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Old 10-16-2018 | 04:31 PM
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They modeled Capt Reynolds after a certain NJA Captain that has many many many usernames on this forum. A legend in his own mind (obviously KR mind also)

Long live Captain Lei...ah sorry Reynolds!
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Old 10-16-2018 | 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Peloton
They modeled Capt Reynolds after a certain NJA Captain that has many many many usernames on this forum. A legend in his own mind (obviously KR mind also)

Long live Captain Lei...ah sorry Reynolds!
They left the part out where he extends 10 extra days a month so his 2nd wife can have more time with the pool boy. They don’t even have a pool!
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Old 10-16-2018 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Real or not, the fact remains: he is not the most interesting man alive.


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Old 10-17-2018 | 05:21 AM
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This commercial is as accurate as Kenn's "military service" - stolen valor dirtbag
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Old 10-17-2018 | 06:49 AM
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If this commercial is true they need to update their hiring minimums.
"Must speak 5 languages, have prior air force experience and have flown for the royal family"

Where I work we have some pilots that only speak 3 or 4 languages. Amatuers!
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Old 10-18-2018 | 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Fly Dog
Capt Reynolds is a fictional character. They said it.
Um, well yeah. Thought that was pretty obvious. I was asking if that is a real advertisement. Guess I should have specified.
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Old 10-18-2018 | 11:02 AM
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Originally Posted by DaRaiders
Um, well yeah. Thought that was pretty obvious. I was asking if that is a real advertisement. Guess I should have specified.
Yes, it’s a real ad. Whether Captain Lei....I mean, Captain Reynolds is actually a pilot or an actor, I cannot say.
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Old 10-18-2018 | 12:26 PM
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"He makes the best boulevardier I've ever had.

Ahhhh! We're running off the runway. We're all gonna die!!!!"
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Old 10-18-2018 | 12:46 PM
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Hard to take this seriously. For anyone remotely associated with professional air travel to suggest that a duty pilot would handle alcohol; even once removed in the case of an outsourced ad agency...telltale sign this is satire, in the vein of the Dos Equis campaign, or even Trunk Monkey, Terry Tate, etc.

In that light, it’s almost funny.
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Old 10-18-2018 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by BFMthisA10
Hard to take this seriously. For anyone remotely associated with professional air travel to suggest that a duty pilot would handle alcohol; even once removed in the case of an outsourced ad agency...telltale sign this is satire, in the vein of the Dos Equis campaign, or even Trunk Monkey, Terry Tate, etc.

In that light, it’s almost funny.
The ad was certainly intended to be tongue-in-cheek. It is very much in keeping with the Dos Equis campaign or the “Antonio Banderas!!” Heineken ad. Light humor frequently does a better job of selling than hard-boiled, serious, “we’re curing cancer” type spots.

The fact that it makes professional pilots tilt their heads with a puzzled look akin to the RCA dog means nothing to Madison Avenue types.
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