You Know you’re a freight pilot if…
Your aircraft was getting old when you were born...
You haven't done a daylight landing in the past 6 months...
ATC advises of smoother air at a different altitude and you don't give a toss...
When you taxi to up to an FBO they roll out the red carpet but re-roll it when they recognise you...
You call the hotel bus and they don't understand which part of the airport you are on...
ATC asks you to "Keep the cattle down" so they can hear you speak...
Your aircraft has done more than 75,0000 cycles...
Your company call sign is 'Oil Can'...
The lady at the FBO locks up the coffee machine and removes the complimentary mints as it looks as if you are about to make a meal out of them...
Your aircraft has more than 8 faded company logos on it...
You wear the same shirt for a week and no one complains...
Every FBO makes you park out of sight of their building...
You walk bare footed throughout the FBO because you've just woken up...
You mark every ramp with engine oil...
Everything you own is in your flight bag and suitcase
You wake up when the rest of the world goes to bed and go to work when the rest goes to sleep.
You smirk at all the american pilots asking for a ride report.
The cabin is never too cold or warm, always just right.
You never have to explain to anyone why there is a delay.
You're the one flying against the flow over the north Atlantic.
you're the one with the extremely wrinkled shirt because it doubles as your pajamas.
Your dog barks at you when you come home
-You have shirts in the cleaners on three continents
-You've never met your chief pilot
-You can convert dollars to won, yen, pesos, pounds, and francs in your head
-Your frequent flyer miles exceed your salary each year
-you wake up on the hard shoulder of the highway when everyone else is tucked up in bed
When you can eat off of a dinner tray that's been sitting outside someone's room all
night.
...you are cleared direct everywhere.
...you start to wonder what's wrong with ATC if you haven't got your landing clearance by 50 miles from the FAF.
...the first runway condition report of the day is given by: you.
...you have never disembarked your aircraft on to a jetway.