Well, F/A unions are calling for it...
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/29/MTFH15786_2005-09-29_01-30-59_KRA905482.html
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/29/MTFH15786_2005-09-29_01-30-59_KRA905482.html
Boycot Flightplan?
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mtsu_av8er
Well-Known Member
That has to be one of the dumbest things I've heard all day.
It's a freaking MOVIE!!!! Some people are just too full of themselves.
I'm a union fan, but I can't support this silly move.
Aren't there other battles they can be fighting? If this is as good as it gets . . .
It's a freaking MOVIE!!!! Some people are just too full of themselves.
I'm a union fan, but I can't support this silly move.
Aren't there other battles they can be fighting? If this is as good as it gets . . .
FlyChicaga
Vintage Restoration
I'd be more worried about the negative light that "Aviary" movie put F/As into! Give me a freakin' break!!
PeanuckleCRJ
Poodle Wrangler
I think it is kinda dumb how movies are intentionally going out of the way and no terrorists on movies are portrayed as islamic extremists...
Escaping from reality is great though at times...
Escaping from reality is great though at times...
mtsu_av8er
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty tired of hearing about that movie . . .
Scene From A First Date, Repeated Several Times, With A New Woman Playing "Girl" For Each Performance . . .
[Girl] So, when you're a commercial pilot, you can have a GF in each city of your run?
[Me] Ummm, I am a commercial pilot.
[Girl] Yeah, I mean a real one. Anyway, How is your wife going to know you don't have a girlfriend in each city of your run?
[Me] What's a run?
[Girl] You know what I'm talking about . . . how will a girl know you're not cheating?
[Me] Where are you getting this from?
[Girl] Well, I saw a movie on Lifetime, and this pilot had three homes, and a wife in three cities . . .
[Me] Believe me, no airline pilot has three homes, and he sure can't afford three wives . . .
[Girl] You can tell me what you want, but I know how much money commercial pilots make . . .
[Me] I am a commercial pilot -
[Girl] I mean a real one. And when you get a run you like, you can just tell each wife that you're "working" and they'll never know what you're doing . . .
[Me] Pilots don't really have "runs" -
[Girl] Well, you can say whatever you want, but I know how commercial pilots are. Wait till you become one . . .
[Me] Hmmm....Check Please!
Now, repeat!!
Scene From A First Date, Repeated Several Times, With A New Woman Playing "Girl" For Each Performance . . .
[Girl] So, when you're a commercial pilot, you can have a GF in each city of your run?
[Me] Ummm, I am a commercial pilot.
[Girl] Yeah, I mean a real one. Anyway, How is your wife going to know you don't have a girlfriend in each city of your run?
[Me] What's a run?
[Girl] You know what I'm talking about . . . how will a girl know you're not cheating?
[Me] Where are you getting this from?
[Girl] Well, I saw a movie on Lifetime, and this pilot had three homes, and a wife in three cities . . .
[Me] Believe me, no airline pilot has three homes, and he sure can't afford three wives . . .
[Girl] You can tell me what you want, but I know how much money commercial pilots make . . .
[Me] I am a commercial pilot -
[Girl] I mean a real one. And when you get a run you like, you can just tell each wife that you're "working" and they'll never know what you're doing . . .
[Me] Pilots don't really have "runs" -
[Girl] Well, you can say whatever you want, but I know how commercial pilots are. Wait till you become one . . .
[Me] Hmmm....Check Please!
Now, repeat!!
Texasspilot
New Member
[Girl] Well, you can say whatever you want, but I know how commercial pilots are. Wait till you become one . . .
[Me] Fine you win and the truth is its just cheaper than rent for a crashpad. By the way I forgot my wallet you don't mind do you?
[Me] Fine you win and the truth is its just cheaper than rent for a crashpad. By the way I forgot my wallet you don't mind do you?
Just wait until you get a job with an airline.
You'll have your relatives calling you 48 hours before one of their friends HAS to be somewhere and ask you where they can finder cheaper air fares.
Friend/relative: "Hey, the neighbor's got to fly to Detroit in a couple days"
Me: "Really..."
Friend/relative: "So where can (s)he find a cheaper air fare at?"
Me: "Orbitz, Priceline, I dunno!"
Friend/relative: "But how much should it cost to fly from XYZ to Detroit?"
Me: "I don't know"
Friend/relative: "Don't you know where (s)he can find a cheaper air fare? I mean don't you get discounts come on man?!"
Me: "No."
Friend/relative: "You're A LOT OF HELP!!!"
(and my favorite part of the conversation)
Friend/relative: "Why are the tickets so expensive?"
Me: "Supply and demand, the loads are high. Besides, it's LAST MINUTE"
Friend/relative: "Can (s)he use a buddy pass?"
Me: "If the loads are that high, no. Why's (s)he got to be there so bad?"
Friend/relative: "Doesn't really, it's just that I told her/him that my (insert relation here) is an airline pilot and (s)he thought it would be cool to fly to Detroit for the weekend."
*click*
You'll have your relatives calling you 48 hours before one of their friends HAS to be somewhere and ask you where they can finder cheaper air fares.
Friend/relative: "Hey, the neighbor's got to fly to Detroit in a couple days"
Me: "Really..."
Friend/relative: "So where can (s)he find a cheaper air fare at?"
Me: "Orbitz, Priceline, I dunno!"
Friend/relative: "But how much should it cost to fly from XYZ to Detroit?"
Me: "I don't know"
Friend/relative: "Don't you know where (s)he can find a cheaper air fare? I mean don't you get discounts come on man?!"
Me: "No."
