T-Tail-Tall-Tail:
Ear Problems
Patrick J Sims
On our way from Guam to Clark I noticed that our
passengers were getting
bored and antsy. Remembering that the Super Bowl was
being broadcast, I asked
the AC to tune the game in and send it to the
overheads in the cargo
compartment.
After finding the game on the radio, the AC asked me
if I could hear it OK in
the back. "No", I replied over headset. "Turn it up
some more."
After a moment, I heard, "How's that?"
"Nope … Turn it up more."
"How about now?", he asked.
"Nuthin", I replied.
"Well, goddammit, it's blowing my F***in' ears out!"
Suddenly, I realized that I wasn't listening to him
over my headset … I
was hearing him through the overheads! Knowing what
he had done, I ran up to
the flight deck and took a quick look to confirm my
fears.
Yep, thinking he had put the game to the overheads,
he had instead switched the
PA switch to 'INPH & PA'.
The AC looked at me as I set the switch back to
'INPH'. Sadly shaking his head,
he said, "Please tell me I didn't do what I think I
did." I could only grin as
I returned downstairs. "Guess who's buying the
beer?" I thought.
At this point, I should mention that we had a DV and
his wife on board.
After landing at Clark, the AC came down to say
goodbye to the DV. As he was
shaking the Colonel's hand, the wife leaned over and
asked (with a big grin),
"How're your f***in' ears?"