hahah nice..........., if anybody cares National Lamppons Christmas Vacation is just starting on TBS, its a classic for the Christmas season

 

yeah thanks man, I got word in the CLE crew room before I flew to my overnight, the Saabster shed a few tears not gonna lie, best friend in the world, wish I coulda been there, but thats life ya know, Don't think I could ever get another dog, but well see. Its crazy, I got the dog like 2 years before I ever touched an airplane anyway.............. enough crying from me..........

 

Saab My Condolences I feel your pain.. I went to the Desert fought a War no prob.. but when I got home my dog of 11 years Died 2 days after I got home talk about Tears.. I shed more than a few tears, My Dog was/is Family

 

Back when I was instructing;

When asked what I did for a living,
"I work at the airport"
"Doing what?"
"I'm a flight instructor, I teach people how to fly"
"Oooh, wow, so wait, do you have your license or whatever yet?"

Uhhh, nope, they let me teach people how to fly but why would they dream of giving me a pilot's license!

Or,
“You're the co-pilot? How long until they let you fly it/have you ever flown the airplane before?”

No, I've never flown it before, but I did touch the pedals once and that was pretty neat.

“You are too young to fly passengers!”

"How long have you been a pilot?"

Uhh, counting today that makes 3 weeks!

 

thanks man for your support, military too

 

I've been called an "apprentice" before. He was hammerd drunk...it was hilarious, but embarrasing.

How about --- "how old are you?!"...(say your age)..."and they let you fly? Ohhhhhh, its a little whirly bird airplane, I see...So when are they going to let you fly jets?"

 

Yeah sorry SAAB....that sucks...they are called "Mans Best Freind" for a reason...

On a more positive note...anyone ever get this question/s on a DH??

"So if you are back here...then who is up there???"

or...

"Shouldnt You be sitting up there?????" (Pointing to the Cockpit)

 

I haven't laughed so hard in weeks...that was fantastic.

 

Well I don't frequent the place (actually Platinum was closed a while back ) but it was relevant to the story.

Hey sorry to hear about your loss.

 

Pax: "You look awfully young"

Me:
"Havent you heard? Today is bring your child to work day... my dad's the captain."
"Oh- there's a new FAA policy. They now pair a young pilot with an old pilot. He's here to make sure that I stay out of trouble. I'm here to make sure he doesn't fall asleep while flying."
"It's okay- my mom signed a permission slip for me today"

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"What do you do for a living?"

"I fly a corporate jet for a local business."

"So you're building time for the airlines?"

"Nah- I did that for 5 years. I couldn't afford the paycut now."

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