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Old 06-07-2022, 09:44 AM
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Watching this movie made me realize once again that I'd give my left nut to fly a jet. Any jet, not just Tomcats and Hornets. They're SO COOL! Even ones carrying plastic dog**** and spring breakers are cool. It may sound like punishment to elite aviators but, compared to being a marketing analyst, flying a guppy is rockstar. The light aircraft market is also currently insane, with 50 year old C-172s selling for $100k. Oh I want one SO BAD! Is this pilot shortage even sustainable anymore?
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Old 06-07-2022, 10:12 AM
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Watching this movie made me realize once again that I'd give my left nut to fly a jet. Any jet, not just Tomcats and Hornets. They're SO COOL! Even ones carrying plastic dog**** and spring breakers are cool. It may sound like punishment to elite aviators but, compared to being a marketing analyst, flying a guppy is rockstar. The light aircraft market is also currently insane, with 50 year old C-172s selling for $100k. Oh I want one SO BAD! Is this pilot shortage even sustainable anymore?
This is why we can’t get good contracts.
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Old 06-07-2022, 10:25 AM
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This is why we can’t get good contracts.
Damn Tom Cruise. He got us. Again.
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Old 06-07-2022, 10:33 AM
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Fun movie. Circuit breakers comment was gold.
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Old 06-07-2022, 10:50 AM
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Old 06-07-2022, 11:08 AM
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That movie shouldn’t make anybody want to be an airline pilot. Just be a Navy Captain and apparently you can afford a P-51 Mustang????
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That movie shouldn’t make anybody want to be an airline pilot. Just be a Navy Captain and apparently you can afford a P-51 Mustang????
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Yeah but apparently he lives rent-free in a hangar. Considering it's CA that's serious savings.
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not sure how many teens are begging their parents to go see Top Gun

I saw it myself within one week of release, and everyone in the theater were grown adults, many 50 plus years old
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not sure how many teens are begging their parents to go see Top Gun

I saw it myself within one week of release, and everyone in the theater were grown adults, many 50 plus years old

You have to be near 50 to remember the original movie.
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