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07-09-2012 | 02:14 PM
#1911
Gets Weekends Off
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07-09-2012 | 03:03 PM
#1912
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From: the correct seat
Sucks for the FA's though.
07-09-2012 | 07:40 PM
#1913
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From: blueJet
One less FA? That's just airline management trying to avoid the great flight attendant shortage. It's just a year away you know...
07-09-2012 | 09:04 PM
#1914
New boss = Old boss
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Ca B737
Boy isn't that the truth!
As a 747 pilot, you can use Len Morgan's old line when people asked him what he did: "I drive an 18-wheeler."
I've used that one before, and that usually pretty well ends that discussion. Occasionally I've been asked the trucking equivalent of "What's your route". I just respond with something to the effect of, "Oh, all over."
Both statements are completely true, while avoiding the pain associated with revealing you're a professional pilot. (Again, didn't see that one coming in my younger days).
As a 747 pilot, you can use Len Morgan's old line when people asked him what he did: "I drive an 18-wheeler."
I've used that one before, and that usually pretty well ends that discussion. Occasionally I've been asked the trucking equivalent of "What's your route". I just respond with something to the effect of, "Oh, all over."
Both statements are completely true, while avoiding the pain associated with revealing you're a professional pilot. (Again, didn't see that one coming in my younger days).
07-10-2012 | 07:13 AM
#1916
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From: Decoupled
Sometimes it's easier to tell them you work for the IRS.
I've taken walking tours and that's what I tell my fellow tourists. Shuts them up pretty quickly and you get a lot of peace and quiet afterwards.
I've also told them that I was an analyst for the CIA. I can't talk about my work.
Back in the day when you actually got first class, I used to tell them I was a tank salesman.
You can have a lot of fun with it.
I've taken walking tours and that's what I tell my fellow tourists. Shuts them up pretty quickly and you get a lot of peace and quiet afterwards.
I've also told them that I was an analyst for the CIA. I can't talk about my work.
Back in the day when you actually got first class, I used to tell them I was a tank salesman.
You can have a lot of fun with it.
07-10-2012 | 12:23 PM
#1918
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I love these. My favorite is when they nudge you, point up front, and say "Hey, shouldn't you be sitting up there?"
07-10-2012 | 12:33 PM
#1919
Da Hudge
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From: Poodle Whisperer
...Nah, I just dress up like this to pick up chicks....
(I didn't say that, I think I said something to the effect of "I think I've already got that checked off...")
07-10-2012 | 03:04 PM
#1920
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From: More Drag
I had one where I was deadheading in the back in uniform. I had fallen asleep for a bit, and upon me waking up, the lady sitting next to me looks over and says "So, you must want to be a pilot someday?"
...Nah, I just dress up like this to pick up chicks.... (I didn't say that, I think I said something to the effect of "I think I've already got that checked off...")
...Nah, I just dress up like this to pick up chicks....
(I didn't say that, I think I said something to the effect of "I think I've already got that checked off...")Last edited by sandlapper223; 07-10-2012 at 03:04 PM. Reason: Gram
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