[pepsionice]

For twenty years, while associated with the Air Force...I continually found that sarcastic comments routinely fixed issues and settled stoppages. People routinely take themselves serious and don’t look at themselves in a mirror. A sarcastic return forces them to think for a moment.

[Slings and Arrows]

Stolen humor:

“Squawks” are problem listings that pilots generally leave for maintenance crews. Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Naval Air pilots and the replies from the maintenance crews.

Problem: “Left side tire almost needs replacement.”
Solution: “Almost replaced left side tire.”

Problem: “Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough.”
Solution: “Auto-land not installed on this aircraft.”

Problem #1: “#2 Propeller seeping prop fluid.”
Solution #1: “#2 Propeller seepage normal.”
Problem #2: “#1, #3, and #4 propellers lack normal seepage.”

Problem: “The autopilot doesn’t.”
Signed off: “IT DOES NOW.”

Problem: “Something loose in cockpit.”
Solution: “Something tightened in cockpit.”

Problem: “Evidence of hydraulic leak on right main landing gear.”
Solution: “Evidence removed.”

Problem: “DME volume unbelievably loud.”
Solution: “Volume set to more believable level.”

Problem: “Dead bugs on windshield.”
Solution: “Live bugs on order.”

Problem: “Autopilot in altitude hold mode produces a 200 fpm descent.”
Solution: “Cannot reproduce problem on ground.”

Problem: “IFF inoperative.”
Solution: “IFF inoperative in OFF mode.”

Problem: “Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick.”
Solution: “That’s what they’re there for.”

Problem: “Aircraft handles funny.”
Solution: “Aircraft sternly warned to straighten up, fly right, and get serious.”

Problem: “Target Radar hums.”
Solution: “Reprogrammed Target Radar with the lyrics.”

Problem: “Number three engine missing.”
Solution: “Engine found on right wing after brief search.”

Problem: “Mouse in cockpit.”
Solution: “Cat installed.”

[Holicheese]

I guess his comments are lost on me. I don’t find them witty or sarcastic.

[bill1952]

continually found that sarcastic comments routinely fixed issues

LOL! Anal retentive types abound in aviation!

In my business - before the 04 hurricanes - I routinely poked fun at them all, especially the FAA types.

Pissed off the governement union employees to no end, and I enjoyed it all.

[ßuddaßudd]

Sarcasm[A] is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing. It is strongly associated with irony, with some definitions classifying it as a type of verbal irony intended to insult or wound. Sarcasm can also be used in a humorous or jesting way depending on the intent of the person speaking.

I try to avoid sacasm as to not hurt other people's feelings. /S>

[cake_crumb]

I never knew if my sarcastic answers to petty bureaucratic questions gave me an edge success-wise, or if it was blood minded stubbornness that got the results, but the sarcasm sure makes ME feel better.

[editor-surveyor]

" A sarcastic return forces them to think for a moment."

Low-level municipal royalty are not permitted to think. Their mission is solely to obstruct.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

A sarcastic return forces them to think for a moment.

Or it antagonizes some bureaucrat who has no sense of humor but who does possess the ability to send your completed document to the back of some filing cabinet that hasn't been opened in decades.