Thought you'd enjoy this! > > > Fly Qantas > > After every flight, Qantas pilots fill out a form, called a "gripe > sheet," which tells mechanics about problems with the aircraft. The > mechanics correct the problems; document their repairs on the form, and > then pilots review the gripe sheets before the next flight. Never let > it > be said that ground crews lack a sense of humor. > > Here are some actual maintenance complaints submitted by Qantas'pilots > (marked with a P) and the solutions recorded (marked with an S) by > maintenance engineers. By the way, Qantas is the only major airline > that > has never had an accident. > > P: Left inside main tire almost needs replacement. > > S: Almost replaced left inside main tire. > > P: Test flight OK, except auto-land very rough. > > S: Auto-land not installed on this aircraft. > > P: Something loose in cockpit. > > S: Something tightened in cockpit. > > P: Dead bugs on windshield. > > S: Live bugs on back-order. > > P: Autopilot in altitude-hold mode produces a 200 feet per minute > descent. > > S: Cannot reproduce problem on ground. > > P: Evidence of leak on right main landing gear. > > S: Evidence removed. > > P: DME volume unbelievably loud. > > S: DME volume set to more believable level. > > P: Friction locks cause throttle levers to stick. > > S: That's what they're for. > > P: IFF inoperative. > > S: IFF always inoperative in OFF mode. > > P: Suspected crack in windshield. > > S: Suspect you're right. > > P: Number 3 engine missing. > > S: Engine found on right wing after brief search. > > P: Aircraft handles funny. > > S: Aircraft warned to straighten up, fly right, and be serious. > > P: Target radar hums. > > S: Reprogrammed target radar with lyrics. > > P: Mouse in cockpit. > > S: Cat installed. > > And the best one for last................. > > P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget > pounding on something with a hammer. > > S: Took hammer away from midget > > ....got this in an email ahd tears in my eyes.......
When my sister was very little she took a flight with my mom to Florida.
Someone gave her a balloon and when the plane reached altitude it burst which startled everyone and then she started crying and wouldn't stop for a long time.
A while later she looked out the window and I guess the wing was shaking or flexing so she screamed "The wing is breaking, the wing is breaking!!" This startled everyone a lot more than the balloon...
According to my mom airline passengers really don't like being startled [twice] while 50,000 feet in the air, lol.