A Little Tension Breaker: Airline Humor

Email from relative | 21 March 2004 | Unknown

[Gunrunner2]

1984, RAF Bentwaters, England. A-10 base.
A-10 fighter pilot taxi’s clear of runway and begins taxi-back to park. Forgot to raise his flaps. Taxing with lowered flaps after landing indicates hi-jacking. Now, remember, this is a SINGLE seat fighter.
Anyway, Security Police on patrol notices the jet with lowered flaps and pulls in front of the jet to stop it. I was SOF at the time and this is as near as I can recall the radio calls:
Pilot: “Uh, Ground, I have an SP stopping me. Are we doing an exercise?”
Ground: “Uh. . .no, stand by.”
(Conversation in tower over what was going on)
Pilot: “Ground, he has his lights on and is gesturing at me. . .and he is holding his M-16”
Ground: “Stand by, we’re still checking.”
(At this time we were calling the command post and the MOC, as well as the SP’s. No one knew what was happening)
Pilot: “Ground (agitated voice), he’s out of his car and is pointing his finger at me and making gestures!”
Ground: “Stand by, we are still checking.”
(And we were. No one knew what was happening. The SP did not call on his radio.)
Pilot: “Ground, he is pointing his gun at me. I’ve had enough. I’m arming my gun too!”
(You can do that with the ground over-ride switch.)
(It was at this time another SP vehicle came up and “defused the situation.)

[little jeremiah]

Wow - that story tops mine.

Also more well written - I liked this line:

"I'd rather travel cross-country on bloody stumps via pogo stick than put my blood pressure in those bastards' hands again."

Funny - I've had the exact same thought, pogo stick and all.

I loathe flying more than anything else except official torture.

I hope your health improves!

[RightOnline]

LMAO................now that's an "oh s**t" if I've ever heard one. :) Great story.

Oh...................take it from an old Tanker Toad. You NEVER "dump gas"...........you "adjust gross weight". :)

[Libertina]

LOLOL thanks, humor is needed every once in a while! :)