It helps if you do it in a foreign accent”
Do what? Ask for a clearer explanation or give the clearer explanation?
When I used to fly a lot, Southwest crews seemed to be the friendliest, and the most likely to joke with passengers, even over the PA. I assume it's something the company emphasizes in their training, and they probably have a roster of good jokes and banter they go through regularly. I think I remember hearing the same jokes a couple of times, but I couldn't tell if it was some of the same crew I'd had before.
Regarding the fast talking clearance delivery there's an old story about Pete Campbell, long time safety director at the FAA. He was preparing to make a flight and the clearance came at him at light speed. Pete who spoke in a heavy southern drawl came back at the controller and asked him, "Is any of that stuff you just said important?" The controller responded that of course it was important, it was his clearance. So Pete said "Well then, why don't you say it like it's important!"
Then: the industry is the best it’s ever been
Now, coronavirus: whole world shuts down
Now: Thomas cook reports a record loss of £1.5 nil and has gone bust
I remember when you were able to go on the flight deck. Pre 9-11.
Stupid people gotta ruin it for everyone
yeah, now the only time you can enter a flight deck is on a plane in a museum
@@jaronhodgson9120 Up until my dad retired, I was able to check it out in flight on any trip to Poland so long as my dad knew one of the officers. Hell I even flew in there for the whole trip on many occasions (both as a kid, and into my late 20s)
@@the_kombinator dude that’s awesome, at least some of us got to experience that stuff
@@jaronhodgson9120 TBH I flew the plane (a 767-400) for a few minutes when I was 12, again at 23, and the most recent one was 10 years ago (wow that long already...) Obviously at cruising altitude, but with teh autopilot off. I wasn't allowed to touch anything but the yoke - I was allowed to manoever in my ceiling only. It was fun but I was also fully aware that the plane was loaded up with passengers, so there was a real sense of heavy responsibility.
I had informally "trained" on Dash 6, 7, and 8 simulators at FlightSafety after hours where my dad worked after leaving the airlines. As an 8 year old to about 12-13 , I got pretty good at flying and even landed them with minimal damage (I never quite mastered the flare, and I was predisposed to flat landings with a fair bit of hop) but I got good at landing and stopping on the runway towards the end (I was about 13). My dad may have one of the printout reports still, I'd have to ask him.
The Dash 7 was my favourite - sometimes my dad would trip me up with some kind of failure, or engine fires (I had to pull the red cut off lever above my head - I remember having to take my belt off to reach it!) and then bring the plane down in that state.
Sometimes I think that I should have become a pilot, because I don't like flying as a passenger ;)
“A water landing”... you mean a semi-controlled crash into wet stuff!
I was just expecting the scene in sully "it was a forced water landing"...
I mean as long as the aircraft does not suffer a RUD and the passengers can get out its a good landing. ;)
ever heard of a sea plane?
Not a pilot but spent 40 years in the aviation industry. Every time I thought I'd seen it all something different would pop up. Never a dull moment. Those accidental slide deployments, and I've seen plenty, will get your heart pumping.
You sure it didn't go more like, "I write .. ahhhhh..as fast...aahhhb...as I...aahhhh...talk.." Funny memes. I agree, Anchorage looks not so inviting. Stay in and buddy up to that free breakfast. Thanks for a good wake up video Kelsey.
haha ya I may have said it like that in my head!
When it comes to taking a peek at the flight deck I'm still a small kid. I'm a private pilot and I still love to talk to the pilots. After the flight, that's usually fine. I'm glad I got to take a look at the 747-400 cockpit before BA retired theirs. Even got a cheesy photo of it. Most of the time the pilots seem super-friendly and talk to me about whatever I ask them. I still can't get enough of flying machines of any kind :)
I remember the pilots showing me some of the flight deck when I was a little kid, so much fun!!!. Also one time they gave us little stickers that looked like those wing...pin...thingies that crewmen wear. Even as an adult, I'm still so curious.
Yeah when Kelsey was talking about curious kids I was thinking. “Yeah I’ve been alive for almost four decades and I’d do the exact same thing.” In my defence though, my parents who fly regularly even today still deliberately choose the seats right the way up the front of me aircraft to exploit the fact the pilots are human and either need a bathroom break or either go get food or have it brought to them. And when that door opens for a few brief moments they can look through and see the flight deck so I’ve clearly inherited a strong sense of curiosity.
