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mikecweb said:
And you could show pictures of toy's to the guys at Horizon and they could show toys to CFIs. You gotta get over that.
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In all seriousness. What is the deal with bragging about your toys in the cockpit? If someone did that to me, I'd have to wonder what was up. Anyone who brags obviously craves attention for themselves as a simple means of eclipsing something far greater. And probably does so because they really feel small or hate htemselves and can't find love and approval within' themselves. So, they need to find that in material value/objects. Or go shopping for it from validation from others. If anyone did that to me I wouldn't be impressed, I'd honestly feel sad for them.

There was a guy I knew through friends a long time ago. He always had to have the best clothes, car everything. Anything new out, he always had it first. Every time you saw him he looked sharp, like he had a million bucks. A walking billboard for designer clothes.

He was also a pathological liar. Then we all found out that he lived in a storage shed and showered at the gym.

That's why I always have to wonder what's really going on with a person who's a braggart that you don't immediately see. Whose flashy and is always saying look at me. Look at what I got.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
In all seriousness. What is the deal with bragging about your toys in the cockpit? If someone did that to me, I'd have to wonder what was up. Anyone who brags obviously craves attention for themselves as a simple means of eclipsing something far greater. And probably does so because they really feel small or hate htemselves and can't find love and approval within' themselves. So, they need to find that in material value/objects. Or go shopping for it from validation from others. If anyone did that to me I wouldn't be impressed, I'd honestly feel sad for them.

There was a guy I knew through friends a long time ago. He always had to have the best clothes, car everything. Anything new out, he always had it first. Every time you saw him he looked sharp, like he had a million bucks. A walking billboard for designer clothes.

He was also a pathological liar. Then we all found out that he lived in a storage shed and showered at the gym.

That's why I always have to wonder what's really going on with a person who's a braggart that you don't immediately see. Whose flashy and is always saying look at me. Look at what I got.
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Heaven forbid someone talk about their hobbies in the cockpit. Seriously some of the people on here “omg, I’m so tired of these guys that just wanna talk about work work work”. And then it’s “I’m so tired of hearing about their kids/family/church”. And then it’s “why don’t they stfu about their boat/car/whatever hobby”

Get.
Over.
It.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
Eh, you gotta learn how to clap back, as the kids are saying these days.

Some quick examples:

Look at my new boat:

Reply: Hey, you think your wife and her tennis partner will get that thing in the divorce?

Reply: I didn't know that you were a narcissist Bob, and needed constant praise and validation as a sole mean to help you feel secure and confident in yourself. But hey, nice boat.

Those are just two quick ones that I fired off.
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I prefer the more direct "Bitch • your boat."

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Maximillian_Jenius said:
In all seriousness. What is the deal with bragging about your toys in the cockpit? If someone did that to me, I'd have to wonder what was up. Anyone who brags obviously craves attention for themselves as a simple means of eclipsing something far greater. And probably does so because they really feel small or hate htemselves and can't find love and approval within' themselves. So, they need to find that in material value/objects. Or go shopping for it from validation from others. If anyone did that to me I wouldn't be impressed, I'd honestly feel sad for them.

There was a guy I knew through friends a long time ago. He always had to have the best clothes, car everything. Anything new out, he always had it first. Every time you saw him he looked sharp, like he had a million bucks. A walking billboard for designer clothes.

He was also a pathological liar. Then we all found out that he lived in a storage shed and showered at the gym.

That's why I always have to wonder what's really going on with a person who's a braggart that you don't immediately see. Whose flashy and is always saying look at me. Look at what I got.
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Well honestly I've never flown with anyone ever in my career that's like look at all the toys i have. The fact is you get bored up there and people try to establish common ground so some times planes or boats come up. It's not bragging, it's sharing stuff outside work and conquering boredom.
 
Roger Roger said:
Heaven forbid someone talk about their hobbies in the cockpit.
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There's a distinct difference between say @Screaming_Emu and I sitting in a cockpit talking/having a conversation about our mutual love/appreciation of fast cars. Then the pics start coming out.

Vs. Captain Bob having an awkward captive audience and showing his FO his catalog of fancy things. Starting with his huge $500k house. His brand new ZO6 Corvette, his brand new tricked out golf cart. His new boat. His wife's new tits. And his HUGE financial portfolio out of completely random.

There's a huge difference between having a conversation and showing pics of your toys or talking about them and showing examples. VS. shoving them in peoples faces and obviously bragging.
 
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Maximillian_Jenius said:
There's a distinct difference between say @Screaming_Emu and I sitting in a cockpit talking/having a conversation about our mutual love/appreciation of fast cars.

Vs. Captain Bob having an awkward captive audience and showing his FO his catalogue of fancy things. Starting with his huge $500k house. His brand new ZO6 Corvette, his brand new tricked out golf cart. His new boat. His wife's new tits. And his HUGE financial portfolio out of completely random.

