Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
Yeah. Before you do corporate flying you have to ask yourself some really soul-searching questions like, "How would I feel about pushing a dookie down the toilet with a rolled up magazine?" or, "can I use Google translate to try and talk the commandante of the airfield in Macho Grande for a landing permit?" or "Will I have to do a carpet dance if I spent $500 on deicing as opposed to $475 on hangar space?" or "Did this client want hot coffee even though we're in Houston in the dead of summer?"
Do you like answering accusations from the chief pilot like, "You know, if you went at FL470 you wouldn't have to make that fuel stop in Grand Junction..." or "Did you know the hotel you're staying at is $5 more than the LaQuinta down the street?!"
And then there's the self evaluations you have to write each year to try and beg them for a pay raise...
So so true.
My best one: had to divert from LAX to BUR because LAX was below mins. Client got extremely annoyed, because rental cars were $15/day cheaper at LAX then BUR. Repeatedly insisted after landing at BUR that we try again at LAX, no matter how many times we explained that at 0100L, it's unlikely the weather was going to improve, and that one minute of taxi time would pretty much eat up any savings on the rental car. The best part: his ultimate destination was much closer to BUR than LAX, but he wanted the cheaper rental car.. After riding a super-mid on a transcon, of course.
Or the time a client (Fortune 500 CEO) flew off the handle because the wine on-board was not from her husband's winery, which apparently she'd specifically insisted on. I think we had an Opus One ($100/bottle and up), but that wasn't good enough. Had to be her husband's wine.