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Old 07-06-2012, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
y'all realize that most of the people asking what kind of plane you fly generally don't know or care what a b757 or b767 is? All they wanna do is "do you fly BIG planes?" and "are you a COMMERCIAL pilot????"

So that's what I tell them

(Yes these questions are my pet peeve)
You are?!?

what's your route?

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Old 07-06-2012, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
...... All they wanna do is "do you fly BIG planes?" and "are you a COMMERCIAL pilot????".....
Sounds like a typical charter passenger.

You can be flying a Falcon 900, G550, or Global, and some schmuck will ask "Ever thought of being a commercial pilot?" or "Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?"

Charter passenger = TOTD
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Old 07-06-2012, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by trafly
Sounds like a typical charter passenger.

You can be flying a Falcon 900, G550, or Global, and some schmuck will ask "Ever thought of being a commercial pilot?" or "Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?"

Charter passenger = TOTD
LOL! I get that question all the time. I generally avoid telling people I'm a pilot for this reason-I don't take well to the publics general stupidity. Maybe that makes me a tool, but at least I admit it.
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Old 07-07-2012, 04:31 AM
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Tell them you fly a big shiny jet.
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Old 07-07-2012, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
LOL! I get that question all the time. I generally avoid telling people I'm a pilot for this reason-I don't take well to the publics general stupidity. Maybe that makes me a tool, but at least I admit it.
SO TRUE!!

Remember the day when you would tell anybody that you were a pilot? Especially in a bar! I avoid it like the plague now.

Age and wisdom changes a lot of things...
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Old 07-07-2012, 08:39 AM
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Talking with a general public peeps...."oh, so your a first officer.....when are you going to become the pilot?"
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Old 07-07-2012, 10:06 AM
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"So, do you have like a 'regular route' that you fly?"

Or, from the guy who knows everything about being an airline pilot simply:

"What's your 'route'"?


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Old 07-07-2012, 10:13 AM
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My next door nighbor is a mid 50's ish house wife who tells me she is deathly afraid of flying...and then I see her driving her Surburban around town at 50mph in a school zone, texting!!

When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
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Old 07-07-2012, 10:49 AM
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My next door nighbor is a mid 50's ish house wife who tells me she is deathly afraid of flying...and then I see her driving her Surburban around town at 50mph in a school zone, texting!!

When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
LOL! Nicely done sir! I remember one person telling me I should be in the military, because apparently being chased by a heat seeking missile is safer then being subjected to terrorists

I've never understood how people can be so afraid of flying, but so ready to do some of the dumbest jackass-style stunts I've ever seen on this earth-nevermind the way half of them drive.
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Old 07-07-2012, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by DogWhisperer
Talking with a general public peeps...."oh, so your a first officer.....when are you going to become the pilot?"
Will we get to see a cockpit creation about this one?

Rock, can't say I've ever been asked what my route is. Considering I fly Metros to 3000 foot gravel strips in the middle of nowhere, Canada, I can't say it's a particularly glamorous set of routes to choose from.
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