Kelsey! Loving your show. Am a nervous flyer , took on a job with Porter Air out of Toronto to get over it and now love everything to do with aviation. Thank you for your down to earth posts.
He does seem like a real regular guy….a humanoid.
10:57 Southwest flight attendant: "We have a full flight today, so don't bother trying to not make eye contact with people in the isle."
I've just started self sponsored and when you say "pilot shortage" or "best time to get into" it softens the dread of not getting employment right out of school.
The path to the first airline job is not easy. I just started too a modular ATPL (Europe) and already thinking where to send my CV once done with the training.
Good luck with your training!!!
@@CPTairman Good luck to you too, things are looking up with the modular side of things, airlines that would have never taken modular before are doing so for the first time!
I remember as a young boy getting to go inside the flight deck while boarding. It definitely helped plant the seed for my life now.
My friend is a pilot and he got his licence very young (around 19yo) so he got his first job in a big airline company aroung 21/22 yo and at that time he looked younger than he really was. Once he had an elderly woman that did not want to take the plane because he was a the pilot and he looked too young.
As a pilot when you have a nervous first time flyer just put their minds at ease by telling them as a pilot its your first time flying as well but you have read most of the how to fly manual.
Hah! While I am a nervous flyer I’m pretty good at suppressing it so I’d probably answer with. “Oh no problem. I’ve watched the Mentour Pilot UA-cam video on how a passenger can land a 747 in 12 easy steps. If you get stuck with anything, I’m in so just come find me and I’ll help you out.”
@@mikoto7693 Even better, advise that you've got 300+ flight hours ... in War of Thunder.
@@KezanzatheGreat Hahaha coming back to this a year later I can say. “Hey I play MSFS-I at least know the theory behind flying a 737.” 🤣
Air crash investigation judge: and just exactly how did you crash?
Pilot: because you see here, a kid made us go inverted.
About being in uniform - reminds me of The Honeymooners episode when Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) was having an argument with Alice and he said "You never loved me. You were in love with my uniform!" (he was a bus driver)".
Great video; I really needed the laughs.
RaLpHiE
I am a Crew Scheduler and that cat meme made me lose it! Currently being sent to all my coworkers!
My parents used to live a short flight apart so I would fly every 6-10 weeks for half term holidays throughout the year from Doha to Muscat, usually on 737s or A320s. As an aviation geek I would get shown the cockpit an awful lot and ask to see the christmas tree (not sure if thats actually slang or made up). The most memorable flight of my childhood was once I got to sit at the back of the cockpit of an Oman AIr ATR-42 landing at Muscat airport on the condition I stayed quiet. 11 year old me didnt say a word. This would have been around 2001. Im guessing it would never happen now.
It made me really happy hearing you talk about how you like being at the front of the plane when passengers get on, I’ve been on 10 flights in the last year and not one of the pilots has been there when I boarded or even when I got off for ANY of these flights. It honestly makes me anxious, like you were talking about I really like knowing who’s responsible for my safety and it definitely made me more uneasy on all of these flights even though I’m a good flyer overall
James Dean fully understandable! I think what had confused me in the last year is that I have been flying in and out of the same airports I have for years, as well as with the same airline! I totally understand that they may not have the opportunity and definitely don’t hold it against them. It was just confusing that they used to be greeting or saying goodbye every time I flew before this last year!
QUESTION: When you fly as a "regular passenger," do you like window or aisle and why?
Window is heaven
Can’t speak for Kelsey but for me it’s aisle seat all the way. Also the same in the van we use for getting around the airfield, I like a door seat. My colleagues have accepted this oddity of mine.
Always the aisle
10:35 As a nervous flyer, I can verify that this is 100% accurate. In fact, just a well worded confident welcome message over the pa system before takeoff puts me at ease.
Keep making them, please! We love it
Likewise, probably because I’ve been a cashier/checkout operator and knows how difficult people can be.
But there’s another reason why people tend to behave if there’s a pilot around and that’s because we’ve all essentially been trained to respect and obey authority figures. Experiments have been done on it, like the ones on a train. The researcher dresses normally then approaches a normal person sitting in one of the seats of a half empty carriage and asks that person if they can sit in the seat that person is currently occupying.
