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I am not a pilot but have a passing interest in aviation matters. I read the letters on this forum and something puzzles me. Why do professional people in charge of many passengers lives and millions of pounds of machinery all appear to act like they have just been let out of nursery school?. I find it really scary that a bunch of five year olds, like you all appear to be, can get pilots licences and fly my family and me anywhere in the world. Please reply!
In trim
29th Oct 2001, 17:51
QAww - Unfortunately there is a small minority who 'act like 5 year olds'. Please don't tar us all with the same brush!
This forum is a great place to debate and share ideas....it's just a shame that so many threads descend into name-calling.
dickyd
29th Oct 2001, 17:51
your are very cold! is it cause u are from antartica??
is it because they all seem to have sissy fights with words? some of the stuff i get on here i find very useful, because i hope to become a pilot someday, but i can see where you are coming from! but i guess its just like the playground at school, its a way of letting out steam. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :confused: :confused: :confused: :mad:
The Guvnor
29th Oct 2001, 17:52
Come on now, that's rather insulting to five year olds - I know a number of exceptionally clever and talented ones!
Desk Driver
29th Oct 2001, 18:03
Profile for QAww
Member Status: PPRuNe Line Training
Member Number: 43718
Registered: 29 October 2001
Posts: 1
Location: ANTARTIC
Occupation: FISHING
Location: ANTARTIC Occupation: FISHING
How Childish!
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[ 29 October 2001: Message edited by: Desk Driver ]
cirrus01
29th Oct 2001, 19:02
Not all aircrew act like five year olds...... indeed some now even know how to tie up their shoelaces, although it took a lot of time and carefull demostration from a Engineer to be able to complete the task.......lots of mutterings about Checklists and whether it comes under Normal or Non-Normal ! :p :D
bugg smasher
29th Oct 2001, 20:33
I think they're onto us...
Old Nyrop at NWA used to say pilots are seagulls - all they do is squawk and sh+t, and you have to throw rocks at them to get them to fly....
Thanks Huck, I needed a good laugh to end the day.
:)
Negative Charlie
30th Oct 2001, 18:35
Isn't an antartic a very small truck?
poetpilot
30th Oct 2001, 20:06
well, at least as 5 year olds they are a little ahead of ATC-ers.... Overheard on MCR App many years back...
A/C: "G-XXXX at Crewe for the LLR, request traffic info..."
MCR: "G-XXXX stand by one, we're just changing the controller"
A/C: "Roger that, why, has the poor little thing messed himself?"
[ 30 October 2001: Message edited by: poetpilot ]
sirwa69
31st Oct 2001, 11:32
Q. What does a pilot have on the walls at home?
A. Pictures of airplanes
Q. What jobs do pilots friends do?
A. Pilots
Q. What does a pilot do when in company?
A. Talks about planes (hangar doors open)
Q. What does a pilot do when on his own?
A. Pprune/Porn (pilot porn is aircraft sites)
Q. What is a pilots favourite read?
A. Flight International
Q. What does a pilot do on his days off
A. flys his vintage/aerobatic/private plane
Q. What does a pilots wife do for attention?
A. Dresses up like a trolley dolly. (or shags the milkman)
Q. What does a pilot dream about?
A. Nice dream - being Tom Cruise in Top Gun
A. Nightmare - failed medical (ouch)
Q. What is a pilot?
A. A highly trained intelligent person with a very cool personality who is used to making split second decisions to save the lifes of hundreds of people. An all round stable guy who is a wonderful friend, spouse, parent.
A. All of the above.
:D :D ;) :p :p
[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: sirwa69 ]
Steepclimb
3rd Nov 2001, 19:25
Some of us here are five year olds, the rest never grew up anyway. Most importantly some of the worst offenders are not even pilots.
I love that comment about pilots being like seagulls.
Sirwa, how did you you get hold of my biography? I thought I'd kept the dressing as a trolley dolly thing a secret. Is nothing sacred?
[ 03 November 2001: Message edited by: Steepclimb ]
Human Factor
3rd Nov 2001, 20:31
QAww,
In your world, unlike other human beings, it would appear that we aviators are not allowed to let our hair down now and again.
GET A LIFE. :rolleyes:
PPRuNe Towers
3rd Nov 2001, 21:37
"So what do you want to be when you grow up?"
"A pilot Sir!"
"Don't be silly, you can't do both."
poetpilot
5th Nov 2001, 16:41
"if you want to be a pilot, you'd better grow up, Stupid..."
"But I AM growing up stupid, dad..."