It is VERY D Air(space)Lines-esque

As will the earth……

Just an observation, but it seemed said user was often cut a lot of slack. Even when criticizing YOU.

​​​​​​​He was, the most interesting pilot on APC……..

 

It’s not peer pressure at all, IMO. It’s just an observation of what almost always happened in my experience.

Peer pressure would have been meeting early for drinks at the hotel bar, which I almost never did. I never felt pressured or side-eyed for it.

Maybe I’m wrong, but I read HK’s comments as coming from multiple observations, not just ‘getting ditched’ for a computer game. It was an accumulation of things. Ask around, WB crews are way more relaxed on the whole.

 

Agree with above, I never once felt pressured to do anything on a layover. Then again, I was always down to go out and about with the crew. I'm generally extroverted/social person and I found going out with the crew is what made international layovers so much fun. Sometimes I'd roll on my own, never heard a word other than what did you get into on the layover.

I never avoided a Captain because i was never going to let someone dictate what trips I flew. So I'd never let something ridiculous like perceived peer pressure, keep me from bidding a seat.

 

We've never had "relief lines."

 

On one of my first WB trips, the captain went to a Subway for dinner. I’ve had captains go to McDonalds before. I know pilots that go to Denny’s instead of the hotel breakfast in HND to save $5. I don’t know why this is a generational argument.

I don’t see the appeal to go eat dinner and have drinks at 4am body clock time. To then get a crap nights sleep before another craps night sleep. So, most the time I just bail. I’d rather go on a cool hike. Sometimes, I never leave the room because I have other stuff to do. I’m probably weird.

As for tipping, I really don’t know why we do it. I’m pretty sure they are tipped via contract in their home currency. I do it, but it’s more bc everyone else is. I’ve recently learned that is some places it’s very hard to exchange US dollars unless they are in perfect condition. Not a dirty wadded up $1.

 

good time? Say less, sigma rizz.

 

As a Gen X'er that had spent a staggering amount of time gaming as a younger person, but has so little time to do it at home anymore due to parenthood and adulting.... layovers are my last bastion to enjoy one of my favorite pastimes. Granted this mostly takes place in the 'villes and the 'burgs

 

Yet he figured out early how to chillax on a WB to be fed and rest while collecting bank early in his career. Smart guy. How HE uses HIS time doesn't matter. The weekly family gathering tradition is dead. I will be glad for it if (probably never) I go back to WB LH flying. It was a result of being stuck together in the situation, now there are soooo many ways to research and plan things to do on your own prior, even join a gaming tournament from anywhere on the planet when it starts. Not a gamer but I have high school and college kids, web life is a thing.

 

Physician, heal thyself.


Main Character Syndrome
Key Characteristics:

Self-Centered Perspective: Viewing oneself as the central figure of their life's narrative.
Narrative Framing: Viewing everyday life as a movie or fictional story.
Attention-Seeking: Need for validation and creating drama to make life seem more important.
Lack of Empathy: Viewing others as supporting characters or "non-player characters" (NPCs).

Related Psychological Concepts:
While not in the DSM-5, the behaviors often align with traits of other recognized disorders, including:

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): Marked by grandiosity, a need for admiration, and lack of empathy.
Histrionic Personality Disorder: Characterized by excessive attention-seeking and dramatic behaviors.

 

Well considering the last time I was doing international we had 6 day FO trips where each leg was with a different crew, it sure felt like a relief line.