Crickets

Doug Taylor · July 14th, 2005, 10:43

About 10 minutes prior to push, your ground crew notifies you that one of the inbound boxes, full of crickets, has burst and there's an infestation of several hundred in your cargo bin.

You're about 40 minutes prior to scheduled pushback.

BrettInLJ · July 14th, 2005, 13:44

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About 10 minutes prior to push, your ground crew notifies you that one of the inbound boxes, full of crickets, has burst and there's an infestation of several hundred in your cargo bin.

You're about 40 minutes prior to scheduled pushback.

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As far as I'm concerned, the airplane is grounded until they can remove all the crickets and/or exterminate them. Bugs can get into very tight openings and they could get into wiring/circuitry and cause shorts or even a fire in the wrong place.

Sprint100 · July 14th, 2005, 14:14

Continue the flight and tell the passengers to smash 'em as you see 'em J/K!!!!!!!!!

Maximillian_Jenius · July 14th, 2005, 15:56

Hmmmm something tells me that this may have actually occured on your most recent trip....

-Matthew

ComplexHiAv8r · July 14th, 2005, 16:13

I was starting to wonder if Doug has had a bad day or two with the "Your the Captain" posts

Doug Taylor · July 14th, 2005, 21:49

These are things that "a friend" may have experienced. If I, in fact, started posting about behind the scenes stuff which I or the captain neglected to forward a report with the CPO, I'd have some substantial liability.

Screaming_Emu · July 17th, 2005, 00:25

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Continue the flight and tell the passengers to smash 'em as you see 'em J/K!!!!!!!!!

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I had something sorta related in flight. I was flying from MSP-NRT on a Northwest 747 and I had used a bunch of my freaky flier miles to upgrade and I got put in the bubble. So there was a bit of a mosquito problem up there, the whole flight out there, every 5 minutes you'd here somebody smack one with a magazine and after a while every time somebody did it they'd go "got one!".

moxiepilot · July 17th, 2005, 14:48

hey, if you climb high enought they'll freeze, right?

j/k

Doug Taylor · July 17th, 2005, 21:02

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hey, if you climb high enought they'll freeze, right?

j/k

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Suprisingly, no!

We've got restrictions on where we keep pets, but you can literally load crickets on any of the bins, including the unheated bins, on the MD-80's

CrazyJ · July 18th, 2005, 16:55

If you freeze them that might not kill them. Ever freez a bee in a jar? They come back when you heat them back up, so if you got to a lower altitude they'd be crawling around again.

BrettInLJ · July 19th, 2005, 13:43

Find a shipment of small snakes or lizards and release them as well. Problem solved, and hopefully others would recognize your wisdom and see you as potential for chief pilot someday.

Kristie · July 19th, 2005, 13:50

please tell me your being sarcastic! could you imagine some lady screaming on board a flying jet because she just saw a snake pass by in the crevice of the overhead bin?! hahaha

snakes & lizards can get into anywhere as long as they've got a small opening to go thru. might as well put some spiders and/or scorpions in there while your at it.

CrazyJ · July 19th, 2005, 16:09

Then relase a mongoose to take care of the snakes. Follow that with a special breed of monkey that eats mongoose, what's special about this breed is that they die off after the mongoose supply is exhasted.

Sprint100 · July 19th, 2005, 16:34

All this talk of crickets, snakes, spiders, and mongoose has me thinking that would be a cool exhibit, The Food Chain habitat on a MD80.

BrettInLJ · July 19th, 2005, 16:40

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Then relase a mongoose to take care of the snakes. Follow that with a special breed of monkey that eats mongoose, what's special about this breed is that they die off after the mongoose supply is exhasted.

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Don't be silly. If there is a large predatory cat being freighted in the cargo hold, you could just release it and that would take care of the loose monkeys. Cricket problem solved! Chief pilot position, here I come.

And Kristie, yes I was being sarcastic.

Tim · July 19th, 2005, 17:03

First of all speaking for a ground crew guy, you would be lucky if they told you about. Second if they did tell anyone it would be the Supv and he might call mtc guys out. But more then likely you are going on a flight with crickets moving around. If you on your beloved -88 or -90 they will be in bin 1 right under you. The noise will make you think you are in the woods camping and if catch them use them for fishing

Kristie · July 19th, 2005, 18:57

that's what i thought.. just thought i'd join in the fun for a bit....

