What to say??
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What to say??
What do you say to someone who asks what you do for a living, and then once you tell them you're a pilot they then go on to ask "Oh cool. So someday you want to become a commercial pilot and then maybe fly the big jets?"
There's no point in trying explain that you're ALREADY a commercial pilot but you need an ATPL and a f*** load of hours etc.
There's gotta be some whitty replies somewhere??
Maybe I should just say I'm a glorified bus driver?
There's no point in trying explain that you're ALREADY a commercial pilot but you need an ATPL and a f*** load of hours etc.
There's gotta be some whitty replies somewhere??
Maybe I should just say I'm a glorified bus driver?
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You might want to try Jetblast, that's where the witty pruners hang out...
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Serious answer:
I don't bother with correcting their ideas about a "commercial pilot", I know what they mean and that's all that counts.
So, I generally say "yeah, I'm working towards it" or something.
I generally try not to encourage any conversation about what I do because most people don't know enough about it to be able to have a useful conversation.
They say, "what do you fly?", I say, "a Dash 8", they give me a blank look. Sometimes I might describe it or tell them a route that it flies in case they've been on one. Mostly I just give up.
Don't get me wrong, I don't ignore non-aviation people, I just try to talk to them about what they do, not what I do, I find it more interesting that way.
I don't bother with correcting their ideas about a "commercial pilot", I know what they mean and that's all that counts.
So, I generally say "yeah, I'm working towards it" or something.
I generally try not to encourage any conversation about what I do because most people don't know enough about it to be able to have a useful conversation.
They say, "what do you fly?", I say, "a Dash 8", they give me a blank look. Sometimes I might describe it or tell them a route that it flies in case they've been on one. Mostly I just give up.
Don't get me wrong, I don't ignore non-aviation people, I just try to talk to them about what they do, not what I do, I find it more interesting that way.
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Do you also have a card that says you do that?
And other things like:
Bars emptied
Coups Plotted
Gov'ts Overthrown
Virgins de-flowered
Last of the Big-Time Spenders
etc
etc
Yeah I used to have sh!t like that too.
I also thought chicks dug it.
Turns out not many chicks thought me being a Pilot was worth a pinch of snot compared to the interns (or whatever you call a young, male, trainee doctor) or other guys with proper-paying jobs.
These smarter fcuks had much greater earning potential than I did, in the eyes of all the shallow young nurses and trainee nurses I was trying to pound when I were an un-washed, poor, starving, sex-starved 21yo GA driver in a bush town.
I guess being a pilot didn't make me as great as I thought it did, back then.
Still, at least I never went native.....
And other things like:
Bars emptied
Coups Plotted
Gov'ts Overthrown
Virgins de-flowered
Last of the Big-Time Spenders
etc
etc
Yeah I used to have sh!t like that too.
I also thought chicks dug it.
Turns out not many chicks thought me being a Pilot was worth a pinch of snot compared to the interns (or whatever you call a young, male, trainee doctor) or other guys with proper-paying jobs.
These smarter fcuks had much greater earning potential than I did, in the eyes of all the shallow young nurses and trainee nurses I was trying to pound when I were an un-washed, poor, starving, sex-starved 21yo GA driver in a bush town.
I guess being a pilot didn't make me as great as I thought it did, back then.
Still, at least I never went native.....
Let me tell t like it is. Never mind being a pilot. Once you are over 40 you will find yourself swamped with women who are aware that their biological clock is ticking.
Once you are over 50, you will be able to go out every night of the week with a different female (if that is what you wish).
I'm having a night off. Red Emporer for Lunch and then PJ's Irish Pub until an hour ago. Had to beat them off with a stick.
Once you are over 50, you will be able to go out every night of the week with a different female (if that is what you wish).
I'm having a night off. Red Emporer for Lunch and then PJ's Irish Pub until an hour ago. Had to beat them off with a stick.
BAHAHAHA, nice one 18-wheeler.
AerocatS2A "I generally try not to encourage any conversation about what I do because most people don't know enough about it to be able to have a useful conversation."
Exactly. I get sick and tired of explaining all the same **** over and over again to people who have no idea about flying. I have given up. It's worse for me because I am still pre-CPL and hence pre-professional pilot. So I can't even just say who I'm working for. I have to explain the process of training and flying hours and the teeny weeny "unsafe" aircraft that I fly.....blah blah blah.
I am yet to discover a person who hasn't mentioned the words "unsafe" or if an airliner has crashed in the last week "you sure you want to be a pilot? They seem pretty dangerous those planes."
AerocatS2A "I generally try not to encourage any conversation about what I do because most people don't know enough about it to be able to have a useful conversation."
Exactly. I get sick and tired of explaining all the same **** over and over again to people who have no idea about flying. I have given up. It's worse for me because I am still pre-CPL and hence pre-professional pilot. So I can't even just say who I'm working for. I have to explain the process of training and flying hours and the teeny weeny "unsafe" aircraft that I fly.....blah blah blah.
I am yet to discover a person who hasn't mentioned the words "unsafe" or if an airliner has crashed in the last week "you sure you want to be a pilot? They seem pretty dangerous those planes."
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Years ago a good mate and I would go out 'hunting' and tell the 'prey' that we were plumbers and carpenters. Definately got a lot more action with those creds than telling them we were drivers. If said mate is reading I've just blown my cover big time!!
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Who cares what they think? You know what you do and are proud of it, that's all the counts.
Being a pilot and not a doctor isn't what stops me getting laid, being a fat, ugly know it all does
Remember, people who think they know everything ruin it for those of us that do!
Being a pilot and not a doctor isn't what stops me getting laid, being a fat, ugly know it all does
Remember, people who think they know everything ruin it for those of us that do!
Just tell them exactly what you do for f*ck's sake - I didn't work my ring off to get where I am just so I can tell a girl I'm a brickie or a sparky (no offence intended to those professions). Unless of course they are a flight attendant, in which case tell them you are anything but a pilot! Hahaha
Of course, spend more time talking about them and what they do, and the chance of getting in their pants increases exponentially - well in theory anyway!!! I often do my best to disprove that theory - the drool running down my chin is usually the deterrent!
Cheers,
TL
Of course, spend more time talking about them and what they do, and the chance of getting in their pants increases exponentially - well in theory anyway!!! I often do my best to disprove that theory - the drool running down my chin is usually the deterrent!
Cheers,
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I'm an ant farmer,
I breed a special type of ant that eats the dead trees that have fallen over in the forrest, so that wild animals have room to run and play.....It'a all about looking after animals and the environment
We muster several times a year with helicopters...it can get pretty dangerous...sometimes we muster bull ants.
(Works best when taking off Steve Erwin)
I breed a special type of ant that eats the dead trees that have fallen over in the forrest, so that wild animals have room to run and play.....It'a all about looking after animals and the environment
We muster several times a year with helicopters...it can get pretty dangerous...sometimes we muster bull ants.
(Works best when taking off Steve Erwin)
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If they aren't much chop and you don't intend to get into their pants, when they say, so one day you want to be a Commercial pilot. You can say to them. So one day you want to be a woman, you know after the operation.. Then make the moves on her better looking friend.
and if they are both ugly go back to the bar get some more booze and try again later when they look attractive.
and if they are both ugly go back to the bar get some more booze and try again later when they look attractive.
Let me tell t like it is. Never mind being a pilot. Once you are over 40 you will find yourself swamped with women who are aware that their biological clock is ticking.
Really?
I just turned 40 .....
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