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11-06-2019 | 04:17 PM
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11-06-2019 | 11:20 PM
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I like to tell them I failed the PA+50 test - it’s a test to assess one’s ability to talk to large groups of people on the aircraft’s PA system and well , I got a bit nervous and started to stutter a bit , and failed. You can only take the test once every 10 years , so it’s cargo while I wait - someday I’ll be a commercial pilot ! Chances are they’ll tell that to 10 people and look like a complete doouchebag.
11-07-2019 | 04:10 AM
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I am so often embarrassed for my gender. We really are a bunch of muscleheads when it comes to the fairer sex.
If you are trying to get with somebody, which presumably this dude was trying to do, the right answer to her question about your occupation is always a nonchalant, "A little of this and a little of that".
Mystery. Intrigue. The key to all hook-ups.
No charge for the advice. 😉
If you are trying to get with somebody, which presumably this dude was trying to do, the right answer to her question about your occupation is always a nonchalant, "A little of this and a little of that".
Mystery. Intrigue. The key to all hook-ups.
No charge for the advice. 😉
11-07-2019 | 06:37 AM
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From: Would you like fries with that gear, sir?
I can't believe people are so lame as to actually care about this
"so who do you fly for?"
"Atlas/ABX/ATI"
"Whats that?"
"We mostly fly for DHL"
"I thought they went out of business?"
"We also do the new Amazon stuff... youve probably seen it on the news"
"Oh cooooooooool. So do you ever want to fly commercial?"
Every. single. time. Who cares?
"so who do you fly for?"
"Atlas/ABX/ATI"
"Whats that?"
"We mostly fly for DHL"
"I thought they went out of business?"
"We also do the new Amazon stuff... youve probably seen it on the news"
"Oh cooooooooool. So do you ever want to fly commercial?"
Every. single. time. Who cares?
Lately I’ve had great success with, “I fly for a contract company that carries cargo for DHL and Amazon.” Then...
Insert:
“I thought they went out of business?”
And
“Oh cooooooooooool. So do you ever want to fly commercial?”
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11-07-2019 | 01:23 PM
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Regardless of ACMI details - Amazon is painting these planes in their colors PRECISELY so the average person thinks of them as amazon planes. That's the consumer facing branding.
If you say you fly for ATI, no one will have a clue.
If you say you fly for the company whose branding is all over the plane - people will know what you are talking about. Amazon is advertising lots of jobs for this "Startup Airline" is what they are calling it.
And pretty young / green folks at ATI are making pretty good money a few years in. I'd be curious what the age was of the youngest ATI captain.
BTW - same issue with regional airlines - if they didn't have to say operated by XXX on the travel listings NO ONE would know who was actually flying the planes - and many folks still have no clue.
If you say you fly for ATI, no one will have a clue.
If you say you fly for the company whose branding is all over the plane - people will know what you are talking about. Amazon is advertising lots of jobs for this "Startup Airline" is what they are calling it.
And pretty young / green folks at ATI are making pretty good money a few years in. I'd be curious what the age was of the youngest ATI captain.
BTW - same issue with regional airlines - if they didn't have to say operated by XXX on the travel listings NO ONE would know who was actually flying the planes - and many folks still have no clue.
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