correct answer to the question "don't you just push buttons?!"

[moochooser]

Buttons ?? I've never noticed any buttons, I just sit here and drink tea.

[Craggenmore]

How can you tell if there's a pilot at a party?

they'll tell you.....

(perhaps thats wht you get asked so much (but I know what you mean))

[flighttime2.0]

Hay Matt i'll leave the 152 flying for you , ive moved up in the market . Hope all is well over in sunny florida !!!

[Piltdown Man]

The correct answer is "Yes, that's all I do. And I'm well paid for it as well!" And then leave.

[Genghis the Engineer]

Four years to train as an Engineer????

Took me seven before I even started to be trusted with anything, and another two or three before they let me sign for it.

And, realistically, most pilots are doing something similar before they get a captaincy - i.e. real responsibility. The frozen ATPL is like a basic LWTR or Engineering degree, nothing but a starting point.

G

[Stall Inducer]

I ask them back - I take it you have computers in your office then? to which the answer 99% of the time is yes, then I ask if they just switch it on in the morning and the rest is all automatic these days? - it must be surely if there's a computer it does it all for you right? You must just sit there all day and do nothing then? As they start to dispute your assumptions they quickly realise their own - works for me every time.