Chief Captain
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Let him have his fun. He'll grow out of it.
Young Pilot what to do???
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Flyn-Slow-N-Low
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I was talking with a guy in Little Rock, he had black pants and white shirt with the captains bars on the epaulets, he even talked with an air of experience even though he was really young, I figured he started flying as soon he was old enough to and was driving the jet or maybe the king air out front. I waited around a little bit getting fuel and coffee and here come his instructor to get him for his lesson.
EIR
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
I changed it before you could quote my post, eh?
I'm a logistical engineer when someone asks what I do for an occupation.
scooter2525
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Maybe the op is trying to find the best way of being the friend to give him a heads up? Few people said he will find out the hard way, so at some point someone will probably burst his bubble. The OP maybe wants to be the friend to do it. Just a thought.
Soul Brotha'
Off to go do Black guy stuff
Who gives a frick? Go drink.
BajtheJino
I'm looking at you.
At a Christmas party I met a guy topping his drink off same time as me and he just literally out of nowhere dropped the I'm a pilot. I looked at him with the biggest doe eyes I could muster and just begged him to tell me everything. He was talking about flying around at 300mph low level through east TN mountain passes (where are these mtn passes you speak of says the native TN boy?) his Cessna-its this 2 seat plane built for speed. Turns out he had taken a discovery flight and was telling all the hot young baby dolls he was the next top gun. I didn't say anything but my buddy standing next to me was totally, like, Baj here flies the freight. Dude turned red and stopped telling the stories. He is actually a well paid organic produce manager now. I actaully think thats a pretty cool job. He goes around to hippie farms, inspects their growing practices and get to drive all over the beautiful countryside of TN, SC, AL and GA. He's still not a pilot, though.
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
Am I the only one who actually has a lot of fun flying 172s around? That being said, why brag about flying a plane that has less horsepower than some of my friends cars? If he feels that he needs to put that out there, just let him be.
I never understood those guys who randomly slip the fact they're pilots into every conversation. My advice to those who are starting out or just got their PPL, though I'm not much further ahead, is don't let that cat out of the bag right away when you meet a girl. They're way more impressed when they have no idea you're a pilot and you just randomly say "Its a nice night, lets go flying" and throw them in a Cessna. But keep the barf bags on tap.
Oh and something about grass and baseball fields.
I never understood those guys who randomly slip the fact they're pilots into every conversation. My advice to those who are starting out or just got their PPL, though I'm not much further ahead, is don't let that cat out of the bag right away when you meet a girl. They're way more impressed when they have no idea you're a pilot and you just randomly say "Its a nice night, lets go flying" and throw them in a Cessna. But keep the barf bags on tap.
Oh and something about grass and baseball fields.
What's awesome about flying a 172 is you can go to the airport and be off the ground in a few minutes wearing shorts and a t-shirt without telling a soul. It's soothingly uncomplicated.
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Hah, funny. That's always been my approach... ask fairly generic questions, and then maybe slide a soft one in about regs or aerodynamics or something as the gentlest hint ... and if the person doesn't take it, I let them go and say no more. ~.^
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Lee D
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Does he wear his flight suit to class in order to "peacock" for the ladies? I have known two CAP pilots who wore their suits in public way more than they should have. As long as he is not pretending to be a real AF pilot just laugh it off. I suspect in time he will grow out of it. Maybe, wait a few weeks and tell him you are a pilot too.
In contrast: I live near Hill AFB in Northern Utah, and about eight years ago I knew a Lt. Colonel who flew the stealth fighter in the first wave of Desert Storm in 1991. At the time I knew him he was retiring as an F16 pilot. I ran into him one night in Blockbuster, we was wearing a goofy ball cap with an extra flat bill, grungy tee shirt and sandals with black socks. He looked fairly geeky. He never bragged, was the nicest guy in the world, an excellent pilot and no one in Blockbuster that night would have guessed what an experienced pilot/badass he was.
In contrast: I live near Hill AFB in Northern Utah, and about eight years ago I knew a Lt. Colonel who flew the stealth fighter in the first wave of Desert Storm in 1991. At the time I knew him he was retiring as an F16 pilot. I ran into him one night in Blockbuster, we was wearing a goofy ball cap with an extra flat bill, grungy tee shirt and sandals with black socks. He looked fairly geeky. He never bragged, was the nicest guy in the world, an excellent pilot and no one in Blockbuster that night would have guessed what an experienced pilot/badass he was.
Which one was he?