Hi guys welcome to my channel, thank you for watching this video
Today I am interviewing Captain Joe, just gonna ask him some personal questions things you probably didn't know about him anyway,
I'm trying to figure it out, so
Let's get started. Yep, let's do it
[Intro Music]
Ok, you can't look at my screen though
So the first question is do you prefer long or short flights, and why?
I prefer the short flights more than the long flights
especially the shorter flights, it's better to do them
Domestic, you have just more to do
It's like you're constantly doing something you just reach your cruising altitude and immediately after that you start your descent, On long flights
It's yeah, it's opposite. Just sometimes me. I'm not gonna say it gets boring but, yeah, it's just different
What is the 'sickest' approach you have ever flown from getting into your career until now?
OK, the sickest approach I would say is
Madeira in Funchal, but the thing is that I'm not actually flying, I'm just monitoring because it's a captains landing
[indiscernible] Yup, captain only
Right, but the thing is It's very challenging also for the pilot monitoring as you have to
Aid the captain with all sorts of things and it's it's great. It's definitely a great approach
Yeah, I like that
So who is your best captain and why?
The best Captain I've flown with his name's actually Cloudy 'O Pastora. He's
Become a really good friend of mine also in private life
And he's in most of my videos you can see in the approach videos. He's actually the caption to my left
And he likes doing it and I enjoy just flying with him.
And he's also not just a captain, he's also an instructor
So every time we fly there is always something I can learn from him
And I, I like those kinda of things I can profit from
And he is ok with the whole "Captin Joe" thing?
Oh Yeah! He is totally fine. He actually has a son
He doesn't mind? No no no not at all
What plane would you like to fly and why?
Which you have not plan yet
It's been a childhood dream to fly the Boeing 747
It always has been and it will remain that for quite some time with it being very difficult to
A Boeing, are you really saying that?
I know I know, I'm actually an Airbus boy
I just like the shape of the 747, it's really iconic
Yeah, it's a long-term goal that I might fly her one day so we'll see how it goes
I'll just (zip it)
OK, so what is the best airplane food you have had?
The best airplane food I've had?
Oh good god uhh
You know, like, catering, not things you brought from home
We used to do with Air Berlin
We used to do wet-lease flying for Austrian Airlines and Austrian Airlines has a Business and First class so we actually
Got the food
From the business class, and it was served with porcelain proper porcelain so no plastic cutlery
And I thought that was really nice
And they had like proper silverware and their food was it was really delicious
Was it the same food for business class?
Yeah, it's In the end, still crew meal?
No, it might be crew meal, I'm not sure but
From the look of it, it was a business class meal
[Laughs] So its fine
What was the best thing an instructor ever taught you, except for flying?
Right there's a few I got great advice from my first instructor who did the VFR flight problem
This was a long time ago
The funny thing is that he gave me this great advice I was flying a Cessna no a Piper 28
there's a view as you look above the
Dashboard there's this beam that comes up the window and there's rivets. You can see looking at and he always
Told me to keep your altitude, just choose a rivet from there, and then parallel with your horizon
And that just maintained that instead of constantly monitoring the instrument because the VFR flying sort of looking outside
So I remember that really close. And well he taught me that way so just
Orientate yourself with that rivet, and that's what I did
So I had the horizon in the background kept it parallel to that rivet and I never had any trouble keeping maintaining altitude, That's great
He never said to you like hey your too much into your instruments?
No No
well I mean if your VFR you should not be with your instruments most the time, you should actually look more outside and
That was a great advice.It was good advice.
I really like that. It's like a easy rule of thumb to use things like that
If I ask you which sector you would fly
Would you fly the first sector or second? and why?
That's a very good question
It depends on the weather
Oh, OK, if the weather's really bad
I know I'd rather fly the second leg.
okay
Because if you fly the first leg you always have to prepare your aircraft with checklists and it is much longer than it is
if you fly the second part, so
It depends sometimes if it's a great destination. I like flying there. I very often say
I haven't been to this destination in months and then very often the captain then allows me to fly the approach
But it can vary is sometimes.
Did you ever taxi wrong? Oh yeah yeah! I have
Well now
They might have noticed because I did a 360 it was very funny it happened because we got the
Allowance that we are allowed to taxi not many companies actually have that so once we start it off
And he was actually quite, It was a bad day, rainy wise
You didn't see the runway very well, and the taxi lights and everything so I took
a right instead of a left. I think and then we had to go way round so the taxi time
15 minutes longer
The tower had a bit of a laugh of it, and then I was very embarrassed my captain
He didn't realize in the first moment so you know the laugh of it as well
Yeah, but things like if he wasn't embarrassed because you know
I mean, he didn't realise until ATC told us
Okay, Air Berlin gonna give come to complete runway
So then, obviously we had a bit of a laugh of it
But you were allowed to taxi?
Oh, yeah
That was a, like a thing, it's not that many companies do actually allow that
Yeah, or in the area. Yeah
Okay, do you think there are more affairs in aviation than in other sectors? No I think they're the same
Yeah, I mean to be fair the rumours are all true.
Anybody who tells you he hasn't had a relationship were some some things something
Out of the fight attendant he's either really good liar, but I mean yeah, I think it's as
Comparable to like hospitals doctors and nurses and stuff like that
Can you perform a quick Joe PA?
Said oh yeah, we have to
If i'm pilot flying I have to do the announcement so various questions. No, I'm just asking you like
So if I would do that
I actually prepare myself properly - I would always write down a few things like the route where we're going along
Which city I'd like to mention how the weather is obviously the destination and it starts off like
Ladies and gentlemen welcome aboard this flight from, example,
Munich to
New York for example
Great weather flying today
No turbulence
reported so far
We're now just crossing Geneva
an hour flying and
Without was great
Expected arrival time will be this a nap. Yeah. I had no problem doing that
So, but if you guys have any questions you want to ask Captain Joe please comment below and next time
Next time we'll ask some more questions so
please comment below.
Thank you much to
Dutch Pilot Girl
I'm gonna ask her the similar questions on her channel so that means go check out that video. See you guys!