So when do you get to start flying the plane?

So you're like the "Co pilot"?

You mean you're flying a real plane now?

"What do you do for a living?"

Im a Pilot

"O, So do you fly?"

"Who do you fly for?"

"insert random regional airline"

"Who's that?"

"A regional carrier for insert random Legacy carrier"

"Oh so you are just trying to get your hours then?"

On my last commute I got asked if I fly commercial or transport operations. The guy then asked what I fly. I said a "Canadair Regional Jet". His next question was, "Is that a Jet?" I don't mind talking about it if the person has no idea whatsoever how it works. It's the people with a little bit of knowledge, that think they know more than they really do, that ask the worst questions.

Are you ever going to fly an 'airliner' or a 'jet' is what I get asked. Apparently the turbo prop is not a professional plane. :rolleyes:

Or, "do you ever get scared flying the little ones"?

Are you old enough to fly this?

It's ok... my mom signed the permission slip today

I still get "Can you/Have you flown by yourself?" No, they let me flight instruct, but still can't get those solo privileges.

Also, the "What is your next step?" (name of regional) "What is that?", closely followed by "I've never heard of them."

The only CA ones I've ever gotten were ones about my age (I'm pretty youthful looking), but I got countless numbers of irritating FO questions. My favorite as an FO was always
"So does the Captain ever let you fly, or are you just a backup if he gets sick?".

Always wanted to say
"Well, I fly when he's either too sick or too drunk to fly."

But yeah, I always said "I fly for <Insert Legacy here> Express". That usually takes care of any questions, and they get the gist of what you do.

Another one I liked was "So you're still learning how to fly the airplane?" "No ma'am, believe it or not, I have years upon years of experience."

i love it when my MOM asks me so what do you do? do you fly the plane?