Bucking Bar

Tell them "The Guard, Coast Guard, that is"

My favorite is "I went to the Academy" to which the Captain get excited and will respond "which one?" If he's Air Force, he'll already inhale and hold a breath so as to be ready to tell you about his Air Force Academy experience.

Your reply should be "Comair" or "Delta Connection." Then observe the Captain turn purple while trying to figure out what to say.

swamp

hahaha. Bar you crazy. I will absolutely do that on, or after my 366th day at Delta. :-)

xjcrew1

Here, here!!!!! Speaking of which a fellow CA told me about a book
"4 day Folies, Not the Captains Log" If military guys want true insight into a line pilot's job read it!!

ImTumbleweed

Interesting how the civ guys are posting about the mil guy's ego/bravado/credentials/lack of CRM....

Yet NOT one mil guy has posted something as derogatory about his civ trained peer on this thread.

Q: What do mil pilots think of civ pilots?

A: We don't....just be cool to fly with.

Get over it girls.

FlighTimeBarbie

Classy post...and the essence of CRM - using all available resources - recognizing that everyone brings value to the operation through their unique set of skills, abilities and experiences - if we are open to seeking, learning and growing.

Bucking Bar

We are just having fun ... and the excellent thing about the Delta pilot group is that we enjoy our work and co-workers.

Have fun & make some money. A motto that has served us well.

John Carr

Well, there was the comment that since mil pilots are used to the fire hose style of training that they're somehow more desirable

When it's simply not the case.

Plus the "smurf jet" nonsense.

ImTumbleweed

Agreed Bar,

It was just an observation.

And I enjoy reading your posts.

Just be cool to fly with...LOL!

swamp

No reason to get up tight, with the exception of my one bad experience with an ex mil guy, most mil guys embrace the difference between the mil world and their new 121 world. I had the pleasure of sitting in jump (not on DL) while an ex navy guy was doing OE back in 2008, and after, well not the best landing in a cross wind situation, he looks at the captain, then me, then says while frustratingly pointing at the runway, "this is why the turn the damn ship into the wind!" We both had a good laugh.
Tumbleweed sorry your seeing it as a bashing, but it is a fact, that military flying and civilian flying are two different worlds. Guys who can embrace that change and try not to let ego get in the way will enjoy their new civilian life of - 2 hour ground stops on their last leg of a 5 day while trying to catch a tight commute, dispatchers who don't add alternates when destination is reporting 1/4 mile visibility, schedulers blowing up your cell phone while in reserve, stacks of jeppesen revisions, hotels infested with bed bugs, ect ect... In all honestly, it's the greatest job in the world.

ImTumbleweed

JC,

"smurf jet"? Get over it.

The first jet In flew in the mil was the A-6 Intruder.

A common nickname was the SLUFF....The "Slow Ugly Fat Fu**ker". (A-7's shared it with us, btw)

I can't think of a more insulting term for one's aircraft than "SLUFF"

But I flew it. And I was proud to fly it.

Here, let me help you remove that chip from your shoulder....

It's all about attitude my friend.

Bottom line, be cool to fly with.