When do you know you've made it? (light-hearted humour.)
 

Hi all.

I don't know about yooz blokes, but I'm in the mood for a light-hearted thread. I'm looking for the phrase that best describes when it's obvious that you've "made it". When will YOU know that you've "made it" in your aviation career. I think we can come up with some pearlas. And to get things started, here are two of mine......

"When your nose wheel makes TWO tyre tracks.":rolleyes:

....or....

"When you arrive at Golden Grove Mine to drop off your pax, and you can actually pee in a TOILET without leaving the aircraft, instead of trying to hide behind your aircraft for your little indiscretion on the red gravelled parking area".:uhoh:

...yeah.......I know....so feel free to outdo me!!!

............The Monst.:ok:

There are three things required that say I've made it:

1. I want to be able to walk on board my aircraft (as opposed to climbing up the wing)

2. I want the option of taking a cr@p inflight because my aircraft is fitted with a dunny.

3. Someone that will bring me a coffee in cruise.

Give me those three and I'm there until retirement.

It's all good.

When my pax are the lighter side of pale.

You know when you've made it when you get paid to go to sleep at 35,000 feet.

It would be nice:

-To be told by ATC to 'Reduce speed'

-To have a flightplan and weight + balance given to you for your approval.

-To get in a cockpit and not see a single 'INOP' or 'U/S' label.

-The only baggage you touch is your own

-You wear a hat with the company's name on it but it's not a baseball cap.

-You get pushed back away from a terminal instead of helping to push out of the hanger.

-An inflight drama is when 1 of your 3 VHF COMs goes a little scratchy

Keep the dream alive...

1.) Switches in the roof.

2.) Control column out of the floor.

3.) Nice pair of legs carrying the coffee.

:ok:

Larger size pants to accomodate the wallet.

Gold Rolex watch.

gotta have a "b-ding" button!

:ok:

You've made it when you can press a button and a pretty girl brings you a cup of coffee. :}

1. You are based in a place where you do not have to describe it's location relative to somewhere else.

2.You can walk upright ,or slightly bent over inside your aircraft.

3.You are unable to use it's fuel in your car.

4.You look down at the award as a minimum safety net instead of a target to aim for.

5.People outside of aviation know what you are talking about when you tell them what aircraft you fly.

6.You do not need to take your own food with you.

7.You regard a car pre 2001 as old.

8.When overnighting you stay in a major hotel, with mini bar and room service.

9.Even after a good meal you still have a large % of the allowance for it in your pocket.

10.Your shirts are not covered in oil stains ,and are less than one year old.

11.There is a space designed for you hang your jacket.

12.Every where you go has at least one instrument approach.

13.The real estate boom has been good to you.

14. You check your investments.

15.Your kids are in private school.

16.As a passenger you are at least in business class.

17.You can talk to the other pilot on the flight deck ,without using intercom or raising your voice.

18.You wonder how pilots with analogue instruments manage.

19.The yaw damper is a no go item.

20.You recieve training in subjects such as CRM ,RVSM ,ETOPS.

...When the co-pilot says to you;

'Number two engine is out' and you can say - which wing?.

When you order full mains you get 36 000kg of fuel

When you report "leaving FL430 and reducing to M0.8 due turbulence":ok:

You know you've made when you are able to:

1. say "request cancel speed restriction".

2. put "RVSM capable" on the flight plan.

You Know you have made it when:

u walk up more than 3 steps to enter your aircraft
You can walk between the seats (GA-8 excluded)
You no longer enter A0__ on the flight plan
The only pistons on the aircraft are in the hydrolic system

Last but not least:
you really know you have made it in aviation is when the only problem to do with ice is when the trolly dolly put to much in your coke

When you roll up for your first day at work and you have to get your head measured for your shiny new hat. You sit there thinking do they make one big enough.

You really have made it when you leave the white shoe brigade, and the "keep up with the Joneses group" behind, and do some useful flying, like flying for the RFDS, airmedical services, coastwatch etc.

You know when you've made when:

1. When clear prop is something you tell people from your ski boat during your 8 weeks holidays plus the rest.

2. When an engone failure is only "a small diversion"... "nothing to worry about"

3. When your uniform has more gold then white

4. Your co-pilot always has good breath

5. Turbulence is considered when you spill a little dribble of coffee down the side of your mug.

6. "clearance not avialable" is something you read about as folk law and "that never happens"

I just want to fly something with an aisle!!!!

When the go-around or diversion you conducted makes the evening news...