Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Is there a socially acceptable time frame for the phrase "back in the day?" Like if I started flying for the airlines in 2007 I can't really say "back in the day" because it sounds relatively recent. But a guy that started flying at the airlines in the 80s can say back in the day. Is there an acceptable cutoff for most people?
How about if you've ever crewed a non-augmented 3 pilot airplane.
707,727,DC-8,DC-10.
Or flown /A jets and had to fly airways/VOR/NDB rather than the magenta line.