Sure, OK. You can think whatever you want. As for being embarrassed, I had a real job. MOS was 0302. Took care of my guys and made sure everyone came home. Moved on to other things. No need to relive those "glory days" like some "Iceman." Was Criket your callsign?

Iceman: The Later Years - Video Dailymotion

You can have the last word. I got more important things to do this weekend.

Or the pilot that wanted to brief the pax that we were doing a fully automated CAT 3 in 0 visibility with no imput from the pilots!:eek:

Try making your military CV PA during and after the Vietnam war. See where that would have gotten you. Thirty five years of making pa's and only once mentioned any military service. Well actually it was the f/o apologizing for a landing I made in the 727 that dropped about 100 masks.:eek: He blamed it on two weeks active duty doing carrier quals again.. Bless his heart.

Keep the CV in your pocket for your next job.

I was standing in the door saying Buh-bye to the folks and a guy walks by and says: "Nice third wire, Skip"....

Reminds me of another tool of the day.

The passenger that has waited the whole flight to pop in and say something negative. Usually in reference to a recent aviation tragedy or embarassment. Luckily it's offset with several nice replies. Just a big tool thing to do.

In a positive light it makes me glad I don't work in a cubicle next to people like that.

Did you counter, "No... I snagged the second wire."?

You're wrong on this one...there's no need to discuss military history, flying history, or really much of anything else about the pilots' backgrounds.

Some folks might think it's neat, but some will be annoyed or worse. You need to tailor your customer service to the lowest common denominator. Some of the paying passengers are probably opposed to all things military and don't feel they need to be given an opportunity to thank anyone. You're in the service industry now, not the place to be forward leaning with your personal views.

If you want to entertain military and aviation buffs, invite them to the bar afterwards.

And on behalf of the specops community... save the public accolades for the 20 y/o conventional forces groundpounder who has the real crap job and limited resources and support, or the wounded warrior. Hollywood will more than take care of the top guns and sof operators.

Especially commuter/regional pilots who think they are real (mainline) airline pilots.

It cracks me up when I'm standing up at the entrance to the cockpit after a flight and a pax comes happily ambling down the isle "SO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN (insert navy or air force typically)!"

"No sir, I'm an all civilian background, thanks for flying with us today."

"oh..." (dejected look from passenger)

Just tell 'em you were Coast Guard...that will really confuse 'em.