Last summer, while working in the South Island of NZ doing tourist flights. I was in the office after buying the girls a coffee.
This guy walks in and looks me up and down and with a bit of a smirk say's "Are you THE pilot?" I casually replied "I'm one of them".
He went on to say that he is also a pilot, so how about a discount on the cost of the scenics? He didnt even acknowledge my mates behind the desk who do all the selling, so I said I cant offer you one, and to talk to one of the girls.
He didn't even look at them.
Again he said "come on, how about a discount?!"
Then he said "so...how many hours do you have?" another wise smirk on his face. " Enough" I said.
" Well I have 22000 hrs! Do you want some of those?" Wise smirk growing, and some serious wank factor developing here from this fulla.
" Not really" I said as I sipped my coffee before asking him "so what exactly do you fly?"
"Oh, I'm a 737 Captain!!!"
I looked him in the eye and said...."So, your a systems administrator then?"
He went all quiet and said "yes, you could say that."
No more mention of a discount after that!
Hughesy