Friend/relative: "You're A LOT OF HELP!!!"
(and my favorite part of the conversation)
Friend/relative: "Why are the tickets so expensive?"
Me: "Supply and demand, the loads are high. Besides, it's LAST MINUTE"
Friend/relative: "Can (s)he use a buddy pass?"
Me: "If the loads are that high, no. Why's (s)he got to be there so bad?"
Friend/relative: "Doesn't really, it's just that I told her/him that my (insert relation here) is an airline pilot and (s)he thought it would be cool to fly to Detroit for the weekend."
*click*
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
Or Doug they can call you on the ground and say
"Hey we were flying and all of a sudden the pilot made this sharp turn over a lake why'd he do that?"
-Matthew
"Hey we were flying and all of a sudden the pilot made this sharp turn over a lake why'd he do that?"
-Matthew
oh comeon.. you don't get that that often... you get more of this:Doug Taylor said:
brother: "So, where are you laying over this week"
pilot: "I'm in Los Angeles, Greensboro and louisville"
brother: "well, you know you have a 45th cousin that you really should call when you get to LA and we have an aunt in louisville you should visit"
pilot: "mmmm'kay, i'll call if i have time"
...days later...
brother: "so did you call and get together with so & so?"
pilot: "no, i didn't have enough layover time and i really had other things to do"
brother: "why not, they're your family!"
and on..on..on...but honestly, he means well!
...you get more of that than any other type besides "where is baggage claim XXX?"
Here's my favorite from a couple of days ago:
(Going thru security in an undisclosed airport)
"I've got to re-run your bag"
Ok...
"My gosh this dang thing is heavy, what do you have in it?"
Uhh, *smile* take a peek at the screen there! You tell me!
"You don't have to be a smart ass..."
(Going thru security in an undisclosed airport)
"I've got to re-run your bag"
Ok...
"My gosh this dang thing is heavy, what do you have in it?"
Uhh, *smile* take a peek at the screen there! You tell me!
"You don't have to be a smart ass..."
Bog
New Member
I love it when people ask me questions about the flight ... when I'm jumpseating on Southwest. I smile and politely say "I don't know." They're shocked.
"Where's the gate for the La Guardia flight?" I get asked in IAD or ORD. Well, what airline? What time? How the hell should I know? I smile, point at the monitors, and direct them that way. "Well, where will I find the gate?" I then point to the ample signage throughout the airport. I never knew that illiteracy was so high in this country!
Oh yeah, tickets are SO expensive. Whatever. They're cheaper now than they were 10 years ago, and that's not even correcting for inflation. Passengers treat the airplane as their personal trash can, leave crap all over the floor, seats, and seatback pockets, and treat all of us like we're the bus driver and Sonic waitresses. A passenger told my flight attendant the other day that, at the next stop, she needed to have the cleaners clean out the seatback pocket. She politely smiled and said "I AM the cleaners."
One of my sisters decided to fly to L.A. a few weeks ago. She watched ticket prices on Southwest, missed a sale fare, then called me to ask why they went up so much. Well, they went up $80 per round trip. That means that she would have to pony up all of $800 to fly 3 people from Kansas City to L.A. ... and back. $800 is too much? WTF!?
It's the mentality of folks in the USofA. It's the Walmart effect (which is why I don't shop there). Too many people want to pay the least amount possible, then bitch about what they get for it.
"Where's the gate for the La Guardia flight?" I get asked in IAD or ORD. Well, what airline? What time? How the hell should I know? I smile, point at the monitors, and direct them that way. "Well, where will I find the gate?" I then point to the ample signage throughout the airport. I never knew that illiteracy was so high in this country!
Oh yeah, tickets are SO expensive. Whatever. They're cheaper now than they were 10 years ago, and that's not even correcting for inflation. Passengers treat the airplane as their personal trash can, leave crap all over the floor, seats, and seatback pockets, and treat all of us like we're the bus driver and Sonic waitresses. A passenger told my flight attendant the other day that, at the next stop, she needed to have the cleaners clean out the seatback pocket. She politely smiled and said "I AM the cleaners."
One of my sisters decided to fly to L.A. a few weeks ago. She watched ticket prices on Southwest, missed a sale fare, then called me to ask why they went up so much. Well, they went up $80 per round trip. That means that she would have to pony up all of $800 to fly 3 people from Kansas City to L.A. ... and back. $800 is too much? WTF!?
It's the mentality of folks in the USofA. It's the Walmart effect (which is why I don't shop there). Too many people want to pay the least amount possible, then bitch about what they get for it.
I had a couple on the hotel van in LAX this morning who about drove me to the dark side:
Woman: "They'd BETTER have breakfast on this flight, it's early and I'm hungry"
Man: "I think they do.. Well they'd better. Maui is a long flight"
Woman: "$200 better include breakfast, that's a lot of money."
Man: "Kelly...Uhh, Kelly says it cheaper to fly out of Ontario..."
:banghead:
Woman: "They'd BETTER have breakfast on this flight, it's early and I'm hungry"
Man: "I think they do.. Well they'd better. Maui is a long flight"
Woman: "$200 better include breakfast, that's a lot of money."
Man: "Kelly...Uhh, Kelly says it cheaper to fly out of Ontario..."
:banghead:
That movie looks so awful, that all the F/As and everyone else calling for a boycott are going to do is drive business to the movie for everyone to see what the fuss is all about.
Flightplan, Stealth - doesn't Hollywood know how to make GOOD aviation movies any more?
Flightplan, Stealth - doesn't Hollywood know how to make GOOD aviation movies any more?