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Old 08-31-2017, 12:45 PM
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Probably an urban legend, but there's the story of a pilot who carried burned-out lightbulbs to the layover hotel and swapped them for good ones.
And steal the batteries out of the remote
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Old 08-31-2017, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman View Post
Probably an urban legend, but there's the story of a pilot who carried burned-out lightbulbs to the layover hotel and swapped them for good ones.
Not an urban legend. He's for real, and at XJT. I also found out he passed the Hogan. Go figure. Haha...
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Originally Posted by tomgoodman View Post
Probably an urban legend, but there's the story of a pilot who carried burned-out lightbulbs to the layover hotel and swapped them for good ones.
No urban legend. True story. Would have been a 777 Captain at 45-48 yrs old if he wasn't fired at 40.
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Old 08-31-2017, 01:05 PM
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Abovemins - the original, v1, is 58 yrs old. How old is v2?
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Old 08-31-2017, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Sliceback View Post
Abovemins - the original, v1, is 58 yrs old. How old is v2?
The one I observed was definitely not V1, he was a midpack ORD CA when I was based there. Probably late 40's, early 50's.

So, there's two lamp thieves floating around XJT???
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Old 08-31-2017, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Sliceback View Post
No urban legend. True story. Would have been a 777 Captain at 45-48 yrs old if he wasn't fired at 40.
Yikes! I wonder what career he chose next....burglar?
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Old 08-31-2017, 02:28 PM
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Not an urban legend. He's for real, and at XJT. I also found out he passed the Hogan. Go figure. Haha...
We had a guy like that at Alaska. He took home the extra toilet paper rolls, too.
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I wonder why nobody steals those wonderfully thick and soft hotel towels.......
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He took home the extra toilet paper rolls, too.
I could see that. I never like the TP my wife buys so if I found a quality roll...
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"It's morally wrong to bring home dirty laundry". Yes, we expensed laundry sometimes at ludicrously high prices, like $125.

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