A professional pilot is...........
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A professional pilot is...........
Let's see where this one goes!
Feel free to add to this thread by simply starting each reply with:
'A professional pilot is......'
I will get the ball rolling.
A professional pilot is always punctual.
Feel free to add to this thread by simply starting each reply with:
'A professional pilot is......'
I will get the ball rolling.
A professional pilot is always punctual.
Silly Old Git
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From: saiba spes
One wonders whether it ever was a "profession"
An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
Seems more likey it is closer than ever these days to the oldest one in existance.
An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
Seems more likey it is closer than ever these days to the oldest one in existance.
Sprucegoose
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From: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
'A professional pilot is......'
An attitude or mindset, and has no correlation with how much you get paid...
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From: QRH
Originally Posted by Aussie
Required to wear a uniform 
Aussie
Aussie
Back on topic:
A professional pilot does not take off over weight (the aircraft, that is
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From: lost, 7500
Does not wear baseball caps!
A professional pilot knows the relationship between profit and safety and strives to get the balance right.
And, he does not wear a baseball cap on the flight deck! About a year ago, whilst standing on the apron at Esperance, I saw a Skywest F50 First Officer don a baseball cap after taking his seat. To his credit, he did not wear it backwards. I very nearly wrote a little letter to the airline about that.
And, he does not wear a baseball cap on the flight deck! About a year ago, whilst standing on the apron at Esperance, I saw a Skywest F50 First Officer don a baseball cap after taking his seat. To his credit, he did not wear it backwards. I very nearly wrote a little letter to the airline about that.
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Originally Posted by aircraft
A professional pilot knows the relationship between profit and safety and strives to get the balance right.
And, he does not wear a baseball cap on the flight deck! About a year ago, whilst standing on the apron at Esperance, I saw a Skywest F50 First Officer don a baseball cap after taking his seat. To his credit, he did not wear it backwards. I very nearly wrote a little letter to the airline about that.
And, he does not wear a baseball cap on the flight deck! About a year ago, whilst standing on the apron at Esperance, I saw a Skywest F50 First Officer don a baseball cap after taking his seat. To his credit, he did not wear it backwards. I very nearly wrote a little letter to the airline about that.
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From: these mist covered mountains are a home now for me.
A professional pilot is....
.....skilled at barwork, taxi driving, labouring, pumping gas, or used to working hard in order to gain money for qualifications.
Unfortunately, I've done most of the above, and more, but it also includes filling out dole forms. Still the paperwork experience was invaluable.
Unfortunately, I've done most of the above, and more, but it also includes filling out dole forms. Still the paperwork experience was invaluable.
Sprucegoose
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From: Hughes Point, where life is great! Was also resident on page 13, but now I'm lost in Cyberspace....
Originally Posted by Nipper
Everything that Howard Hughes said except I'll add "regardless of licence type".
To digress a little, I saw a QF pilot wearing a baseball cap just yesterday, I think it is quite an acceptable method for keeping the sun from your eyes on westbound flights, probably not a good look sitting and waiting for pushback though, or whilst walking through the terminal...
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From: lost, 7500
I cannot see how baseball caps could offer any significant sun protection. If airline aircraft were like fighter jets with glass canopies then I could believe the cap would give some protection to the face, but that limited protection would be dependent on the head/sun geometry being just right.
A professional pilot is.......
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From: Australia
Originally Posted by aircraft
I cannot see how baseball caps could offer any significant sun protection.
Our friend here has probably never had to squint into the setting sun in search of the PAPI whilst on final for RW28 at Broome.
Thankfully his/her error enables us to disregard any opinion he/she may proffer on 'professional pilots.'
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From: desert somewhere
A professional pilot is......
Someone who doesn't let the 101 distractions take his mind off the real task at hand.
Oh yeah....
and someone who wears a hat to avoid losing his medical to skin cancer by the age of 40. (Since it's a bit hard to fit a headset over the top of your akubra, a neat baseball style cap is fine)
Oh yeah....
and someone who wears a hat to avoid losing his medical to skin cancer by the age of 40. (Since it's a bit hard to fit a headset over the top of your akubra, a neat baseball style cap is fine)
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From: Under the wing, asleep.
A professional pilot is; standing in the rain keeping dry under the umbrella your twirling while your engineer stands 2m away getting drenched working on your stricken aircraft. 
Had to add this as it's the scene currently being played out on the apron here. Airline and location will remain anon.
P.S. I'm all for the baseball cap, should have an aviation theme or your company name on the front though.
Had to add this as it's the scene currently being played out on the apron here. Airline and location will remain anon.
P.S. I'm all for the baseball cap, should have an aviation theme or your company name on the front though.