Questions you get sick of answering

TRI a few weeks ago:

Passenger as they were boarding and I happen to look back: "Hey look darlin' there's a colored guy flying this thing!"

Both the Captain and me just chuckled.
 
blinkpilot182 said:
Person:what do you do??
Me:i am in flight school
Person: oh wow how far into it are you??
Me:well i have my private, my instrument rating...and im working on my Multi now
Person:thats so cool...so when do you they let you be a pilot?? ... have you flown the plane yet??

-Jon
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I get this all the time. I'll tell someone I'm a flight student and that I'm about to solo or something and they'll be like, "So can you land?" "They're already letting you fly?" I just always look at them like they're stupid and say, "Well it's kind of hard to learn any other way." :drool:

I also get, "When do you fly? Because I'll make sure I'm far far away." :whatever: How original!

MikeOH58 said:
When I was younger I was quit the party animal, and although much matured, to this day when I say freinds I haven't seen in years, i'll occasionally get "man...In 20 years if I ever get on a commercial airplane and hear Mike Palazzo is the Captain, i'll be getting off right away".
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I've never been a party animal. I've always been straight laced and a hard worker but I still always get this. "Let me know what airline you want to fly for and I'll make sure I never buy a ticket."

Oh and I've found, every since I've been taking these lessons, that secretly every single person I know has always wanted to take lessons too... :rolleyes:
 
SeatClutcher said:
Ever since Ian found out he was going to AirNet, which has been quite a few months, now, I've gotten this:

"Do you know when you're moving?"

"No."

"Do you know where you're going?"

"No."

------two weeks later------

"So, where are you guys moving?"

"I don't know."

"Do you know where you're going, yet?"

"We won't know until he finishes training."

"Oh."

----------------two weeks later---------

"So, how much longer is Ian in training?"

"A little bit."

"Does he know where they're sending him, yet?"



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If it makes you feel any better, my wife and I were planning a wedding during all of that ;)

It ended up we found out a week before the wedding, got married, went on a honeymoon, then moved from ohio to connecticut.
 
n57flyguy said:
"So, when your a pilot, can you fly me around?"

"When you own a fourtune 500 company, yes." :D
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What if I just work at one?! :p

I've had family/friends ask me why I don't just fly to see them, now that I'm a pilot. I'm like 'STUDENT' pilot... not to mention I live in Arkansas and you live in ________, it'd be cheaper to buy a ticket anyways!
 
E6BAV8R said:
Being a flight instructor, my family members always ask me:

"Do you have your pilots license yet?"

I guess people think flying airplanes and getting a driver's license are the same thing...
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:yeahthat:

Have gotten that one many times before....
 
I usually get this one from friends/family when they find out I'm pursuing my commercial license:

"OMG! You're flying those little planes? Have you heard about that plane that crashed, blah, blah...(insert latest overhyped TV news crash story)"

Also,

Have you flown JETS yet?

And,

I want free tickets when you start flying the airlines...

A recent conversation with a friend:
Them: I'd never fly in something with just one engine.
Me: Actually, The accident rate is worse for light twins.
Them: Oh, well what if the engine quits on a single?
Me: It doesn't fly because it has an engine, it flies because it has wings.
Them: Huh?:)
 
Soul Brotha' said:
TRI a few weeks ago:

Passenger as they were boarding and I happen to look back: "Hey look darlin' there's a colored guy flying this thing!"

Both the Captain and me just chuckled.
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Lol...yea..they lets us out of the fields long ago! We can even vote now!

Doug has a similar story like yours. I'll let him tell it.

But he did text one time last year, telling me that he was flying with a black captain.

He said that everybody boarding and deplaning kept giving them strange looks as they walked pasted the cockpit lol!
 
staplegun said:
Approximately 1 year & 218 days...


Kevin
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Man.... When you put it like that it really makes it sound like you have #### for experience.

I would have 6 days of experience.
I think I am going to throw up...

"Pax: sow how long have you been flying?
"FO: just over a month.
"Pax oh meh god!
 
Pounds?

(Helpful note: if you know it's going to get censored, find a more appropriate word)
 
eagledriver101 said:
Man.... When you put it like that it really makes it sound like you have #### for experience.

I would have 6 days of experience.
I think I am going to throw up...

"Pax: sow how long have you been flying?
"FO: just over a month.
"Pax oh meh god!
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In real life I usually add up the years of flying experience in the cockpit; with a 3 man crew we usually add up to some number over 70 years of experience - that usually shuts them up!


Kevin
 
THEM: What do you do?
ME: I'm in the Air Force.
THEM: Oh, do you fly planes?
ME: :whatever: ... :whatever: ... yes
(I'm an enlisted mechanic, but it amuses me:bandit:)

My parents, wanting to holiday from IL ...
THEM: Can you get me tickets to Tucson?
ME: yeah, on the web.
THEM: Do they fly the big jets down there?
ME: yes
THEM: Oh good, cause we don't want to fly on one of those little things. They're unsafe.
ME: :panic:

Telling my co-workers I fly ...
THEM: You have your pilots license?
ME: yeah, for about 3 years now
THEM: Oh, then why don't you get out and fly for the airliners and make the big bucks?

*sigh*
 
Them: Have you stalled an airplane?
Me: Yes. Its actually kinda fun.
Them: Is it hard to restart the plane afterwards?
Me: Huh?!?!
 
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