Really? Well let’s see...

Let’s say there is a fictitious captain in DFW...lets call him Captain Crunch. Captain Crunch has been a captain there for...um let’s say 5 years. Okay Captain Crunch is starting his 4 day pairing let’s listen in.... “Hey FO Skydrol my name is Captain Crunch nice to meet you... ....so you live here or do you commute?” (Commonly the second thing the two crew members ask each other when they are starting a paring together and break up the awkward silence as they are going about their cockpit routines)

Okay let’s suppose that Captain Crunch is done with his 4 day pairing...like most other captains he probably had his schedule modified a bit a probably won’t fly with that same FO again for months or even years. So at this rate we could assume that captain crunch had flown with about 50 different guys within the last year. Did I mention that he had been a Captain here for 5 years?? Sure some guys like FO Skydrol has moved on and upgraded and some guys like FO Skidmarks has moved on to places like Delta, but Captain Crunch could probably go down the entire list of FO’s he has flown with (or talked to in passing) and tell you if they live in DFW or commute from Alaska, Japan or maybe even Orlando. And I’m willing to bet that Captin Crunch isn’t the only one.... just my theory anyways.