Did you watch Top Gun just before getting on the forum? Favorite part: "a combination of skill, rote memory, instinct and sometimes a bit of bravery" ..The off-duty captain enters the cockpit with his aviators and red cape...averting total disaster by selecting alt mode.:D

what kind of travel benefits do you corporate guys get. do any of the corp companies have cass agreements?

I refuse to believe that this is a serious question. I also refuse to believe that anyone that axed this is a 121 pilot.

exactly... thanks for realizing the sarcasm. just making a point. you have an awesome sense of humor

wait let me clarify. what i really meant when i said you have an awesome sense of humor, was that you really dont have a sense of humor. just in case you didnt get it. which im guessing you dont. so i hope that helps. i can explain again if you like.

Why do I want travel benefits? Non-reving sucks these days. Nothing like rushing to the airport to sit standby on a flight that's oversold by 10%. (Or worse, making it half way to a connecting city and getting stuck with your family...

I'd much rather just buy a ticket if I really have to fly somewhere... (I'll drive 6-7 hours one way though before I even consider flying any more).

We don't really bother with vacations any more... I'm home enough that I don't need to get away to destress, and since I can take my wife on a trip or two a year to a resort destination for a few nights, she doesn't have the need to get away all that much either.

Even if we did need to get away, the points that I accrue on the AMEX and hotel points more than pays for roundtrip 1st or business class airfare and a week hotel stay at a full-service Hilton somewhere...

Oh and to answer your question- yes. There are a FEW select corporate pilots that get travel benefits on a very small number of airlines. These guys work for corporate flight departments that have established part 135 certificates (for whatever reason). They can usually only travel on carriers that have "open" 135 jumpseat agreements (I believe that Chautauqua is one of those carriers that allows any 135 pilot to jumpseat in the back). No CASS agreements for anybody outside of the 121 world.

ok at the sake of offending the lowest common denominator, i wont make any more facetious comments.


different strokes for different folks, for me all the fun is in the travel, but if you dont value it then it makes sense for you to love what you do.

My thoughts exactly. We are a bunch of trained apes, not superheroes! Bet the leather jacket with epaulets and the Ray-Bans are used heavily here. Sunglasses indoors.

Just go to the F-Concourse in ORD if you wanna see these things!

Sorry, couldn't handle the movie, but the school worked out just fine. How about you?