There's a huge difference between having a conversation and showing pics of your toys or talking about them and showing examples. And shoving them in peoples faces and obviously bragging.
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And I think Dave is mistaking the former for the latter because he’s bitter at literally everywhere he’s ever worked (in between bragging about how he gets to spend his reserve time sending it on mountain bike trails).

How’s that saying go, the only common factor in all your failed relationships is you?
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
There's a distinct difference between say @Screaming_Emu and I sitting in a cockpit talking/having a conversation about our mutual love/appreciation of fast cars.

Vs. Captain Bob having an awkward captive audience and showing his FO his catalogue of fancy things. Starting with his huge $500k house. His brand new ZO6 Corvette, his brand new tricked out golf cart. His new boat. His wife's new tits. And his HUGE financial portfolio out of completely random.

There's a huge difference between having a conversation and showing pics of your toys or talking about them and showing examples. VS. shoving them in peoples faces and obviously bragging.
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100%. And what I'm telling you I've never had that happen to me in a cockpit. Now If I'm like dude let me see your wife's tits, there are some guys that are itching to share them sure.
 
mikecweb said:
Well honestly I've never flown with anyone ever in my career that's like look at all the toys i have. The fact is you get bored up there and people try to establish common ground so some times planes or boats come up. It's not bragging, it's sharing stuff outside work and conquering boredom.
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I get that, and I agree. But I've been on here for a long time. And I remember reading a lot of stories from folks talking about that one Captain they hated flying with. That randomly out of nowhere brought up his financial portfolio and was humblebragging about the numbers and showing it off. And saying that he'd have $10 mil at retirement. As just one example.
 
Roger Roger said:
And I think Dave is mistaking the former for the latter because he’s bitter at literally everywhere he’s ever worked (in between bragging about how he gets to spend his reserve time sending it on mountain bike trails).

How’s that saying go, the only common factor in all your failed relationships is you?
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Dunno bro. I'm living a pretty good life. Could it be better, hell yeah. But I'm mostly happy. Growing up my mom always taught me that rich/wealthy people don't brag. They're typically very modest and dress and look that way and you'd never know it. They don't always have the biggest house or car. Or have to be first with anything new.

She said that it was only the poor, middle-class people trying to act/look like they have money for the world to see. That live above their means and are always the most flashy.

I've always lived with that lesson/example that she's taught me.
 
BEEF SUPREME said:
... I'd say the union and senior pilots would step in and help the guys getting financially eviscerated at the bottom. But it seems that they are too busy showing photos of their boats to their copilots and bragging about all the premium pay they are getting.
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Why would you want the union (you) or other workers to buy your clothes for you for a job you voluntarily took knowing what the pay scale was?
 
Roger Roger said:
And I think Dave is mistaking the former for the latter because he’s bitter at literally everywhere he’s ever worked (in between bragging about how he gets to spend his reserve time sending it on mountain bike trails).

How’s that saying go, the only common factor in all your failed relationships is you?
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Ohhh yeahhh....

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Maximillian_Jenius said:
There's a distinct difference between say @Screaming_Emu and I sitting in a cockpit talking/having a conversation about our mutual love/appreciation of fast cars. Then the pics start coming out.

Vs. Captain Bob having an awkward captive audience and showing his FO his catalog of fancy things. Starting with his huge $500k house. His brand new ZO6 Corvette, his brand new tricked out golf cart. His new boat. His wife's new tits. And his HUGE financial portfolio out of completely random.

There's a huge difference between having a conversation and showing pics of your toys or talking about them and showing examples. VS. shoving them in peoples faces and obviously bragging.
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If Captain Bob flies for Alaska and lives in Seattle, his $500k house is not huge.
 
Maximillian_Jenius said:
There's a distinct difference between say @Screaming_Emu and I sitting in a cockpit talking/having a conversation about our mutual love/appreciation of fast cars. Then the pics start coming out.

Vs. Captain Bob having an awkward captive audience and showing his FO his catalog of fancy things. Starting with his huge $500k house. His brand new ZO6 Corvette, his brand new tricked out golf cart. His new boat. His wife's new tits. And his HUGE financial portfolio out of completely random.

There's a huge difference between having a conversation and showing pics of your toys or talking about them and showing examples. VS. shoving them in peoples faces and obviously bragging.
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That's probably where the social awkwardness of a lot of pilots comes into play. I've flown with plenty of captains that would talk about their expensive toys I couldn't afford when I was an FO. Difference being it was either stuff I was into (fast cars), or one guy that'd just bought an old sailboat and was excited about restoring it and sailing down the west coast. No bragging, just sharing passion for something and a cool hobby that I'd love to be into someday too if I had the time/money. All comes down to how the person comes across I guess. If someone glazes over when I start talking about my car I'd probably take the hint they're not into it and move along.
 
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