DTW baggage check crash

If someone in aviation doesn’t like or hasn’t seen “Airplane!”, they are not to be trusted.

I have had not one but TWO CAs who have never seen it. And they’re almost proud of it.


I weep when I meet an FO, drop a line from the movie, and get blank stares more vacant than my orange cat trying to do calculus back in return. We're doomed.

There’s a CA at my shop that not many guys like (but I do.) First leg we are flying together, cleared for takeoff, his leg. He says, “you ready?” I said “pitter patter” and he immediately responds “let’s get at ‘er” and we’ve been friendly ever since.

Seriously. The dropping of TV/movie lines is one of my favorite ways to suss out my tribe and when I find a member it just makes the trip better.
 
I have had not one but TWO CAs who have never seen it. And they’re almost proud of it.

Burn the heretics! Such blasphemy!


There’s a CA at my shop that not many guys like (but I do.) First leg we are flying together, cleared for takeoff, his leg. He says, “you ready?” I said “pitter patter” and he immediately responds “let’s get at ‘er” and we’ve been friendly ever since.

Seriously. The dropping of TV/movie lines is one of my favorite ways to suss out my tribe and when I find a member it just makes the trip better.

I used to fly with a CA back at the regional and we would spend all three days of the trip talking in movie and tv quotes. We had a code when we didn’t understand and would just say Kaiser Söze.
 
Burn the heretics! Such blasphemy!




I used to fly with a CA back at the regional and we would spend all three days of the trip talking in movie and tv quotes. We had a code when we didn’t understand and would just say Kaiser Söze.
Tangential but worthwhile…

In the old career, I used to work a lot of competitive strategies and it involved a lot of analysis of what the competition was doing. The directive to my team was this:

We will do what the other guys won’t. Find out what that is, and don’t be afraid to shock management. I’ll cover you.

I called it the Keyser Soze strategy.
 
I have had not one but TWO CAs who have never seen it. And they’re almost proud of it.




There’s a CA at my shop that not many guys like (but I do.) First leg we are flying together, cleared for takeoff, his leg. He says, “you ready?” I said “pitter patter” and he immediately responds “let’s get at ‘er” and we’ve been friendly ever since.

Seriously. The dropping of TV/movie lines is one of my favorite ways to suss out my tribe and when I find a member it just makes the trip better.
Ugh half the time I try that I get “hurr durr you couldn’t make that movie today hurr durr woke”
 
what is interesting is all the barriers to prevent a car from driving into the terminal failed easily. seemed to be there for show only. TMK those things are there to prevent exactly what happened.

In other news I have the same issue with newer FO's. No personality, don't want to talk, don't know any of the classic movies and slam click. They carry a giant ass softside yetti cooler...

Most of the layovers I am experiencing it is difficult to get out an buy the FO a beer. On my birthday I flew with a hella cool guy that I was hoping I could buy a beer and at least thank him for all the hard work. Nope. We timed out before even arriving at the hotel. I was barely able to get to the gym and sleep. I skipped dinner.

Also since starting to use a Fitbit I can see why a lot of people are too busy to hang out for a beverage or dinner on a layover. I started a day in RNO and went through SEA to TPA. I looked at the fitbit at 7:30 pm local and I had only burned 1200 calories or so. Usually it is around 2200 to 2400 by that time even if I didn't ride bikes and just did an hour at the gym. I had to go to the gym for over an hour to just get my calorie count in a normal range. Then find dinner and be ready for a 0600 van.
 
So WH40K is maddenly expensive, and GW is about as uptight as you can possibly imagine about their IP. So I don’t do tabletop, but the lore is so dark and over the top horrible it’s like a dumpster fire…you can’t help but look.

BTech is so much more reasonable and the lore far more accessible, and the fandom not nearly as insufferable, plus has an 80’s vibe that is just delicious and totally my jam. Plus, stompy stompy giant robots. And for $25, I can have my very own Urbie Derby. I’ve heard the MW5 virtual reality mod is off the charts good, so I may have to try that with the new rig.

Seriously. WH40k fans be like “well, ekctually…” and BTech fans “here, let me pour you another whisky”.

SO says I can smell model train shops from miles away.
There’s an amazing train shop in Paducah, new, used, and antique. Also, lots of books and magazines.

National Quilt Museum is also cool.

I collect trains and quilts.

I think Skywest and Contour serve Paducah.
 
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