Tips for former military guys
10-20-2016, 08:30 AM
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Tips for former military guys
1) We don't care about your old squadron stories, so ****!
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
10-20-2016, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by flightmedic01
1) We don't care about your old squadron stories, so ****!
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
10-20-2016, 08:57 AM
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As a former military guy and current regional guy, thank you for #5.
Every time I hear a guy get snippy with a busy ATC controller because he had to check on freq 3 times
before he was acknowledged, I try to shrink into my seat. Dollars to Doughnuts it's a pointy-nose, single seat guy who was probably the squadron CRM facilitator.
Every time I hear a guy get snippy with a busy ATC controller because he had to check on freq 3 times
before he was acknowledged, I try to shrink into my seat. Dollars to Doughnuts it's a pointy-nose, single seat guy who was probably the squadron CRM facilitator.
10-20-2016, 09:30 AM
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Allllrightyyyy, a thread where we can point out our biases. These are the best!!!!
The worst guys, without a doubt, are guys who use plane pictures in their avatar, especially military ones (see OP - who gives a ****?) or who try to link to some coolness factor by using a name like 'Flightmedic.'
If you can avoid either of those douchebag moves you're probably a pretty cool hombre.
The worst guys, without a doubt, are guys who use plane pictures in their avatar, especially military ones (see OP - who gives a ****?) or who try to link to some coolness factor by using a name like 'Flightmedic.'
If you can avoid either of those douchebag moves you're probably a pretty cool hombre.
10-20-2016, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by WhistlePig
As a former military guy and current regional guy, thank you for #5.
Every time I hear a guy get snippy with a busy ATC controller because he had to check on freq 3 times before he was acknowledged, I try to shrink into my seat. Dollars to Doughnuts it's a pointy-nose, single seat guy who was probably the squadron CRM facilitator.
Every time I hear a guy get snippy with a busy ATC controller because he had to check on freq 3 times
before he was acknowledged, I try to shrink into my seat. Dollars to Doughnuts it's a pointy-nose, single seat guy who was probably the squadron CRM facilitator.But I probably only did that after ATC got snippy with me when I didn't answer him after three calls
10-20-2016, 10:57 AM
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Personally I like all the stories: military there I was, what the heck you like to do when your ass is not in the seat of a jet, what you like to wast your money on, all the pictures of what you like to waste your money on, regional there I was, complaints about the union, complaints about your wife, why I need god in my life, pictures of your girlfriend, stories about your kids, why you like where you live, Hilary, Trump, the housing market, complaints about your commute, why you have the best commute, how the company screwed you over, how much you love your wife, reasons why we are in "a bubble", stories about your ex wife, where the best place for dinner is on the layover, and Delta pilot stories.
What else are you supposed to do while locked in a cave for 6 hours at a time?
What else are you supposed to do while locked in a cave for 6 hours at a time?
10-20-2016, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by flightmedic01
1) We don't care about your old squadron stories, so ****!
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
2) Wearing your hat/blazer in the summer doesn't make you look cool!
3) A little bit of ice on the airframe is not a big deal, so lighten up Francis.
4) You're not an instructor pilot anymore, so unless I'm screwing up royally, stop telling me how to fly!!
5) Stop looking down on the regional guys, they work a lot harder than you ever have for a lot less $$.
6) Oh, did I mention we don't care about your BS squadron stories!!
Pass it on
10-20-2016, 11:37 AM
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Every FREAKING time I am in the jumpseat and we fly over the top of PNS, it never fails. But again, as I've been told, the best memories military pilots have, are from training. Apparently after training is over, your an office worker?
Thanks for your service gents, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little jealous.
Thanks for your service gents, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little jealous.
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