Do people believe you are a pilot ?
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Do people believe you are a pilot ?
Having just read a comment in another thread I am curious as to what reactions people get when they tell someone they are a pilot.
Here is my contribution.
I decided when talking to the ladies when out for a drink that I wouldn't mention the fact I was a pilot. I didn't want to come across as big headed and wanted them to like me for being me and not because I can fly aeroplanes.
However one night the subject came up when talking to a woman in a nightclub and went something like this.....
her - so what are you doing next weekend.
me - going flying
her - oh are you going on holiday ?
me - no I fly light aeroplanes
her - you do what ?
me - i am a pilot
her -
you don't get pilots round here and certainly not in this nightclub.
At this point I shut up and moved on. Unknown to her there were actually 3 pilots in the club that evening. Me, another PPL and a 757 F/O which made me smile to myself. Little did she know.
Any other interesting stories ?
Here is my contribution.
I decided when talking to the ladies when out for a drink that I wouldn't mention the fact I was a pilot. I didn't want to come across as big headed and wanted them to like me for being me and not because I can fly aeroplanes.
However one night the subject came up when talking to a woman in a nightclub and went something like this.....
her - so what are you doing next weekend.
me - going flying
her - oh are you going on holiday ?
me - no I fly light aeroplanes
her - you do what ?
me - i am a pilot
her -
you don't get pilots round here and certainly not in this nightclub.At this point I shut up and moved on. Unknown to her there were actually 3 pilots in the club that evening. Me, another PPL and a 757 F/O which made me smile to myself. Little did she know.
Any other interesting stories ?
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Reminds me of the old joke:
"What do you need to do to find out if there is a pilot in the room?"
"Nothing - they will tell you"
If I was single (which I'm not) I would think that "I'm a pilot" as a chat-up line works only marginally better than "I'm a trainspotter", and is a likely to be believed as "I'm a brain surgeon".
"What do you need to do to find out if there is a pilot in the room?"
"Nothing - they will tell you"
If I was single (which I'm not) I would think that "I'm a pilot" as a chat-up line works only marginally better than "I'm a trainspotter", and is a likely to be believed as "I'm a brain surgeon".
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I have a friend who insists on introducing me as : "This is ------, she flies helicopters". It's quite often a complete conversation stopper, and I wish she wouldn't do it. 
In the village shop recently, someone asked if I'd done any instructing yet; the local village rag had reported my getting my instructors rating etc. A young girl listening said: "Oh, was that you? You don't look like a helicopter pilot". I still don't know what I'm supposed to look like.
I don't mention it a lot; I prefer to merge into the background a bit at times. A woman I know who's a North Sea helicopter pilot feels the same...she says she sometimes tells people she has a part time job at the airport!!!!
In the village shop recently, someone asked if I'd done any instructing yet; the local village rag had reported my getting my instructors rating etc. A young girl listening said: "Oh, was that you? You don't look like a helicopter pilot". I still don't know what I'm supposed to look like.
I don't mention it a lot; I prefer to merge into the background a bit at times. A woman I know who's a North Sea helicopter pilot feels the same...she says she sometimes tells people she has a part time job at the airport!!!!
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Most seem fairly impressed, some indifferent. I like the folks that show a keen interest in the fact that I fly. Say that they'd love to come for a jolly, but the minute I mention I firm date / time, then suddenly they seem rather busy, and make there excuses..........
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Reminds me of the old joke:
"What do you need to do to find out if there is a pilot in the room?"
"Nothing - they will tell you"
"What do you need to do to find out if there is a pilot in the room?"
"Nothing - they will tell you"
"Son, never ask a man if he's a pilot. If he is, he'll tell you; if he's not, you'll just embarass him".
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...then they expect a nice, quiet, air conditioned, leather seated aircraft complete with toilet.
When you walk out to the ramp and they see the flaking paint and oil stains on the tarmac..........!
Some first time pax are fine with this and other just freak out completely.
When you walk out to the ramp and they see the flaking paint and oil stains on the tarmac..........!
Some first time pax are fine with this and other just freak out completely.
