Interesting this topic should come up today in this thread.....

Literally today at my wife's work (accupuncture) she had a new customer come in who almost immediately let it be known that he was a DL pilot. When she was explaining some of the benefits of accupuncture to him, he said (and this is confirmed) "Nothing's wrong, I know everything, I'm a pilot for Delta."

Now this isn't a like game of telephone or something where things could be misinterpreted- I verified with her at least 5 times over the next few minutes that was exactly what this guy said, word for word. I wish I was making this up.

Later, in a futile attempt at basic human interaction, my wife mentioned to this fine gentleman that I was a pilot for Atlas (started this morning! Happy to be here) and his response was "Oh, I'm sorry."

Again, I wish I was making this up.

I hereby nominate this guy for the "Tool of the Day" award.

Also to be clear I have nothing against DL pilots at all, as a number of friends and guys I volunteer with are DL pilots, who are all A+, standup great guys. It's a shame that guys like this can give a black eye to an airline and an entire profession.