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Toria said:
Another thought: my guy broke up with me when I told him I wanted to fly....he said it was too "man-ly". I guess that being a doc who takes direct responsibility for life every day is somehow different.
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I've got one word for that guy.

RE-FRACKING-TARDED.

As for me telling people that I fly, if it's appropriate, it comes up. If not, then it doesn't. A lot of people I know probably have exactly zero clue that I do fly. They don't need to know, so I don't tell them.

When it does come up, it's usually when someone asks me what I'm doing on my day off and I tell them.
 
mtsu_av8er said:
I absolutely LOVE talking about flying, and I find that many, many people are interested.

Every now and then, one of my pilot buddies will tell me that they don't like to talk about it, and that they like to "leave work at work". I simply tell them that I'm sorry that life has dealt them a bad hand, and left them bitter.

If I were a rock star, I'd talk about music. If I were a surfer, I'd talk about surfing. I fly airplanes for a living, and I absolutely love it. I'm gonna talk about it!
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:yeahthat:
 
Whenever I hear one of my buddies dropping the I'm a pilot line purely to pick up a chick, I think of the Seinfeld scene when George does exactly opposite of his instincts and goes up to the chick at the counter.."Hi my name is George, I'm unemployed and live with my parents"
 
I am surprised at how many people have obtained their PPL or higher actually. It seems whenever I fly as a passenger on an airline, I always end up sitting next to someone who at one time had taken to the skies under their own control.

Usually I have some sort of text out studying for whatever rating i am trying to obtain and they will notice it and inquire as to the nature of my studys, and then they have some good tale of how they used to fly or whatnot. Eitherway it seems I am able to strike a conversation fairly easily with anyone. I tell them about aspirations or what I am doing now and most people act fairly interested. Act being the key word, if they are really interested or not, well, at least they are being courteous.

But, ive never had a problem talking aviation with the lay man.
 
Whenever I hear one of my buddies dropping the I'm a pilot line purely to pick up a chick, I think of the Seinfeld scene when George does exactly opposite of his instincts and goes up to the chick at the counter.."Hi my name is George, I'm unemployed and live with my parents"
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Usually, the "I'm a pilot" line trick doesn't really do much at first, but it seems to work after I explain what I want to do later on. Chick's brains are hardwired to be attracted to ambition and future planning, so just work that angle a bit. :sitaware:
:rawk:
 
Crockrocket94 said:
I am surprised at how many people have obtained their PPL or higher actually. It seems whenever I fly as a passenger on an airline, I always end up sitting next to someone who at one time had taken to the skies under their own control.
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Don't let that fool you. As a CFI, you hear that all the time. Its either "I took about 20 hours of instruction 15 years ago" or "My dad/brother/other family member flies and I go with him all the time and he lets me do it".

Nine times out of ten, they didn't know what the rudder pedals did.

As for conversation on aviation. I never bring it up to people I don't know unless they ask. I firmly believe in education through information, but sometimes its just too damn discouraging to try to explain that airplanes really are safe when all they want to talk about is that story the news showed the other night about an airplane's nose gear snapping. Even when they do ask you logical questions, it always ends up going down the road of negativity because the proper explanations for things are always too complicated for them to comprehend. I almost got into a big verbal fight with some idiot a few months ago when the Cory Lidle accident was fresh hot on the press. As I was enjoying a sandwich at a little deli, there was a guy that kept saying "He should have known better than to do something illegal like that. I hope they suspend the license of every pilot that has ever flown down that river." I just couldn't let that one go. Turns out he was a "former Army helicopter pilot." Thats why I'm wary of anyone who says they USED to fly but then end up talking out of their ass about stuff they think they know.
 
TFaudree_ERAU said:
Turns out he was a "former Army helicopter pilot." Thats why I'm wary of anyone who says they USED to fly but then end up talking out of their ass about stuff they think they know.
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Hey! I resemble that remark!

(Actually, many army helo pilots are a bit weak on the FARs and the NAS...)
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Being a bitter, angry pilot seems to be the "In" thing right now! If you love it, you obviously just haven't been around long enough to be angry yet!!

So odd . . .
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That made me laugh so hard 'cause it's soooooo true!! Seems like being pissed at flying is a requirement to show seniority. lol
 
Aeroman said:
Usually, the "I'm a pilot" line trick doesn't really do much at first, but it seems to work after I explain what I want to do later on. Chick's brains are hardwired to be attracted to ambition and future planning, so just work that angle a bit. :sitaware:
:rawk:
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Not unless they are in it for the short term, then it works right away. Also, I'm a surgeon (doctor) or I'm a firefighter (but you need the body too) will work.
 
Aeroman said:
Usually, the "I'm a pilot" line trick doesn't really do much at first, but it seems to work after I explain what I want to do later on. Chick's brains are hardwired to be attracted to ambition and future planning, so just work that angle a bit. :sitaware:
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Dude, if you want to pick up chicks, I think saying you work at Jimmy Choo or Gucci probably works better than saying you're a pilot.

Shoes, dude. Shoes.
 
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