Most people clearly thought it was a bit of an odd request since there are plenty of others available but moved to a different seat anyway. I’d likely have been one of those as I’d conclude that it’s far less effort to move than either get into a conversation or argument with a complete stranger. But of course there were a few people that refused to move seats or did so after putting up a bit of resistance. And that was the same result of all the researchers on various different trains.
But when the researchers repeated the experiments by doing the exact same thing only this time they asked the passengers to move while a uniformed police officer stood silently with or just behind the researcher. Every single passenger they asked moved without complaint or doubt.
I even experienced it when I worked in a big supermarket chain. When I wasn’t wearing my uniform and the fire alarm went off and I told people to get out, most ignored me. But when it went off while I was in uniform and on duty, nobody questioned me. One or two were reluctant to leave their trolleys but they still moved.
74 is definitely the "snack Daddy" lol
I'm an Electrical Engineer, and sometimes fly some of the longest flights in the world, and even though I know flying today is saver than ever, I still ask my self "how the heck these engines are running for 16 hours straight without a break". Cool man, I always enjoy your videos. Keep going the great work :)
"And they don't look like Denzel from flight !" 😅
Once, I took the TGV (French speed train) and I saw the crew giving a bag-in-box of wine (or "cubi" as we call it in France) to the driver, through the window. I was definitely scared when I boarded the train
I love when pilots stand snd greet you as you exit the plane. Then you can say nice landing or ask if you wonder about anything unusual you noticed on thd flight. Johan.
When I was about 10 (nearly 50 years ago!!!) and a right nerd (still am :-)) ) we went to what was then Yugoslovia on holiday (from the UK) and after take off and climb on the flight home I got invited up the the cockpit , I spent most of the flight up there nerding out the pilots! Those were the days! Sad for kids now that sort of thing cant happen these days. :-(
I don’t even work in aviation and I plan my hotel stays around free breakfast.
well then you are doing life right Carschmn!! 🤣
This guy knows his stuff; you can greatly improve your flight by wearing a pilots uniform.
When I was little I once said to someone:
My dad isn’t dead,
he just often out flying.
My dad wasn’t(still isn’t) home a lot. 😄
No one asked
@@ekkimukk2039 Wow, this my friends, is an arse
Coming from the son of a sailor I hear ya. Dad loved us but the navy loved him more.
Thank you, Jack Banana Dev. 😁
Nobody asked you to read my comment, and nobody asked you to comment on it either, Entomate.
I’m watching this at 7:37 pm no joke
Southwest is SUCH a fantastic airline! As a passenger, I always fly with them when i have a choice.
Every ATC controller be like: Eminem rap god
After they retired they must starting a rep carier just saying some of them ewen feel like they started speaking slowly XD
Hey Kelsey,
I have been subscribed and watching for a handful of months now. I really enjoy watching your videos. I work in the industry, on the production level, and based on a few of your videos I believe you currently do as well on the same product line...
The part that made me want to say something on this video was where you were talking about the pilots greeting the passengers, personally I have always really liked that personal interaction. I liked to see who was flying the plane when I was younger, but now as a dad who works as an engineer in the aerospace industry, i like the kid/pilot interaction. There was a flight a year or 2 ish ago where the pilot greeted the fam on the way in, we were towards the end, but the pilot/co-pilot (I didn't look at stripes) asked if my kids (3 and 5 at the time) if they wanted to check out the flightdeck, both my kids panicked and said no, I thanked him and we went to our seats at the back of the plane. On the way back off, he remembered us and offered again. My kids were hesitate, but I said , I would love to see, I explained where I worked, what I did, and the kids warmed up a bit. We spent maybe 3-4 minutes chatting about what I worked on and what this aircraft was, but it made my day and made my kids excited to talk about and see parts of the plane they didn't normally see. I personally really appreciate that level of interaction with all of the flight crew!
Keep up the good work! I enjoy your videos.
Cheers
ORD was my home airport for a long time. You're right, they never quite stop. I have fond memories of listening to the planes' brakes groan because the pilot _driving_ could never let off them entirely. I thought that was how it was everywhere!
I was lucky enough as a kid to fly between London and Singapore a few times.........we were allowed to visit the flight deck and the pilots always let us sit in their seats........they'd explain various features.....it was an honour to be there..........they were different times.
