calcapt

They are not all bad. However, you must avoid pilots with big watches, those who wear their hats when hats are optional and those who wear their uniforms on their days off for any reason. The good ones take their ties off once in the cockpit, give their FOs most of the legs and drive older cars.

DaveP2

Hey, my wife bought me a big watch when I retired from the military!

At least I drive the right kind of car (1998 4 door Corrolla with 198K miles on it)

When people asked what I did, they would say "ooh, a rich pilot?" Nooo, a military pilot

kalyx522

lol, I'm not even an airline pilot yet and I've gotten all those things. There are commoners who lectured me about the time they flew in small turboprops and how dangerous it was, and of course everyone is shocked when they hear how much CFIs/regional pilots make. Yesterday someone I know said that the mailroom of his company is hiring, 30k/yr.
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But we all hope that someday we'll make enough (as pilots) to actually be able to pay all the bills in one given month and get those student loans out of forebearance.

Oh, and I've gotten unsolicited advice and lectures from strangers and mere acquaintances alike, about the family situation. They would tell me things like they would never date a pilot (that's assuming I would ever date them!!), how do I plan on getting married or have a family with the kind of job and lifestyle I have, etc etc. It's friggin annoying.

DaveP2

When I was aircrew I always had this one piece of advice (bear in mind that the standard flight suit with the zipper down the front).

"NEVER trust a man that wears a three-foot zipper!"

JoeyMeatballs

I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch to supplement my income when i was Flying for Colgan in Albany and in walks a beech 1900 pilot decked out in his uniform on his day off hahahahaah I laughed but kept it to myself I didnt want to blow up his spot, it was funny though.

Freightpuppy

I'd tell her....then you'll have to go to work. If she doesn't have a career of her own, you should hold off on having kids until she does. If she just has kids without at least a college degree in something decent, it's not very smart IMO.

JoeyMeatballs

She actually sells Pharmacueticals, she makes like 70k a year, problem with North Jersey Girls is they are needy, haha nah she just doesn't want to work when she has kids, I told her well thats fine but well be living in a trailer

surreal1221

Speaking of females. . .

My wife already has the good career. . . but she wants to stay home with our kids during their first 5 or 6 years. No problem with me. She understands that if something horrible happens, she will have to go back to work before she wants to.

JoeyMeatballs

sounds like a good women to me, I feel mine is the same way, but past experiences tell me, NEVER TO TRUST A WOMEN HAHAH

Freightpuppy

Yeah, well I don't want to be sitting in Louisville on reserve