Instagram and pilots?
10-25-2016 | 04:24 AM
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There are tons of these profiles. Most seem to have a "follow your dreams", motivational type theme, with hundreds of broken English comments along the lines of "I want be pilot too. I follow dreams." It's actually kind of frustrating because they paint a totally unrealistic picture of their jobs, especially considering most work for Ryanair. Some have blogs as well. These people literally make me want to quit flying. I kind of wonder if it's some sort of paid recruiting campaign.
Probably one of the most popular is pilotmaria. I made a snarky comment on her blog once. Of course it wasn't approved. Another one is this Air France dude, afpilotview. It takes all my willpower to not comment, "wow, you landed?" on his videos. There are tons of similar accounts though. All equally awful. A few are from the US.
There are some cool non-circle-jerkers on IG though. Indopilot comes to mind (great pics, but recently left papua)
Probably one of the most popular is pilotmaria. I made a snarky comment on her blog once. Of course it wasn't approved. Another one is this Air France dude, afpilotview. It takes all my willpower to not comment, "wow, you landed?" on his videos. There are tons of similar accounts though. All equally awful. A few are from the US.
There are some cool non-circle-jerkers on IG though. Indopilot comes to mind (great pics, but recently left papua)
She's not. And doesn't. But maybe she'll put the camera down for a few minutes.
10-25-2016 | 05:03 AM
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It's not about sharing the dream, just sharing with everyone else how you cool you think you are. Haven't met one of these people in the States but it's only a matter of time.
10-25-2016 | 05:29 AM
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There are tons of narcissistic pilots...It manifests itself in so many ways....
Personally I don't care. Seems like most of the instagrammers enjoy what they're doing. Beats sitting 5 hours with the guy who moans incessantly about his bad commute, why Delter is getting a raise but he isn't, etc....
Personally I don't care. Seems like most of the instagrammers enjoy what they're doing. Beats sitting 5 hours with the guy who moans incessantly about his bad commute, why Delter is getting a raise but he isn't, etc....
10-25-2016 | 07:07 AM
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Oh trust me, they're here. And not just on social media. Ever seen the guy wearing his hat at the hotel breakfast buffet??
10-25-2016 | 07:08 AM
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Oh you better believe they are in the states. I've flown with one particular pilot who'd be snapping selfies during departure climb because of the cool background. totally unacceptable. Nothing below 10,000' should be posted unless you want the FAA coming after you.
10-25-2016 | 12:11 PM
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Relax not everyone is out to get you or ruin the world.
10-25-2016 | 01:59 PM
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Give me a break. As if the FAA has nothing better to do than go looking through the millions of pictures on the Internet to see if a pilot is using their phone below 10k feet. I am so tired of this mentality that the world is going to end, there will be a revolution this yr, scared of everything and anything and you better think like I do or you're a fool. It's as if I'm flying with Fox News right next to me the whole flight.
Relax not everyone is out to get you or ruin the world.
Relax not everyone is out to get you or ruin the world.
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