kaos

Reading the posts in this like other forums I noticed there are some "miths" that need to be weeded out.
The first that comes in my mind is: "airline crews see the World around".
This is not true, or at least misguiding.
From your cockpit you really can see the world or most of it, but thats it.
With the airline you will fly in a lot of fancy cities around the world but very unlikely you will have chance to visit something more than the hotel were you slept . You can have 80 different countries visas stamped in your passport with 1 day or 2 of stay and sometimes just transit.
For sure you will experiment the biggest jet lag a human can have.
Having said that IMO its beautiful to watch the world passing by the cockpit .
Did I tell you about the "per diem"?
well its latin and means "the money I give you to buy a cheesburger".
Other "miths" to be wiped out?

TonyC

I recall contemplating this very thing one morning as I lounged in front of the hotel along the beach in Penang and noticed my drink was getting low and the ice was almost completely melted. The jet lag must have been really bothering me, as I couldn't remember if it was a 56 hour layover, or a 65 hour layover.

Anyway, I raised the flag to signal the boy over for another drink, and decided I'd wait until the next afternoon to figure it out. The more pressing issues were whether to get a massage or not, and where we'd be eating lunch.








P.S. It's "myth".





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Ottopilot

I've seen a lot of the world on trips. It's up to you to stay in the hotel or get out and do something. I see the highlights of the city where I am. I even take trains to other cities to see stuff. Some cities are better than others for visiting, but I want to see everything, so I do.

I don't think they stamp passports anymore. I don't have any stamps in the last 11 years. They just scan them. 21st century stuff.

I enjoy eating different foods from around the world too. "When in Rome..."

There is plenty to see and do domestic too.

Velocipede

What, exactly, is a "mith"?

TonyC

They do. I had extra pages sewn in when I ran out of room.





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calcapt

It's also a myth that male airline pilots have more women available to them than rock stars. Except for calcapt that is!

wild4theuniform

It must be great to be you! I guess you are either one VERY charming STUD or you're such a good boy that Santa is rewarding you.

CE750

That went away with the respect for this career, the days of the airline captain having the respect of his co-workers are long gone. Today, in the modern "equality" oriented corporate culture, you're just another employee number, and an F/A, gate agent, or whom ever can just tell you off or get you reported to management for the smallest infractions.

That was a time also when it was a "macho" job (read male centric), that tall, fit, usually ex-military men did, now I've seen seriously overweight, 4F, 20/200, midgets waddling around in a DAL or UAL main-line uniforms.. Not to mention the way the flood gates opened up for any "qualified" woman, thus taking all the macho out of the job! (a virtual castration). I mean heck, if a 400 hour woman can fly the big jet, what's so impressive about the job?

Na, get married, and forget about the chics.. it's cheaper!

AVIVIII

^^^Must be a divorse lawyer looking for work...^^^

vagabond

Mith? Like Velocipede, I still don't know this neologism, but I'll play along.

CE750, you have been hanging around the wrong airports! I've seen more than my share of obese midgets with eyesight worse than mine, but come over to SeaTac and I will personally vouch for the Alaska guys, particularly this one MD-80 captain. Go Home Team!

And don't forget Hot Sexy Lover Dude, our great leader.