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Maybe Its just me but how many of you get irritated when someone says ""So have you always wanted to be a pilot?""

Some time I feel like answeing by saying well I wanted to be something else but I had to settle for this.. Oh and the classic one.. are you the pilot or copilot..

ok mini rant over

Well... I usually skirt the issue. I hate talking about it. I love what I do, but I hate talking about it. Too many questions. Some guys here say they work for Hotels.com! I love it!

Actually, I only considered being a pilot once I figured that the whole "contract killer" thing wouldn't work out.

and the professional thief thing only works if your name is Daniel Ocean

One of my favorites...."so do you have your license then?"

I feel your pain though man

Or......."oh, you fly one of those puddle-jumpers. So what is your route?"

I tell most people that I am in the "Blue-Man Group". Makes for an interesting conversation.

"Are you a pilot?" No I like to pretend its Halloween!

Naaaaaa.......but when I grow up.............

I like this and I think I am going to use it from now on..

"So how long have you been flying?"

About two and a half weeks, and they already have me flying passengers.

I got this one last week....

"Is that a real pilot uniform" No, am the newest member of Village People.

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?

Hahaha, have gotten that before, "So have you soloed yet?"

After two month at TSA, my father actually asked me if I was going to be flying...apparently he thought they paid me to fly around in the back DH'ing all day long!! Wooooow, I just said.

I just say I'm in the "transportation" business, if they ask further, then I know I'm in trouble.

I used to be a zamboni driver for the St Louis Blues. Now that I've moved to IND, I'm the director of bat boy training for the Indianapolis Indians.

I sometimes tell people that I'm an Aircraft Systems Manager.

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Just learn to live with it. They mean well, they probably have never spoken to a "Sky God" before. My favorite question was " How do you see through those clouds? Do you have special glasses?"

When you fill out applications and for occupation they never have "pilot". I put "other" in the box. Maybe I should tell people i'm an "other".

I love when I am talking with family friends telling them that I fly for a regional and then they are like, "Well I don't trust those small planes, they don't seem as safe"

LOL Like size has any correlation to safety!

I also hate when people refer to regionals as "puddle-jumpers" as if they aren't a real airline.

I drive the "short bus" to school.

My favorite is "do you ever want to fly commercial?" when I say I fly for UPS.

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.:rolleyes:

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!!:eek:

Tell them you are "A heavy equipment operator".

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...

i like "high speed aluminum operator"

or some times i use "systems administrator"... if you fly the crj you know what i mean.. :)

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.

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

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.

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."

they all know what I am, I wear my Uniform to the mall................:p j/k

I say the same thing or that I work at the airport