Tool of the day
07-06-2012, 01:55 PM
#1871
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Joined APC: Dec 2011
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Posts: 39
Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
y'all realize that most of the people asking what kind of plane you fly generally don't know or care what a b757 or b767 is? All they wanna do is "do you fly BIG planes?" and "are you a COMMERCIAL pilot????"
So that's what I tell them
(Yes these questions are my pet peeve)
So that's what I tell them
(Yes these questions are my pet peeve)
what's your route?
...just trying to be the everyday unknowing tool...
07-06-2012, 05:35 PM
#1872
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Posts: 194
Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
...... All they wanna do is "do you fly BIG planes?" and "are you a COMMERCIAL pilot????".....
You can be flying a Falcon 900, G550, or Global, and some schmuck will ask "Ever thought of being a commercial pilot?" or "Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?"
Charter passenger = TOTD
07-06-2012, 06:22 PM
#1873
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,154
Originally Posted by trafly
Sounds like a typical charter passenger.
You can be flying a Falcon 900, G550, or Global, and some schmuck will ask "Ever thought of being a commercial pilot?" or "Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?"
Charter passenger = TOTD
You can be flying a Falcon 900, G550, or Global, and some schmuck will ask "Ever thought of being a commercial pilot?" or "Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?"
Charter passenger = TOTD
07-07-2012, 06:45 AM
#1875
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Joined APC: Aug 2010
Position: 747 CA
Posts: 344
Originally Posted by Crazy Canuck
LOL! I get that question all the time. I generally avoid telling people I'm a pilot for this reason-I don't take well to the publics general stupidity. Maybe that makes me a tool, but at least I admit it.
Remember the day when you would tell anybody that you were a pilot? Especially in a bar! I avoid it like the plague now.
Age and wisdom changes a lot of things...
07-07-2012, 09:13 AM
#1878
Runs with scissors
Joined APC: Dec 2009
Position: Going to hell in a bucket, but enjoying the ride .
Posts: 7,722
My next door nighbor is a mid 50's ish house wife who tells me she is deathly afraid of flying...and then I see her driving her Surburban around town at 50mph in a school zone, texting!!
When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
07-07-2012, 09:49 AM
#1879
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,154
Originally Posted by Timbo
My next door nighbor is a mid 50's ish house wife who tells me she is deathly afraid of flying...and then I see her driving her Surburban around town at 50mph in a school zone, texting!!
When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
When she asked, "Aren't you afraid of flying now, with all these terrorists trying to blow up airpalnes..." etc. I told her, "No, I'm afraid of driving, surrounded by a bunch of women who are texting!"
I've never understood how people can be so afraid of flying, but so ready to do some of the dumbest jackass-style stunts I've ever seen on this earth-nevermind the way half of them drive.
07-07-2012, 09:50 AM
#1880
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Joined APC: May 2012
Posts: 1,154
Originally Posted by DogWhisperer
Talking with a general public peeps...."oh, so your a first officer.....when are you going to become the pilot?"
Rock, can't say I've ever been asked what my route is. Considering I fly Metros to 3000 foot gravel strips in the middle of nowhere, Canada, I can't say it's a particularly glamorous set of routes to choose from.
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