This is almost kinda funny... a DCA student!
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Prestigious, yaright!
You're the guy who they're going to ask about the location of baggage claim! Or if you've got to deadhead in uniform, people expect you to put aside the nap, answer questions and tell whimsical stories during the flight. Or, when you're catching some zzz's during boarding during the deadhead flight, people stop in the aisles with their baby and said, "Say Hi to the pilot honey, come on! Say hi to the pilot honey! Aww, she's crying because she doesn't know how you fly the plane from back here! Yuk Yuk Yuk"
Trust me.
You're the guy who they're going to ask about the location of baggage claim! Or if you've got to deadhead in uniform, people expect you to put aside the nap, answer questions and tell whimsical stories during the flight. Or, when you're catching some zzz's during boarding during the deadhead flight, people stop in the aisles with their baby and said, "Say Hi to the pilot honey, come on! Say hi to the pilot honey! Aww, she's crying because she doesn't know how you fly the plane from back here! Yuk Yuk Yuk"
Trust me.
mtsu_av8er
Well-Known Member
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"Say Hi to the pilot honey, come on! Say hi to the pilot honey! Aww, she's crying because she doesn't know how you fly the plane from back here! Yuk Yuk Yuk"
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"Say Hi to the pilot honey, come on! Say hi to the pilot honey! Aww, she's crying because she doesn't know how you fly the plane from back here! Yuk Yuk Yuk"
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Seriously. I had to deadhead on a near empty 737-200 from ATL to BHM last week and even though the flight was only 27 minutes long, I heavily debated changing.
But on topic, I've met plenty of "Delta Pilots" flying the ATR or the "Bom-bar-dee-YAY" at various layover establishments.
I really don't resemble an major airline pilot when I'm in civvies so I can let people dig themselves a very deep hole!
It's 'sport' at times.
But on topic, I've met plenty of "Delta Pilots" flying the ATR or the "Bom-bar-dee-YAY" at various layover establishments.
I really don't resemble an major airline pilot when I'm in civvies so I can let people dig themselves a very deep hole!
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So if your attending Pan Am academy your an airline pilot for Pan Am?
True story about that.
I had to ride the jumpseat home on the 31st. I had just gotten my hair cut (ATL is a place where a 'brotha' can get his hair cut about anywhere), threw my uniform in the commuter room and put on a thin sweater. The captain actually asked to see my license and medical (which is cool) and then the lead flight attendant kept asking me questions about if Phoenix was a 'recycle' city.
"I'm not sure, but I know that we have a co-mingled recylcable bin at the house"
Still with no real idea what or why she was asking me about recycling in Phoenix.
Then she comes back to the cockpit during boarding and asked if I was coming back from "jet recurrent".
"Nope! Just getting off a trip commuting home"
"Are you going to sit in front? or in back?"
"I've got to ride up here because it's going to be full and it's oversold".
"You can't ride in the cockpit".
"I'm a Delta guy, I can."
"When did 'in flight' get access to the cockpit jumpseat?"
"I don't think they do!" Now I'm starting to realize 'something'.
"Are you a supervisor?"
"Nope."
"How can you ride up here?"
Now the captain and the FO are starting to clue in and the poor FO is about to spit his coffee out in laughter.
"Because the captain said I could!"
"What, are you a pilot or something?"
"Yup!"
"No you're not...are you? What do you fly?"
The FO starts laughing.
"The Mad Dog (slang for MD-88)"
"You're too young."
"I'm 34! but thanks!"
"Where are you based?"
"Here!"
"I havent' seen you in the lounge"
"Because I'm a pilot!
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Ahh yes, I love traveling incognito! Perhaps I should make an ID that says "Iain Cogneeto" or something!
I had to ride the jumpseat home on the 31st. I had just gotten my hair cut (ATL is a place where a 'brotha' can get his hair cut about anywhere), threw my uniform in the commuter room and put on a thin sweater. The captain actually asked to see my license and medical (which is cool) and then the lead flight attendant kept asking me questions about if Phoenix was a 'recycle' city.
"I'm not sure, but I know that we have a co-mingled recylcable bin at the house"
Still with no real idea what or why she was asking me about recycling in Phoenix.
Then she comes back to the cockpit during boarding and asked if I was coming back from "jet recurrent".
"Nope! Just getting off a trip commuting home"
"Are you going to sit in front? or in back?"
"I've got to ride up here because it's going to be full and it's oversold".
"You can't ride in the cockpit".
"I'm a Delta guy, I can."
"When did 'in flight' get access to the cockpit jumpseat?"
"I don't think they do!" Now I'm starting to realize 'something'.
"Are you a supervisor?"
"Nope."
"How can you ride up here?"
Now the captain and the FO are starting to clue in and the poor FO is about to spit his coffee out in laughter.
"Because the captain said I could!"
"What, are you a pilot or something?"
"Yup!"
"No you're not...are you? What do you fly?"
The FO starts laughing.
"The Mad Dog (slang for MD-88)"
"You're too young."
"I'm 34! but thanks!"
"Where are you based?"
"Here!"
"I havent' seen you in the lounge"
"Because I'm a pilot!
Ahh yes, I love traveling incognito! Perhaps I should make an ID that says "Iain Cogneeto" or something!
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And the other thing is he is not exactly alone. During my 2 years in Orlando, I conversed with many a Comair/DCA student (not instructors) who would tell me they were working as pilots for Delta Air Lines. I would have to bite my tongue so as not to be too rude...........
[/ QUOTE ]THAT is scary! i'm surprised you bit your tongue.. i would have told them to look deeper into the fine print at hte bottom of the ad!
And the other thing is he is not exactly alone. During my 2 years in Orlando, I conversed with many a Comair/DCA student (not instructors) who would tell me they were working as pilots for Delta Air Lines. I would have to bite my tongue so as not to be too rude...........
[/ QUOTE ]THAT is scary! i'm surprised you bit your tongue.. i would have told them to look deeper into the fine print at hte bottom of the ad!
Maximilian_Jenius
Super User
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"When did 'in flight' get access to the cockpit jumpseat?"
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And by in flight she thought you were a flight attendant?
-Matthew
"When did 'in flight' get access to the cockpit jumpseat?"
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And by in flight she thought you were a flight attendant?
-Matthew
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So Doug, shouldn't you let someone know about this? Maybe you could get the for discrimination and move the pilot seniority 2 slots.
