Originally Posted by PBSG

You know you are an Airline Pilot when you don't tell any stranger at the bar you are an Airline Pilot, but have a 'back up' job in your head that has no follow up questions. Example:

Girl at the bar: "So, what do you do for a living?"
Me: "I work for Ringling Brothers Circus. I'm a laborer"
Girl: "Oh, that's........nice"