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And don't forget to wear your high vis jacket with your headset Northern Flyer!
Quite often if I say that I fly and get asked, so what do you fly? I explain and sometimes feel obliged to say that a PA28 is still an aeroplane even if you don't see too many of them at Heathrow! I get an astonishingly high number of people looking a bit deflated as if they've just found a £50 note on the floor only to discover it's not real.
Quite often if I say that I fly and get asked, so what do you fly? I explain and sometimes feel obliged to say that a PA28 is still an aeroplane even if you don't see too many of them at Heathrow! I get an astonishingly high number of people looking a bit deflated as if they've just found a £50 note on the floor only to discover it's not real.
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That's the answer, wear the headset. 
I obviously blend into the background too much in my leather flying jacket, helmet, goggles and starched white scarf. The headset should complete the outfit nicely. Maybe I should get some pink ones as discussed in another post not far from here.
I would wear the high viz jacket but I think I am only allowed to wear that on the apron.
Whirly - a helicopter pilot should always wear her pprune top. I spotted you at the last fly-in and thought to myself......now theres a helicopter pilot.
I obviously blend into the background too much in my leather flying jacket, helmet, goggles and starched white scarf. The headset should complete the outfit nicely. Maybe I should get some pink ones as discussed in another post not far from here.
I would wear the high viz jacket but I think I am only allowed to wear that on the apron.
Whirly - a helicopter pilot should always wear her pprune top. I spotted you at the last fly-in and thought to myself......now theres a helicopter pilot.
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I try asking if they fancy a ride on my chopper (and, by golly, it's worked 
).
Seriously, though, did anyone else find that the multitudes of ultra-keen would-be cost-sharing pax went all thin on the ground when you'd finally got the licence? (or is that just me?)
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).Seriously, though, did anyone else find that the multitudes of ultra-keen would-be cost-sharing pax went all thin on the ground when you'd finally got the licence? (or is that just me?)
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When moving from the bar to the dance floor I will get my map out and nav my way through the crowds. Once on the dance floor I will dance around using standard hand signals.
engine start
chocks out
left wing to me
right wing to me
shut down (3 times)
<<repeat above until you have emptied the dance floor>>
can't be any worse than the song in the charts with the "to the left....to the right..." lyrics currently doing the rounds
might make for a new craze me thinks......
engine start
chocks out
left wing to me
right wing to me
shut down (3 times)
<<repeat above until you have emptied the dance floor>>
can't be any worse than the song in the charts with the "to the left....to the right..." lyrics currently doing the rounds
might make for a new craze me thinks......
Why do it if it's not fun?
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Was anyone else at the London bash, I think it was about 15 months ago, where WeatherJinx had a very good go at chatting up two lovely ladies who were trying to have a quiet drink next to us?
If I remember correctly, he pursuaded them to let him fly them to Le Touquet for lunch the following weekend, but they stood him up.
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If I remember correctly, he pursuaded them to let him fly them to Le Touquet for lunch the following weekend, but they stood him up.
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I know a place where lovely young college girls hang out at airports looking for quick rides back into town. I'd tell you where, but have to go to a meeting....
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That's it Northern Flyer.
Use your map to navigate to the bar. The GPS is only for back up
Or you could walk up to a girl holding your map out, and say "According to my AVIATION chart my turning point is right about here. Could meeting you, be my life turning point?"
Then when you get the likely brush off, you could say into your headset "November Foxtrot, diverting to Bravo Alpha Romeo, ETA wun minute"
Oh I better stop now....getting too carried away
......then again, maybe that's why my love life is crap atm! 
edited to remove the drunken slur....
Use your map to navigate to the bar. The GPS is only for back up
Or you could walk up to a girl holding your map out, and say "According to my AVIATION chart my turning point is right about here. Could meeting you, be my life turning point?"
Then when you get the likely brush off, you could say into your headset "November Foxtrot, diverting to Bravo Alpha Romeo, ETA wun minute"
Oh I better stop now....getting too carried away
......then again, maybe that's why my love life is crap atm!
edited to remove the drunken slur....