You know you're an Airline Pilot......
02-29-2008, 10:55 AM
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1 Your suitcase sits half unpacked in the corner of your bedroom between trips.
2 You’re riding in a car and come to a stop sign and call "clear right."
3 You start sliding on ice in a car with someone else driving and say "more right rudder."
4 You start reciting the engine start checklist before starting your car.
5 You have permanent imprints on your carpet next to the front door where your bags sit, and on your nightstand where your reserve phone sits.
6 You look left and right when starting your car engine.
7 You wake up in the middle of the night at home in your own bed and you don't know where you are.
8 You are invited out to dinner by a friend while at home, but decline in favor of grilled-cheese and canned soup at home.
9 You think today is Tuesday and your friend tells you it is Friday.
10 You try to "raise the nose" when slowing down at a stop sign.
11 You set 3 independent alarms: cell phone, alarm clock, and wake up call.
12 You reply "Rodger" or "no questions" to your wife.
13 You make check-lists for everything.
14 You refer to gas as fuel. (I do it all the time
)
15 You always look at your watch before you drink a beer.
16 The Christmas list you give your family and friends looks more like the syntax of a standing bid.
17 You turn your car off and mumble the shutdown check in .5 seconds.
18 You drive a lousy car because you quit caring after driving a multi-million dollar jet.
19 Your friends/family and you are going on a trip for a few days and everyone's astonished you brought a 22" bag, while they have 3 bags apiece.
21 You try not to tell people what you do because you don't want to have to answer the same lame questions over and over to the point where you're putting on such a fake smile that it's only rivaled by Hillary Clinton.
22 You know the fuel burn (gph) of your in-laws motor home generator.
23 You over inflate your airport car's tires to get better fuel economy.
24 You watch the weather channel for fun and your family/friends give you a hard time about it.
25 You keep cheese crackers, biscoff cookies, and 'party peanuts' in your glove box.
26 You refer to riding in the back seat of a car as 'deadheading'.
27 You refer to riding in the front passenger seat of a car as 'jumpseating'.
28 You play the 'runway light' game in your car, hitting all the center line road reflectors you can in a row.
29 You get pulled over for playing the reflector game and have the same sinking feeling as when feds ride in your jumpseat.
30 You keep track of your car's deferrals and accurately placard any inop. equipment.
31 Someone asks you the time, and you respond with an answer that ends in the word 'zulu.'
32 You refer to the defrost in your car as pitot heat (I do this too)
BTW, has Vagabond stopped posting since she hit 2,000 posts
1 Your suitcase sits half unpacked in the corner of your bedroom between trips.
2 You’re riding in a car and come to a stop sign and call "clear right."
3 You start sliding on ice in a car with someone else driving and say "more right rudder."
4 You start reciting the engine start checklist before starting your car.
5 You have permanent imprints on your carpet next to the front door where your bags sit, and on your nightstand where your reserve phone sits.
6 You look left and right when starting your car engine.
7 You wake up in the middle of the night at home in your own bed and you don't know where you are.
8 You are invited out to dinner by a friend while at home, but decline in favor of grilled-cheese and canned soup at home.
9 You think today is Tuesday and your friend tells you it is Friday.
10 You try to "raise the nose" when slowing down at a stop sign.
11 You set 3 independent alarms: cell phone, alarm clock, and wake up call.
12 You reply "Rodger" or "no questions" to your wife.
13 You make check-lists for everything.
14 You refer to gas as fuel. (I do it all the time
)15 You always look at your watch before you drink a beer.
16 The Christmas list you give your family and friends looks more like the syntax of a standing bid.
17 You turn your car off and mumble the shutdown check in .5 seconds.
18 You drive a lousy car because you quit caring after driving a multi-million dollar jet.
19 Your friends/family and you are going on a trip for a few days and everyone's astonished you brought a 22" bag, while they have 3 bags apiece.
21 You try not to tell people what you do because you don't want to have to answer the same lame questions over and over to the point where you're putting on such a fake smile that it's only rivaled by Hillary Clinton.
22 You know the fuel burn (gph) of your in-laws motor home generator.
23 You over inflate your airport car's tires to get better fuel economy.
24 You watch the weather channel for fun and your family/friends give you a hard time about it.
25 You keep cheese crackers, biscoff cookies, and 'party peanuts' in your glove box.
26 You refer to riding in the back seat of a car as 'deadheading'.
27 You refer to riding in the front passenger seat of a car as 'jumpseating'.
28 You play the 'runway light' game in your car, hitting all the center line road reflectors you can in a row.
29 You get pulled over for playing the reflector game and have the same sinking feeling as when feds ride in your jumpseat.
30 You keep track of your car's deferrals and accurately placard any inop. equipment.
31 Someone asks you the time, and you respond with an answer that ends in the word 'zulu.'
32 You refer to the defrost in your car as pitot heat (I do this too
)BTW, has Vagabond stopped posting since she hit 2,000 posts
02-29-2008, 03:34 PM
#63
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Joined APC: Nov 2006
Posts: 585
Originally Posted by hotshot
30 You keep track of your car's deferrals and accurately placard any inop. equipment.
Mechanic (trying to run up the bill): "When was the last time you did xxxxx."
You (reading placard): "XXXX, not due 'til xxxx."
Back to the thread, you might be a regional airline pilot: When the airline claims there is a flight up at all times of the clock, and yes, there is a time when there is only one flight up out of 274 airplanes. It's aloft at 3:30 AM, and you're flying it.
You are an uber cool regional pilot when your airline has a mainline operation and when asked who you fly for, respond with the mainline name.
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