Have you ever left a gas station and left you fuel cap door open? It's pretty embarrassing to realize you drove down the highway with it open, isn't it?

Well, apparently you can do that with airplanes too. Just as we were about to take off from the Lubbock airport (midway down the runway), the pilot announced that the fuel door was open, and we had to return to the gate to close it.

I suppose it's better that he realized it when he did, but I don't really know anything about aviation mechanics, so...

I wonder if pilots make fun of each for something like this?

Or, if as pilots are passing each other in the air, they try to point to the other's fuel door and mouth through the window, "DUDE, YOUR FUEL DOOR IS OPEN! ... YOUR FUEL DOOR, IT'S OPEN..."

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