[singpilot]

When I first started in this business, was flying a rich guy in a small jet. He was famous for calling on the way to the airport to say he needed to go somewhere. Several times, by the time I had found the other pilot, and assembled whatever I needed to go flying, the boss would beat us to the hangar. He would have the hangar doors open, and be standing there while we got ready to go. Needless to say, the pressure was always on (I didn't work for this guy very long).

On this one occaision, he had said he needed to be in Portland ASAP. We got airbourne, and were an hour out of Portland when he came up front and asked why the cabin display said we were already an hour out of Portland.... Of course, both of the pilots looked at each other, and I stammered something about that it is only a 2 hour flight from LA. He said every time he had ever done it, it was like 6 hours. (I am thinking his last burned-the-bridge-behind-him pilot had flown his sorry ass for 6 hours just to screw him on the way to Portland).

Of course, he WANTED to go to Portland Maine. I HEARD him say Portland, and THOUGHT Oregon.

We landed in Oakland, refueled, and went to Maine.

This guy was a screamer. He would scream at you from the cabin for something that had gone wrong, or the bumps, or the phone was busy and he couldn't dial out, anything. He got off on screaming.

I quit a week later.