Originally Posted by freightdog (Post 90301)

You might be a freight dog if...
• Your airplane was getting old when you were born.
• You have not done a daylight landing in the past six months.
• ATC advises you of smoother air at a different altitude, and you don't care.
• When you taxi up to an FBO they roll out the red carpet, but quickly take it back when they recognize you.
• You call the hotel van to pick you up and they don't understand where you are on the airport.
• Centre asks you to "keep the chickens down" so they can hear you talk.
• Your airplane has more than 75,000 cycles.
• Your company call sign is "Oil Can".
• The lady at the FBO locks up the popcorn machine because you plan on "making a meal of it".
• Your airplane has more than eight faded logos on it.
• You wear the same shirt for a week, and no one complains.
• Centre mispronounces your call sign more than three times in one flight.
• Your Director of Operations mysteriously changes your max. take off weight during the holiday season.
• Every FBO makes you park out of sight of their building.
• You have ever walked barefoot through the FBO because you just woke up.
• You mark every ramp with engine oil.
• Everything you own is in you flight bag and suitcase.
• All the other pilots wait for you to “test the squall line” first.
• All the other airlines hold to see if you get in.
• You request the visual approach with 300’ overcast and ½ SM vis.
• You make no attempt to deviate around weather.

-Feel free to add to the list, everyone fly safe out there!

Originally Posted by 727C47 (Post 932070)

that actually used to happen in the DC3 !

Originally Posted by TMoney (Post 885739)

You wear ski goggles and a headlamp to work so you can see while you tug the plane out of the hangar during a snow storm at a crappy uncontrolled airport in the middle of nowhere.

Originally Posted by Frozen Ronin (Post 934755)

You wear ski goggles and a headlamp to fly. No kidding.

When inflight icing happens in your beard. I have pics....

When your flight uniform is carhartts and a canvas shirt

When you find out that above 8K ft, unpressurized, the boxes of chips behind you sound like popcorn as they explode...

And then the pop starts to go. Wish they'd fix that heater...

You know that you need to clean the exploding pop up before it melts...

Flight Service knows your name. Hell, they know your shift schedule, where you live, the name of your kids....

You take the crew bus to the hotel, and then walk down the street to your hotel, wishing they had a van.

Not taking the crew bus to the hotel, because you think you might get better, quieter sleep in the plane.

Center clears you for the approach. 40 minutes out.

Your weight and balance consists of evaluating nose gear strut extension.

Noting it's aft, you go anyway, but have someone ready to catch the tail at shut down.

Wx shuts down the dog sled teams. You fly in the food and hay.

A crew shows up to unload the plane. Between them, they might have a full set of teeth.

Awesome posts, everyone!