Theotokos · October 4th, 2005, 23:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrettInLJ

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Then relase a mongoose to take care of the snakes. Follow that with a special breed of monkey that eats mongoose, what's special about this breed is that they die off after the mongoose supply is exhasted.

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Don't be silly. If there is a large predatory cat being freighted in the cargo hold, you could just release it and that would take care of the loose monkeys. Cricket problem solved! Chief pilot position, here I come.

And Kristie, yes I was being sarcastic.

Wouldn't it have been more witty if you had said, "And Kristie, no, I was not being sarcastic." :-)

YBLegal · October 5th, 2005, 00:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doug Taylor

About 10 minutes prior to push, your ground crew notifies you that one of the inbound boxes, full of crickets, has burst and there's an infestation of several hundred in your cargo bin.

You're about 40 minutes prior to scheduled pushback.

Call the dispatcher. They have all the answers!

bob loblaw · October 7th, 2005, 12:28

I would just tell the passengers that the crickets are part of homeland security and all other information is classified. That should keep the passengers quiet while they silently try to figure out how crickets have anything to do with homeland security.

Bluto · October 9th, 2005, 22:06

They're a safety precaution to test for nerve gas. Like the cockroaches in "The Rock". All the new airplanes will be getting them. We all have to make sacrifices for security.

p.s. Doug, I'm curious as to what your "friend" did about the infestation.

I_Money · October 10th, 2005, 01:24

I friend of mine when coming back from college had his gater snake in his bag, well he put it under the seat, when he got home the snake was not there, wonder where it got out.

BobDDuck · October 15th, 2005, 17:48

I'd go with closing the door and blowing a fire bottle. That or see if ops can dig up a dry vac.

JDE · October 18th, 2005, 19:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by I_Money

I friend of mine when coming back from college had his gater snake in his bag, well he put it under the seat, when he got home the snake was not there, wonder where it got out.

Great, my new found fear of flying.

NW004 · June 29th, 2006, 16:09

Tell your FO to eat as much crikets as he can! Then when he is full continue on to the F/A's.

July 14th, 2005, 10:43	#1
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,396 Blog Entries: 1	Crickets About 10 minutes prior to push, your ground crew notifies you that one of the inbound boxes, full of crickets, has burst and there's an infestation of several hundred in your cargo bin. You're about 40 minutes prior to scheduled pushback.

July 14th, 2005, 13:44	#2
BrettInLJ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Home:SFO Work:MSP Posts: 1,035	Re: Crickets [ QUOTE ] About 10 minutes prior to push, your ground crew notifies you that one of the inbound boxes, full of crickets, has burst and there's an infestation of several hundred in your cargo bin. You're about 40 minutes prior to scheduled pushback. [/ QUOTE ] As far as I'm concerned, the airplane is grounded until they can remove all the crickets and/or exterminate them. Bugs can get into very tight openings and they could get into wiring/circuitry and cause shorts or even a fire in the wrong place.

July 14th, 2005, 14:14	#3
Sprint100 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA Posts: 5,811	Re: Crickets Continue the flight and tell the passengers to smash 'em as you see 'em J/K!!!!!!!!!

July 14th, 2005, 15:56	#4
Maximillian_Jenius Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: KPHX, KFFZ, KIWA Posts: 18,536	Re: Crickets Hmmmm something tells me that this may have actually occured on your most recent trip.... -Matthew

July 14th, 2005, 16:13	#5
ComplexHiAv8r Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North East Ohio Posts: 4,482	Re: Crickets I was starting to wonder if Doug has had a bad day or two with the "Your the Captain" posts

July 14th, 2005, 21:49	#6
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,396 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Crickets These are things that "a friend" may have experienced. If I, in fact, started posting about behind the scenes stuff which I or the captain neglected to forward a report with the CPO, I'd have some substantial liability.

July 17th, 2005, 00:25	#7
Screaming_Emu Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,027	Re: Crickets [ QUOTE ] Continue the flight and tell the passengers to smash 'em as you see 'em J/K!!!!!!!!! [/ QUOTE ] I had something sorta related in flight. I was flying from MSP-NRT on a Northwest 747 and I had used a bunch of my freaky flier miles to upgrade and I got put in the bubble. So there was a bit of a mosquito problem up there, the whole flight out there, every 5 minutes you'd here somebody smack one with a magazine and after a while every time somebody did it they'd go "got one!".

