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Old 11-06-2019, 03:00 PM
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how about
"some crappy cargo company"
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Old 11-06-2019, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JackStraw View Post
Spoken like a true attorney.
Now THAT made me laugh. Thank you. 😀😀😀

Probably a good point that I don't have a job to brag about in bars, and thus play the mystery card. Still think it's good advice, though. Less is more.
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Old 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.
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Old 11-07-2019, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by AAfng View Post
how about
"some crappy cargo company"
I fly cargo to Asia and South America. The people are really great in those countries, so are my wives.
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Old 11-07-2019, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by wjcandee View Post
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. 😉
I have a non-pilot friend who’s very good at laying down a line of BS. In our younger bar years eventually some woman would ask what he did for a living. He’d start with, “I don’t like to talk about it because no one ever believes me.” They’re immediately intrigued and of course have to know. Eventually he gives in and tells them he’s a contract blimp pilot. One weekend it might be Goodyear, the next MetLife. It was a thing of beauty to watch him spin his yarn about all the beautiful places he’s been and events he’s seen. The women ate it up.
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Originally Posted by woog315 View Post
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?


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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Old 11-07-2019, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by AAfng View Post
how about

"some crappy cargo company"


This is also my backup


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Old 11-07-2019, 09:34 AM
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Nevermind.

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Old 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.
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Old 11-07-2019, 02:04 PM
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Someone is interested in you and what you do. Speak or don't speak. You might make a friend or you might take a nap. What's the big deal?
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