John Travolta irks Qantas crews.......

I have a Vinny Barbarino lunchbox from the first grade if any of you Travolta fan club guys are interested :)
 
MikeD said:
Its a safety video and he's an actor. Everyone knows that John Travolta is an actor and not a real Qantas pilot.
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But actually he will be acting as one of their pilots on that while Oprah thing to Australia. Not sure how that will be handled except it will be considered a charter flight not a scheduled flight. Think is is to be a 747.
 
Cotton short-sleeve pilot shirt: $15 from Sporty's.
Black polyester clip-on tie: $10.
Black dress pants: $19.99 from Target.
Epaulets: $20 from Sporty's.
Pilots getting upset an actor is "discrediting the uniform": PRICELESS.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Sallie Mae.
 
You....aah yes you are a funny young man!
FlyChicaga said:
Cotton short-sleeve pilot shirt: $15 from Sporty's.
Black polyester clip-on tie: $10.
Black dress pants: $19.99 from Target.
Epaulets: $20 from Sporty's.
Pilots getting upset an actor is "discrediting the uniform": PRICELESS.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Sallie Mae.
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WacoFan said:
Why wouldn't he have chosen to pretend to be a Pan Am pilot? Double-breasted suit, white hate, couldn't have painted the 707 in Pan Am colors. Or TWA with the red arrowhead and globe livery.
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He has connections to both Australia and QANTAS. His wife is from Australia and the 707 formerly flew for the airline. Before it recieved it's current color scheme, it was in a modified TWA arrowhead scheme. The arrowhead was "Pan Am" blue, but did not have any type of globe on the tail. Further, the aircraft was (and still is) named Jett Clipper Ella.

The QANTAS colors came about as part of his "work" for them.
 
USMC-SSGT said:
Add me to the list of those who do not care.

Since working for an airline I have learned that it is not something that takes years of hard work and dedication. It takes a few months of your time and a huge loan for most. After that it takes good luck and timing and the ability to not get fired or have your airline fold. When those fall into place the simple act of not getting fired over X amount of time and you are essentially guaranteed a job as a captain in the largest airframe at your airline. Now, there is a difference between a GOOD pilot and a pilot that simply passes the checks but its all irrelevant. At airline X the top two in the company that are 74 captains could be both the best stick in the universe and the worst pilot anyone has ever flown with whom everyone wonders how they have managed to not bend metal yet.

If he wants to wear four stripes and the uniform...all the power to him.
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SSGT,

You have been flying with too many first pagers there in EWR, many of the folks on that page are PFT'ers and folks that ended up at CJC in times before the major growth. Although some of your statements above have validity, your belief that this job is simply "making it through the gauntlet," and that it doesn't involve skill, perserverence, dedication and professionalism, is pretty jaded. I can only hope that you are bringing more to the table when you show up to fly your line.
 
FlyChicaga said:
Cotton short-sleeve pilot shirt: $15 from Sporty's.
Black polyester clip-on tie: $10.
Black dress pants: $19.99 from Target.
Epaulets: $20 from Sporty's.
Pilots getting upset an actor is "discrediting the uniform": PRICELESS.

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Sallie Mae.
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I don't care who you are, that's funny! :)

And true! :)
 
USMC-SSGT said:
Add me to the list of those who do not care.

Since working for an airline I have learned that it is not something that takes years of hard work and dedication. It takes a few months of your time and a huge loan for most. After that it takes good luck and timing and the ability to not get fired or have your airline fold. When those fall into place the simple act of not getting fired over X amount of time and you are essentially guaranteed a job as a captain in the largest airframe at your airline. Now, there is a difference between a GOOD pilot and a pilot that simply passes the checks but its all irrelevant. At airline X the top two in the company that are 74 captains could be both the best stick in the universe and the worst pilot anyone has ever flown with whom everyone wonders how they have managed to not bend metal yet.

If he wants to wear four stripes and the uniform...all the power to him.
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Not how it works everywhere. My company currently has merit-based upgrade, and I'm just fine with that. Also, be proud of your accomplishments; regardless of how long it took for your fellow Colganites to get to the airlines, most of us have worked hard to get where we are. The fact that those pilots got lucky during a hiring boom has no bearing on our professionalism as aviators.
 
CEWLGUY said:
SSGT,

You have been flying with too many first pagers there in EWR, many of the folks on that page are PFT'ers and folks that ended up at CJC in times before the major growth. Although some of your statements above have validity, your belief that this job is simply "making it through the gauntlet," and that it doesn't involve skill, perserverence, dedication and professionalism, is pretty jaded. I can only hope that you are bringing more to the table when you show up to fly your line.
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I completely believe that this job requires skill, perseverance and dedication....to be good at what you do. I believe that every time you step into the cockpit you have something to learn and often something to teach.

I do still stand by my statement that anyone with enough money, patience, luck and timing can make it into the airlines and be equally as successful as someone who has scratched and killed for every flight hour, enriched hundreds of students lives and made it their life long goal to be the greatest and most professional aviator of all time. In a seniority based line of work if you simply show up for work, pass your checks and do not get fired you WILL move up.

Not saying airlines should be merit based but I am a tremendous fan of it. Much of the military was merit based and you were able to get out of it what you put into it. Through the merit based system I was able to meritoriously upgrade to LCpl, Cpl and Sgt becoming a Sgt at 25 months and a SSgt at a few months over 4 years. No matter how hard I try at the airlines it will not put me into the left seat of an A380 any faster than someone who did PFT and has done the bare minimum for their entire career.
 
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