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Old 12-06-2007 | 12:09 PM
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Happened the other day after I interviewed with a regional...

my buddy: That's totally awesome! I can't believe it, you're gonna be a pilot soon!

me: Well I have been flight instructing, but I guess I'm not a real pilot.

OR...

A couple summers ago after I got my comm/inst/multi:

friends: Wait...can you go up by yourself now?
me: uh...yeah
friends: So, can you take us up in an airplane then?
me: Yes
friends: NO Way!!
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Old 12-06-2007 | 12:11 PM
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Tell them you are "A heavy equipment operator".
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Old 12-06-2007 | 12:14 PM
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The first Friday of training the whole class went to grab a few drinks at a local bar/restaurant in Indy. Coincidentally enough, it was the Friday of the Brickyard 400. When one of the waitresses asked what we were all doing there, me and a buddy just told her we were a pit crew for Nascar. We had a guy in our class who looked like he could pass for a Jeff Gordon type driver and told her "He's the backup driver for Jimmy Johnson, he might be sick so he'll get to race!"

The best part was all the waitresses going up to him to get his autograph in the little books they write your order down in...
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Old 12-06-2007 | 12:34 PM
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i like "high speed aluminum operator"

or some times i use "systems administrator"... if you fly the crj you know what i mean..
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Old 12-06-2007 | 12:39 PM
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I had a little kid come up one day and while playing what could have been considered 20+ questions he asked "Do you guys ever crash?" I really had no comment for that one. Not sure how to answer it. Priceless though.
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Old 12-06-2007 | 01:07 PM
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I AM DYING...... THIS IS HILARIOUS. i hate christmas dinner with relatives you havent seen in a while and their stupid questions..... i think someone needs to make an artical to the general public that "copilots" FLY.... why does everyone think we just sit there? god they must think we have a horrible job
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Old 12-06-2007 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Freightpuppy
My favorite is "do you ever want to fly commercial?" when I say I fly for UPS.
When I get that one I usually respond with, "I haven't been able to pass the Passenger License test so all the FAA will let me fly is cargo." I'm also at UPS.
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Old 12-06-2007 | 02:05 PM
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Me and some friend were talking to (trying to pick up) a few girls one night. All of us are pilots, and the girls ask my buddy "what do you do." He replies "I'm a pilot." She answeres "I don't date pilots." My other friend without hesitation says "I work at Wachovia."
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Old 12-06-2007 | 02:07 PM
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they all know what I am, I wear my Uniform to the mall................ j/k
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Old 12-06-2007 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by gijoe411
I just say I'm in the "transportation" business, if they ask further, then I know I'm in trouble.
I say the same thing or that I work at the airport
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