July 17th, 2005, 14:48	#8
moxiepilot Old Skool Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: CFI / CFII in PA Posts: 2,510	Re: Crickets hey, if you climb high enought they'll freeze, right? j/k

July 17th, 2005, 21:02	#9
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,396 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Crickets [ QUOTE ] hey, if you climb high enought they'll freeze, right? j/k [/ QUOTE ] Suprisingly, no! We've got restrictions on where we keep pets, but you can literally load crickets on any of the bins, including the unheated bins, on the MD-80's

July 18th, 2005, 16:55	#10
CrazyJ Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Georgetown Ohio/CVG Posts: 130	Re: Crickets If you freeze them that might not kill them. Ever freez a bee in a jar? They come back when you heat them back up, so if you got to a lower altitude they'd be crawling around again.

July 19th, 2005, 13:43	#11
BrettInLJ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Home:SFO Work:MSP Posts: 1,035	Re: Crickets Find a shipment of small snakes or lizards and release them as well. Problem solved, and hopefully others would recognize your wisdom and see you as potential for chief pilot someday.

July 19th, 2005, 13:50	#12
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,574 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Crickets please tell me your being sarcastic! could you imagine some lady screaming on board a flying jet because she just saw a snake pass by in the crevice of the overhead bin?! hahaha snakes & lizards can get into anywhere as long as they've got a small opening to go thru. might as well put some spiders and/or scorpions in there while your at it.

July 19th, 2005, 16:09	#13
CrazyJ Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Georgetown Ohio/CVG Posts: 130	Re: Crickets Then relase a mongoose to take care of the snakes. Follow that with a special breed of monkey that eats mongoose, what's special about this breed is that they die off after the mongoose supply is exhasted.

July 19th, 2005, 16:34	#14
Sprint100 Old Skool Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Santa Clarita, CA Posts: 5,811	Re: Crickets All this talk of crickets, snakes, spiders, and mongoose has me thinking that would be a cool exhibit, The Food Chain habitat on a MD80.

July 19th, 2005, 16:40	#15
BrettInLJ Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Home:SFO Work:MSP Posts: 1,035	Re: Crickets [ QUOTE ] Then relase a mongoose to take care of the snakes. Follow that with a special breed of monkey that eats mongoose, what's special about this breed is that they die off after the mongoose supply is exhasted. [/ QUOTE ] Don't be silly. If there is a large predatory cat being freighted in the cargo hold, you could just release it and that would take care of the loose monkeys. Cricket problem solved! Chief pilot position, here I come. And Kristie, yes I was being sarcastic.

July 19th, 2005, 17:03	#16
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Crickets First of all speaking for a ground crew guy, you would be lucky if they told you about. Second if they did tell anyone it would be the Supv and he might call mtc guys out. But more then likely you are going on a flight with crickets moving around. If you on your beloved -88 or -90 they will be in bin 1 right under you. The noise will make you think you are in the woods camping and if catch them use them for fishing

July 19th, 2005, 18:57	#17
Kristie Big Chief's Woman Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Posts: 17,574 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Crickets that's what i thought.. just thought i'd join in the fun for a bit....

October 7th, 2005, 12:28	#20
bob loblaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 630	I would just tell the passengers that the crickets are part of homeland security and all other information is classified. That should keep the passengers quiet while they silently try to figure out how crickets have anything to do with homeland security.

October 9th, 2005, 22:06	#21
Bluto Junior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 174	They're a safety precaution to test for nerve gas. Like the cockroaches in "The Rock". All the new airplanes will be getting them. We all have to make sacrifices for security. p.s. Doug, I'm curious as to what your "friend" did about the infestation.

October 10th, 2005, 01:24	#22
I_Money Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Socal Posts: 5,639	I friend of mine when coming back from college had his gater snake in his bag, well he put it under the seat, when he got home the snake was not there, wonder where it got out.

October 15th, 2005, 17:48	#23
BobDDuck Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Seat Posts: 5,267	I'd go with closing the door and blowing a fire bottle. That or see if ops can dig up a dry vac. __________________ TBJC08 The Gear Monkey The Gear Monkey Store

June 29th, 2006, 16:09	#25
NW004 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: USA Posts: 273	Re: Crickets Tell your FO to eat as much crikets as he can! Then when he is full continue on to the F/A's.

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