Originally Posted by
TMoney
You wear ski goggles and a headlamp to work so you can see while you tug the plane out of the hangar during a snow storm at a crappy uncontrolled airport in the middle of nowhere.
You wear ski goggles and a headlamp to fly. No kidding.
When inflight icing happens in your beard. I have pics....
When your flight uniform is carhartts and a canvas shirt
When you find out that above 8K ft, unpressurized, the boxes of chips behind you sound like popcorn as they explode...
And then the pop starts to go. Wish they'd fix that heater...
You know that you need to clean the exploding pop up before it melts...
Flight Service knows your name. Hell, they know your shift schedule, where you live, the name of your kids....
You take the crew bus to the hotel, and then walk down the street to your hotel, wishing they had a van.
Not taking the crew bus to the hotel, because you think you might get better, quieter sleep in the plane.
Center clears you for the approach. 40 minutes out.
Your weight and balance consists of evaluating nose gear strut extension.
Noting it's aft, you go anyway, but have someone ready to catch the tail at shut down.
Wx shuts down the dog sled teams. You fly in the food and hay.
A crew shows up to unload the plane. Between them, they might have a full set of teeth.
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