You know you are an airline pilot when...

[JumpWake]

You NEVER use the full name of a city or airport---just the 3 letter code.
C'mon....admit it!

I did it the other day talking on the phone to my mom of all people! ...she's like, what's a PIT?

 

[High_Alpha]

I caught myself worrying about a hot start on my truck because it was parked with a tailwind.

 

[SurferLucas]

You've almost suffered a broken "insert bone here" due to walking into the wall in an overnight hotel, thinking it was your home/apartment (or visa versa)...

Ex: I woke up one night in Boise, ID...thinking I was in my apartment...went to get a glass of water. Only to walk head first into the wall, only by the grace of God did I not break my nose!!!

 

[Bumblebee]

You've almost "insert bone here" , thinking it was your Ex: only by the grace of God did I not break my nose!!!

I tried to decipher the code

 

[SoCalAprch]

you yell at your mother when she complains about how airline ticket prices are rising.

you know where the Buffalo Wild Wings is in every city in the midwest.

12.5 hours? Plenty of time...

 

[youngflyer]

you yell at your mother when she complains about how airline ticket prices are rising.

you know where the Buffalo Wild Wings is in every city in the midwest.

12.5 hours? Plenty of time...

:yup::yup::yup: I am not even an airline pilot and I tell my mom that she should not be complaining for not getting an overly cheap priced airline ticket.

 

[ctab5060X]

You're wife's driving. At evey intersection you say "Clear Right"...

You finish a four day trip on a Monday and tell people to have a great weekend.

Guilty on both counts...

You NEVER use the full name of a city or airport---just the 3 letter code.

Guilty again... I have to be careful who I am talking to or else I will get this strange message back saying "DTW??"

you yell at your mother when she complains about how airline ticket prices are rising.

Always...especially now that she has pass benefits! She should be the last person complaining about rising ticket prices.


And of course, my contribution...if you refer to the cruise control of your car as "the autopilot"... Happened driving home over the weekend. My wife laughed at me for several miles after that one.

 

[KLB]

Freight/Airline pilot tendency

You refer to car air conditioning as cabin temperature control and cabin temperature control as air conditioning.

I always mix that up.

 

[kellwolf]

You've almost suffered a broken "insert bone here" due to walking into the wall in an overnight hotel, thinking it was your home/apartment (or visa versa)...

Ex: I woke up one night in Boise, ID...thinking I was in my apartment...went to get a glass of water. Only to walk head first into the wall, only by the grace of God did I not break my nose!!!

Guilty. Also, guilty of the reverse. Spent a five day stint on reserve in DTW, so they had me holed up in the Clarion. Got so used to it, I walked into the wall of my OWN HOUSE.

 

[drummerboy]

Last night driving home I was looking for the trend vector on my speedometer as I was slowing down for a light.

Saying "park brake set" out loud whenever you park your car (SOP at my company).

 

[Firebird2XC]

You're at a bar, wondering when your buddy is going to arrive
and you get a text message from him that just says

"In Range"