First Hurler Today

[MusketeerMan]

Well, 2 weeks of flying and first passenger puked today!! I blame center and Burlington Approach...as they kept us extremely high going into BTV, so we descended FLCH and threw out all the speed brakes, so it wasn't the most comfortable descent. It was either that or get vectored around for a while in order to do the visual...so officially the 3 week old 175 is christened!!!

How many of you have had someone hurl???

[moxiepilot]

2.5+ years as an instructor and no hurlers yet

no personal flight hurlers.

has to happen sometime. hope it wasnt too bad

[MusketeerMan]

Didn't affect me...the FA's had to take care of it and leave it in a bag for someone else to come in and dispose of it properly. We're not actually suppose to touch it.

Now flight instructing..that was a different story..though I think only had 2 hurlers while instructing.

[zmiller4]

Originally Posted by MusketeerMan

How many of you have had someone hurl???

I made half an ATR barf once, according to the flight attendant.

You know how KSAC is in the summer--we had vomiters all the time, especially on the intro flights. We had one female instructor who had a guy actually *vomit on her*....and then asked her out to dinner!1!!!

[CamYZ125]

I think I've only had one so far. Wasn't even a bumpy flight, but we were coming back from Mexico. Maybe he drank the water... haha

[MusketeerMan]

Originally Posted by zmiller4

I made half an ATR barf once, according to the flight attendant.

You know how KSAC is in the summer--we had vomiters all the time, especially on the intro flights. We had one female instructor who had a guy actually *vomit on her*....and then asked her out to dinner!1!!!

Now that's romantic!! I never had an intro flight vomit...they were both students farther along. I had several green in the face, which prompted me to straight and level, window open and straight back to runway 20!!

[gtpilot]

Ah, memories of cleaning pineapple chunks out of the back of the plane.....

[jrh]

3+ years instructing and nearly 5 years flying, never had anyone lose it. Definitely had a few not feeling their best, but never actually puked.

I attribute it to my Yeager-like flying abilities.

[gtpilot]

Originally Posted by jrh

3+ years instructing and nearly 5 years flying, never had anyone lose it. Definitely had a few not feeling their best, but never actually puked.

I attribute it to my Yeager-like flying abilities.

I've had two discovery flights who went knowing they would get sick. They even brought their own bags....just neglected to mention this to me!

That makes it three total, similar stats as above.

[Qgar]

I'm only on the job a couple of months and have had several hurlers. Last Saturday (while I was deadheading to ALB) was particularly bad. Everyone, including FA's had to remain strapped in for the entire flight. That was the day we were hit by lightning as well---so all in all a "fabulous" flight.

[MikeOH58]

Congrats on the first puke! It's a day you will never forget!

As for me, I have had two puke shooters! Both while at 500 agl over the Hudson River on the Cordor...Something about being so low, and looking through a digital view finder on the camera gets em everytime hehe!

[surreal1221]

No hurlers (yet).

[PanJet]

Originally Posted by jrh

...I attribute it to my Yeager-like flying abilities.

Off topic, but speaking of Yeager, have you talked to our friend from SLE recently? I think he called just about everyone he knew because he got to fly the man himself in the Citation the other day.

Anyway, back on topic, nearly four years of flying and nearly two years of instructing and no hurlers yet. (knocks on wood) I did have a passenger not long ago though that clutched the barf bag (and my hand) so hard during some turbulence that she pierced through the material on the bag with her fingernails.

[Speed Pilot]

We get lots of pukers in the Q400's in BOI every summer. Even got called in to do a puke clean up in the cockpit once. Captain lost it. Kept trying to tell me it was something he ate but from the smirk on the FO's face and the chuckling I doubt that was the case.

[PanJet]

Originally Posted by Speed Pilot

We get lots of pukers in the Q400's in BOI every summer. Even got called in to do a puke clean up in the cockpit once. Captain lost it. Kept trying to tell me it was something he ate but from the smirk on the FO's face and the chuckling I doubt that was the case.

Lol...I've actually probably been the closest to puking of anyone in a plane that I've flown (aside from the passenger I described earlier). Flying over the hot, dry terrain of the west in the summer in a 172 can take its toll on you. I managed to hold it down though, and after the first time for some reason I never really felt it again.

[Speed Pilot]

ASPilot2B can vouch for me about flying around PUW in the summer. All those wheat fields make for a heck of a ride in a C172.

[Firebird2XC]

My first (and only, as far as I know) was in the back of a CJC 1900. I was flying, and even with the YD on the plane was wagging its tail like a dog about to get a biscuit. Gusty winds and drafts, there were.

I was standing at the bottom of the stairs and a passenger walked out clutching a sick sack.

I imagine looking up the isle and right out the front windscreens didn't help, watching the horizon slide left and right like that....

[vheissu]

Flying the ditch its a miracle if you get a flight where nobody has to use the sick sack!

[dvtpilot]

I had one coming into GSP a month ago, and the only other time I've seen it happen was on a deadhead on a TSA embraer......nothing quite like the feeling of the kid behind you unloading lunch all over the back of your seat.

Guess they aren't as padded as I thought they were.

[ASpilot2be]

Originally Posted by Speed Pilot

ASPilot2B can vouch for me about flying around PUW in the summer. All those wheat fields make for a heck of a ride in a C172.

Havent flown around in the summer yet, but that sounds like a good thing.

I have only flown around in the fall, and it was smoooooth The only bad thing is the sun sets at the very end of the runway making it very hard to see

[Kingairer]

Mice on a plne can be a big problem, those fellers teeth are lethal.

[Speed Pilot]

PUW in winter is gorgeous. Hell's Canyon covered in snow is worth the flight if you want to head that way. Yeah 23 can be a bear in the evening. In the summer you never know if you will catch an updraft or a downdraft coming over the hill.

[ASpilot2be]

Originally Posted by Speed Pilot

PUW in winter is gorgeous. Hell's Canyon covered in snow is worth the flight if you want to head that way. Yeah 23 can be a bear in the evening. In the summer you never know if you will catch an updraft or a downdraft coming over the hill.

It looked nice when I was flying out on QX. I am heading up next week to do some night flying, I am hoping for smooth air

[BajtheJino]

Originally Posted by zmiller4

We had one female instructor who had a guy actually *vomit on her*....and then asked her out to dinner!1!!!

I usually ask the chick to do that to me after dinner-and a couple of dates. I don't like to rush in...


Had a buddy throw up in his tucked-in shirt once to save the mess. I have nothing but respect for the guy. True friend.

[Speed Pilot]

We had a Q200 coming into PUW from LWS and they diverted back to LWS due to the turbulance around PUW. Captain was afraid they picked up structural damage. 17 pukers on a 8 minute flight. Glad I worked in PUW and not LWS.