Firebird2XC
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It could be worse. Going home to Camarillo can't exactly be the worst fate out there.
Being a pilot is cool.
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It could be worse. Going home to Camarillo can't exactly be the worst fate out there.
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Big Black Guy
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I'm quite happy with it especially with the "LT" coded flying I'm doing this month. You mean...I can drive to work?
Edit: I need to go to the beach more often/be more smug/run on the beach and really act like I'm LAX based for the rest of the month.
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Apparently I didn't either. I did mean centimeters. And I have no idea.Do they measure?
What if we don't know how long a millimeter is?
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Do they measure?
What if we don't know how long a millimeter is?
To borrow a phrase from some jackass mainline pilot, if I'm ever subjected to the measurement of my facial hair...ITS ON LIKE DONKEY KONG!@
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I prefer quips about ALPA-staches being returned with quips about scissors being in the same pile as the pensions.
fly22
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So many things one could use to teach you.
Boris Badenov
Fortis Leader
Well some of you, anyway.
Whatever chump! Amma be you like a SPIDER MONKAY!
Screaming_Emu
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Speaking of facial hair, I had a good laugh today when an Airtran pilot jumbled his read back to center. He later apologized and said "sorry, my mustache is too big"
If only there was a way to fist bump over the radio.
If only there was a way to fist bump over the radio.
That was completely and utterly unprofessional. I expect better.
The "fist bump" or the stache talk?
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Post-merger Delta (no, not the most recent one: think "The Only Way To Fly," where a Seattle base was purchased, then downsized, then closed) there were a succession of good Delta guys from Atlanta who were assigned as Chief Pilot—Seattle in an effort to "clean up" the base. (It was sort of the Rebel Alliance out there. Not anything operationally unsafe, but for instance some guys didn't get the memo that cowboy hats were no longer acceptable now that they were all humming "we love to fly and it shows" instead of being Wally Bird.)
In particular, one guy let his hair grow out so long that it was in no way shape or form compliant with uniform rules. With creative bidding, swaps, drops and so on he managed to avoid being in the office when a management pilot would be and thus dodged the issue. Until one day when the Chief randomly showed up to ride his jumpseat. Advance warning was provided to this Captain by another member of the Alliance and he realized he had to get a haircut, right then and there, or be in serious hot water with a no-nonsense guy from Atlanta.
The solution was to quickly step into the airport barber shop and get a haircut. In fact, he got all of them cut. Shaved his head. Covered his uniform coat in his hair. Showed up and off they went. But he did not, in fact, get into any trouble.
A little subtle rebellion becomes a legend...
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Bumbling a readback? It's like he works for one of those dangerous regional airlines.That was completely and utterly unprofessional. I expect better.
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Ask my Dad about his. I dare you.No.....the stache itself!