Per tutti i wannabee......auguri.
LETTER FROM A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT TO HIS PEERS:
Here is a home study simulator for those still hunger for the romance and adventure of airline flying . That "Romance and Adventure"will all come back to you if you follow the steps of this "pratice trip" at home :
1.Stay out of the bed all night.
2.Sit in your most unconfortable chair,for nine ten hours facing a four foot
wide panoramic photo of a flight deck.
3.Have two or three noisy vacuum cleaners on hight,out of sight within
hearing distance and operating throughout the night. If a vacuum cleaner
fails,do the appropriate restart checklist.
4.Halfway through your nocturnal simulator course,arrange for a bright
spotlight to shine directly into your face for two or three hours,simulating
flying eastbound flight into the sunrise.
5.Have a bland overcooked food served from time to time on a tray midway
through the night.
6.Have cold cups of coffee delivered from time to time.Ask your spouse to
slam the door frequently.
7.At the time when you must heed for nature's call,force yourselfto stand
outside the bathroom door for at least ten minutes,transferring your weight
from leg to leg ,easing the disconfort.Don't forget to wear your hat.
8.Laeve the closet after the prescribed nine or ten hours,turn on your
sprinklers and stand in the cold and "rain" for twenty minutes, simulating
the wait for the crew bus.
9.Head for your bedroom,wet and with your suitcase and flight bag. Stand
outside the door till your wife gets up and leaves,simulating the wait while
the maid makes up the hotel room.
10.When your spouse inquiries,"Just what in the hell have you been doing?"
just say " Recalling the allure of all night flying to romantic places" as you
collapse into bed.
11.If you are a purist,make this a two-day trip instead of a turn-around,and
do this two nights in a row.
Hope you enjoy your sim session.