All the darned time!
And then from the ladies I am always hearing "What time do you finish flying tonight captain and where are you staying?" I get soooo sick of always hearing that one.
Me too brother, me too.
Questions you get sick of answering
- Thread starter saxman
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All the darned time!
Me too brother, me too.
Wolfy
Well-Known Member
Me: "I'm working on my pilot's license"
About 10 people so far: "You know you could join the air force?"
What do they expect me to say? What is this Air-Force you speak of? Never heard of it. It has air in the name, maybe they have airplanes.
What's more annoying for me than the questions I get are the answers I get to questions I didn't ask. "You really should..."
About 10 people so far: "You know you could join the air force?"
What do they expect me to say? What is this Air-Force you speak of? Never heard of it. It has air in the name, maybe they have airplanes.
What's more annoying for me than the questions I get are the answers I get to questions I didn't ask. "You really should..."
barnstormer09
New Member
Excellent.
I've found that usually the more I explain in response to questions, the more horrified people get.
Chris_Ford
Well-Known Member
"Any relation?"
No.
No.
slushie
F2TH C56X C500
When I was on the ramp at AW, I had this girl that I hadn't seen in a long time say "Hey! Let's go have lunch while I'm in town!"
I soon found out the motives behind it.
My response to that was "Sure! You go to expedia.com, type in your dates & destination, and you'll get cheap tickets!"
Though actually, when I've bought tickets, I've just gone to the airlines' website and bought them from there.
NW_Pilot
Well-Known Member
And then from the ladies I am always hearing "What time do you finish flying tonight captain and where are you staying?" I get soooo sick of always hearing that one.
Yep, i'm getting really tired of all the "groupies" that want to hook up with me for NSA action only because i'm a pilot...I feel so used, and cheap, like i'm nothing more than a piece of meat to them. Damn those airplanes...DAMN YOU!
And there's always the people that are blown away when I tell them i'm working on my commercial license and almost have enough hrs to get it. I should start telling them it only takes about 11 days to get the hrs needed for it.
sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
I sometimes get from visiting passengers: "Do you have to know what ALL those knobs and buttons do?" and then there are the regulars "Is this your normal route?" and "Aren't you afraid of heights?"
And then from the ladies I am always hearing "What time do you finish flying tonight captain and where are you staying?" I get soooo sick of always hearing that one.
Calcapt, the funny thing is when they visit the cockpit, they look at the circuit breakers too, and think those are all buttons we push. We don't push them! We pull them at strategic moments to reset the darn TCAS so we don't have to write it up!
My most unnerving question #1 was on GOJET, sitting next to a passenger.
"So, you fly this plane too?"
"No, I fly a saab 340."
"Oh. Thats a prop right?"
"Yes."
"Wow. So, do you think some day you'll have enough experience to move up to this regional jet?"
And my response: "well it actually would be opposite. I would be asking if the pilots up front here will someday have enough experience to handle a turboprop!"
My most unnerving question #2 comes from friends, after I tell them where I'm flying.
"So I didn't know united flies in there."
"Well, it doesn't. This is flying for Airways."
"I thought you flew for United. You switched?"
"No, its the same company. Just different paint."
sorrygottarunway
Well-Known Member
Pilots the rock stars!ha-ha-ha!
Hey it certainly adds some flavour to that 19k a year
Apropos...
"Wow you're an airline pilot?"
"Yes."
"You must make a lot of money doing that."
"No."
SeatClutcher
Pasta.
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?"
...............
.
"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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SeatClutcher
Pasta.
Yes. I had a dream last night someone was reading in on Dr. Phil. It was very exciting.
PGT
Well-Known Member
My friends say the same thing.
It's usually stuff like:
do you get to travel for free
can you give me free tickets to xx
how long do you have to be the captains assistant
I hear captains make 300-400k a year
then a bunch of questions how GA is unsafe
BobDDuck
Island Bus Driver
I usually respond to the "are you old enough comment" with a "I've got a note from my mom so it's ok." Mostly works. I still haven't had the guts to say "I don't know, but I KNOW you are too old to be on this plane". Probably not in the vein of customer service, ya know?