Going to go ballistic
 

If I hear from one more person who knows absolutely nothing about airlines, that I just need to get a job at (take your pick) American, United, Delta, Southwest...I think blood will shoot out of my ears!

I'm convinced they think that simply because I'm a pilot, I can just walk up to any airline and tell them I'm going to come to work for them. While I'm at it, I'll make them pay me $400k a year. And on my days off, I'll quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. Tony Romo always chokes anyway.

Chillax man. They know not of what you do.

When I was a flight Instructor, it was "which airline.......?"
When I flew Corporate, it was "which airline owns........?"
When I was an Air Traffic Controller, it was "which airline do you.......?"

They don't know jack$hit about aviation. They never will.

What cracks me up is how many people think pilots "help run the airline"! They think we decide where the planes go and when, and whether or not I fly Christmas. And the "What's your run these days?", like I have any say on that either.

Oh, and those "free tickets" all us pilots have to give away. They always ask me if I "have any of those". Hilarious.

Even when the airlines are hiring, it is neary impossible to get hired. People used to ask me why I'm not at an airline. I reply that I interviewed for a couple but didn't get hired for some reason. They responded, "You must have had a bad attitude during the interview." Huh? Were they there? No, my attitude was fine at the interview, but it got worse at home after 10 years of trying to get hired. :D

What's even funnier is the number of pilots who DO think they run the airline. ;)

When in uniform and asked if I am an airline pilot, I tell them… “No... chicks dig the uniform, it guarantees me a free ride on any airplane to any destination in first class above full fare customers, also with the uniform I get a 95% discount on hotel suites and rental cars.”:D

One time I was in the lobby of a hotel at EWR IN UNIFORM when a hotel guest suddenly came up to me and asked when the shuttle for the airport leaves. I told him and then he asked me if I was the BUS DRIVER. I just stood there, looking at the passenger with a somewhat shocked face. I then turned to my shoulder and pointed to my stripes. Suddenly, the persons face turned to a surprised look and I almost saw the huge light bulb turn on above his head. He said you’re a pilot, and I said YESS :). I was so shocked that I couldn't stop laughing on the inside for about 5 minutes.

HAHAHA Good one! LMAO:D

I love when I'm commuting, and I take a seat back in 32A and someone asks "Hey, are you our pilot??" or "Shouldn't you be up there?"

I usually tell 'em the planes fly themselves these days, so I'd rather sit back here and sleep...

A few years back at my old 135 gig we wore the whole uniform epaulets and all. I am in TEB one afternoon and the broker calls our dispatch girl and asks if we have a certain scotch on board and if not could we. So I grab a crew car , run to a grocery store and a little kid with his mother come around the corner and the kid seeing the pilot uniform says "hey are you a cop?" The mother very quickly says "Johnny! thats not very polite!" she turns to me and says "sorry officer"

Similar thing happened to me a few years back. Went to the liquor store in uniform and a fellow customer made the usual inquiry about the booze. My response… “My F/O is a Johnny Walker Blue guy, and I’m a Grey Goose guy.”

I got sick of it too...so I applied just to satisfy the general public...and got hired. There...now everyone is quiet.

I've been mistaken as a bell hop

I was mistaken for a person dressed up as a pilot once.

The hotel I was staying at a hotel in Atlanta that had one of these Dragon-Con (SP?) conferences, its thousands and thousands of SCI-FI fans dressed as their favorite characters. You can even join like Darth Vaders 510th legion or something. But we walked in there in uniform and a few thought we had come dressed up as airline pilots, but most just smiled and made light of the fact we were staying at the hotel during the event.

I think you can get in free to those kinds of events if you go in character. Sounds like a good time to me!

while waiting for the hotel van, ever had someone ask you to take their bags in? Happend to me in MDW...

So how many have been outside waiting on the hotel van only to have someone ask to get their bags to the checkin point? I made 5 bucks one day, slinging bags into the trunk of a car, they don't know what they don't know.;)

Don't get caught taking that tip, some of those valets have unions. There was a big stink in BOS couple of years ago over some issues with those guys, can't remember details but it got pretty serious.