4:25 crazy how fast the industry can change in 3 weeks
With regards to ORD, I was a passenger when going to and from Chicago. I was amazed at just how far away the runway was from the gate.
*Meanwhile at KORD:*
Alright, the Far East B743 just needs to taxi onto RWY07
Far East B743:(stops moving)
ATC: *AREYOUKIDDINGMETHEFCKRIGHTNOWNSHRORBAGEORNHAOENEVEOENRHROWNEGRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!* 😠😠😠😠
Far East B743: Dude, calm the hell down! This is an airport, not the Tokyo Metro. 😒
Flying when I was a kid in the 70s = Sunday best dress. Flying now in 2020= pajamas. 😂
4:30 ‘It’s the best it’s ever been” - That comment didn’t age well!
That meme where pilots asking FA if they can come out I could see that happening if ya worked with Stella after seeing the colab ya done with her a while back.
I always like to greet the pilots and flight attendants when I get off the plane and thank them when I get off. It doesn't cost anyone anything extra to treat people like people and respect what they do as people.
“Massive pilot shortage” three weeks later world shuts down. 👨🏻✈️🙅🏻♀️
Watching these while doing some flight simming :)
"It's probably the best it has been" Kelsey March 2020
Me: Watches this in April and goes, "AHEM"
I was looking for who commented that.
For him it is, he mainly does cargo and/or military charters
@@Ben-go1iq true... but I'm kinda curious about the military part
That hotel meme is true for many people who travel for work.
I also got told that „wow, you get to travel to so many cities and different countries!“
My reply is usually along the lines of „Yes, I do. But: I know many airports all over the world, many hotels and even more conference rooms. And they all kinda look the same. So it is less exciting that you might think.“
fabulous - i enjoy your sense of humour and decency that comes through in all your clips
9:26 Realy love when pilot welcoming passangers)
Hey Kelsey, love your channel. Could you do a video (or series) with someone from ATC about your different perspectives, funny stories, what annoys you in the other, how you can help each other? I think that many of us would really enjoy that, and I think you could have a lot of fun making it too! Keep up the great work, and keep the blue side up 😃🛫
I believe it was Kimi Räikkönen who said that F1 drivers get to see the world, if the world is the airport, the hotel, and the racetrack. This was before he didn't pole in Monaco and then stormed off to the yacht...
That inflated raft reminded me of an account I once heard about a Meteor pilot in the RAF in WWII. He intercepted and shot a V-1 missile, only for the exploding V-1 to (somehow) cause his raft to inflate in the cockpit, trapping him. He barely managed to get a knife out and puncture it in time to regain control of the aircraft.
"There's a massive pilot shortage right now" Has been the rhetoric of pilots in steady jobs for as long as I've been in aviation. It is simply not true, unless you have 1000-1500 hours or more. It is ludicrous.
Arcticviper Those are US flight requirements. Here in Northern Europe you have an airline job within the first year of finishing flight school. The stats from most schools show 80-90 percent of students get a job 6-12 months after graduation.
@@boass I hope you have toilet paper, because that comment needs cleaning.
I was trained in Northern Europe, Denmark, to be specific. When I finished, the closest you could get to a flying related job, was an invitation to an interview as a part-time operations staff member. I sent out 100+ applications, most of them didn't even get a receipt confirmation.
I work in general aviation now, after some 8 years away from flying with massive debt problems due to flightschool bankruptcy, having pre-paid and all that. (Never pay in advance, kids) I am thankful for my current job aituation, because while low-pay, at least I am flying now, even with the current crisis.
Cite your source for the 80-90 % figure. It has been repeated again and again and again.
Of the people, who were in the same flightschools as me at the same time, 2 of them quit flying all together without getting a flying job. 2 of them are unemployed, and most of the rest are in severely uncertain circumstances now, with crisis looming.
To add: in my flightschool students reference frame, I still have some form of contact or updates from some 20-30 people on at least a semi regular basis.
Call it 20, so yeah, over a 10 year period, 16 of them have jobs, which IS in fact 80% but most of them waited for approximately 3-5 years before their first actual flying job, and even now they are back at square one, or at least at risk of being there soon. That is not a good track record by any stretch of the imagination, so please stop encouraging naive young people by inferring it is easy to get a job. It isn't.
