Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
It cracks me up when I'm standing up at the entrance to the cockpit after a flight and a pax comes happily ambling down the isle "SO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN (insert navy or air force typically)!"
"No sir, I'm an all civilian background, thanks for flying with us today."
"oh..." (dejected look from passenger)
Just tell 'em you were Coast Guard...that will really confuse 'em.