A lot of those punters have regularly flown (insert any 3rd world airline) and have came out unscathed....they simply will not find you remarkable...
Well said that man!
It's not rocket science. It ain't really that hard folks, and you know it. We have procedures to make sure we don't have to think. It's a robotic job and we do the same thing every damn day. I find it so ridiculous when pilots tell others about how hard their job is, and that we pilots have the pax lives in our hands
I fly my cockpit (and thus myself) from A to B. The fact that a few lucky punters managed to get past the rent-a-cops and strap them selves in behind me doesn't interest me one bit. I really couldn't give a damn.
I'm thinking about which beach I'm going to on my layover..... and how many beers I can book up to my expenses with out the accountants noticing