Arcticviper Okay then my mistake. Maybe not all of Northern Europe but at least Iceland has high demand for pilots. I just assumed that it wasn’t too tough there either but I am clearly mistaken... At least for Icelandic carriers it was relatively easy to secure a position or at the very least a position over the summer then later transitioning into it full time. The three flight schools in Iceland all had similar stats. My mistake. :/
Arcticviper I also had not factored in the current crisis nor the aftermaths of it. I was only citing Icelandic information which I thought our northern neighbors might share. There is also the fact that a bunch of Icelandic pilots search vigorously for jobs outside Iceland and the EU. However I didn’t specify any of this so it was right of you to correct me.
09:32 gave me a good laugh. Thanks for the ATC tips... that's my weakness
Really nice of you talking to the passengers and giving flight deck mini tours. Pilots NEVER have time, and security restrictions, BEFORE a flight. They often say hello after.
I always would feed my crew well. Not only get a breakfast but I would fill barn boxes with sandwiches, juices, granola bars, cookies......so they got some snacks / lunch too
Love the consistency of the uploads Capt. Kelsey! #74Crew
Thanks Monish, really putting a lot of time into it to try to keep it consistent for everyone!
Hi! I’ve never clicked this fast! Love this series! :)
I know its been a while thanks Electro!
@@74gear This is a bad series, I always get so sad when it ends, that is the only downfall ),:
Thinking of all the pilots from days of old that didn’t have the luxury of memes.
Great video! Very funny.
Kelsey wouldn't be an airline pilot if there wasn't free food
4:25 "it's been difficult...[but] right now it's the best it's ever been..." Dear O dear! How things can change in the space of a few days!
Early as hell and loving it 🙌🏾
Edit: Free breakfast is life!! I don't pile my plate quite that high...but I do the best I can...that free food gotta carry me through the day 🤣🤣
😂 that meme was sent to me from a FA who knows how much I love free breakfast!
@@74gear It's the worst when the hotel has free breakfast but you have to head out on duty before service starts; just hoping they have some stuff set out early.
How the passenger talk to flight attendant compare to pilot is the same thing as nurse and Dr.
I have only seen a pilot come out to greet the passengers once and it does give you an easy going confident feeling
7:27 😂😂😂 I'm sure they loved that!
You could have a million dollars and that free breakfast tastes the best!
Southwest frequent flyer here.
NAILED IT
Anchorage! Yes! My son in law was a bush pilot there. He took me up in his 172 and we flew to Talkeetna. I got to fly it while there although I wasn't a pilot. Best experience ever!
What I learned from this video:
If you fly, wear some sort of uniform. xD
Man, if there is a pilot shortage, it's not in Europe :(
4:27 2020 r u sure ABOUT THAT
Kids looking passed the pilot to see into the cockpit? I do it everytime. Haha. And I've been full sized simulators and still do it.
I:m not aq pilot, just a nurse who loves watching your videos.
4:26 Me: well, just wait a few more weeks buddy
(you might have to look when the video was posted to understand)
My grandson and his mom and dad flew Alaska Airlines and the pilot showed him the cockpit. He didn't understand how special that was, but he still has the Alaska Airlines pin they gave him.
@74 Gear at 3:02, with the hotel meme, you should definitely do a video on your worst hotel horror stories
Lonegunmen83 Watch his cockpit confessional series he talks about some weird things that he’s heard about happening to other flight crew, at hotels
The kids wanna see inside the flight deck! I wanna see inside the flight deck lol
😆 I see parents sometimes wanting to be a kid again for sure!
Kelsey, "Open Bar" tops "free breakfast" every time...👍👍🍻🍻
well I can survive without liquor I get horribly grumpy if I am hungry
No, open bar makes free breakfast mandatory. More juice, please!
@@StringerNews1 I like the way you think..🍻🍻
@@74gear Same, bud.. Im a miserable jacka$$, on an empty stomach..
Only if you’re Captain Whip Whitaker. 😂
I live in Anchorage Alaska and saw this in my feed today and was like theres no snow
You known Frank Abagnale Jr. also did a Hollywood VS reality on "Catch me if you Can." One of the things that stuck out the most was that he said he wished he had as much time with his dad as Frank in the movie did.