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Old 31st Jul 2006, 10:55
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pulling the ladies!!

All you pilots - Well known fact that the ladies like a pilot, so just wondering if being a pilot has helped you in this field?? A friend flies for a well known airline and has them flocking after him, just wondering if its the same for you PPL's
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Old 31st Jul 2006, 11:02
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Well I haven't had any ladies flocking after me! Wonder why?

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must be that age! 41 - thats mid-life crisis time! Only joking
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Hanging out in the wrong bars?
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Originally Posted by Whirlygig
Well I haven't had any ladies flocking after me! Wonder why?

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But if you did it would make for a saleable video.....
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Perhaps she is on the wrong FL...too high too catch!
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Nope,

I'd say it doesn't help at all! especially if you are at the local field and about to go for a flight.

Lady: "Sooooo Mr Pilot... what do you fly"
Pilot: "One of those over there *points to Cessna*"
Lady: "......."

Unless anyone has any tips on what aircraft ladies like!
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Old 31st Jul 2006, 12:45
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Female cabin staff is a well known fringe benefit on long haul flights, for the pilots. They have it easy because most of the male cabin crew are gay.

It's not as good as it used to be, reportedly, with present day employment laws, although Virgin are said to be still hanging in there, upholding the old standards.

The PPL scene, with its decrepit aircraft and anoraks everywhere is a far cry from the glamour of flying to far away places, for a gurl whose alternative job is a working as a waitress in a coffee bar and who is probably hoping to end up with a bloke with a stable highly paid job.
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I've heard the Virgin Cabin Crew refered to as "Olympic Flames"
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I tend to find they're more attracted to choppers !!
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Old 31st Jul 2006, 14:08
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I agree!

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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu Yankee
Unless anyone has any tips on what aircraft ladies like!

Pink ones. Or cute ones.......?!
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Originally Posted by Chesty Morgan
Pink ones. Or cute ones.......?!
Lady passengers (as opposed to lady pilots, who are a quite different breed in my experience) seem to like quiet comfortable ones, that don't have difficult steps in and out, don't smell of hydrocarbons, and offer a good view en-route.

Which eliminates much of GA!

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No kidding, Genghis. I much prefer aircraft that smell of metal, oil and hydraulic fluid.
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Originally Posted by AerBabe
No kidding, Genghis. I much prefer aircraft that smell of metal, oil and hydraulic fluid.
You realise that if you can find a perfume that smells of that, you'll have the perfect aphrodisiac for most male pilots.

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Yup. My flying instructor used to suggest I dabbed a bit of Avgas behind my ears before a night out!

Unfortunately, although AerBloke comes home some evenings smelling of fuel tanks, that isn't quite so pleasant.
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Yup. My flying instructor used to suggest I dabbed a bit of Avgas behind my ears before a night out!
Unfortunately, although AerBloke comes home some evenings smelling of fuel tanks, that isn't quite so pleasant.
I shall have to consult with my mother on that subject, when she met Genghis Sr. I believe that his job was fitting the fuel tanks into the wings of newly built Supermarine Scimitars.

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Originally Posted by AerBabe
I much prefer aircraft that smell of metal, oil and hydraulic fluid.
And me! preferably to certain Jet Rangers I have flown which are normally used for pipeline inspections - they smell of

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Having seen them at North Weald on many occasions, I'm not surprised!
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Originally Posted by Flash0710
Hanging out in the wrong bars?
Everyone loves a sailor
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