Regional Pilots with "B-747" stickers on their flight bags

[Spidey]

<grin> One of my first trips after IOE at Comair I showed up at the airplane to find the Captain holding court with a bunch of other pilots on the ramp next to the airplane. I nodded at him, went outside, and preflighted the airplane.

A little while later he sat down in the cockpit and asked how long I had been with the company.

"I just got off IOE last week", I responded.

"Well don't worry. Won't be long before you have stories to tell." He said.

He then proceeded to brief me and, during his briefing he told me that he would take the first few legs and if it looked like things were going ok, he would have me fly later in the day.

So the Captain flew the first two legs and then asked, "So what do you think? You ready to fly a leg?"

I responded, "Well... maybe I better watch you fly a few more legs."

So he flew a few more and then we went to the hotel.

The next morning we showed up at the airport and the Captain said, "So you think you're ready to fly a leg?"

"Jeez boss," I replied, "I forgot most of what I saw yesterday. Why don't you fly a few more?"

So he flew a few more legs. About halfway through day two I guess he started to run out of things about himself to talk about and he asked me, "So how long have you been flight instructing?"

I said, "Actually I haven't flight-instructed in about ten years."

He then queried, "Oh... so what kind of flying have you been doing?"

To which I responded, "I was a 737 first officer for US Airways. Got furloughed in March."

To which HE responded, "So why am I flying all of the legs???"

I just grinned. He didn't buy the drinks the second night.

Sounds like both of your communication skills sucked.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

My wife says the same thing about me all the time.

 

[CA1900]

That's a contest for second place BTW....

I thought second prize was a set of steak knives?


(Put that coffee DOWN!)

 

[CA1900]

my school -

1 bar pvt
2 bar comm
3 bar cfi
4 bar chk air and chief

think they did it to be more 121ish.

always thought it was a bit over the top...

I'll say!


Though I kept meaning to order a set of these after surviving 5 years at a regional without going bankrupt or crazy:

http://catalog.lighthouseuniform.com/merchantmarine/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=747


I was going to tell everyone I was an admiral.

 

[CA1900]

Whats that apple sticker all about?

It's code for, "Sorry about Vista."

 

[FlyingToIST]

Whats that apple sticker all about?

it's the sticker that tells flying public wht you can afford to eat with your pay..

 

[Reebo]

I wonder why I think that only the regionals forum would have a post like this? What if a major guy has a Concorde or Space Shuttle sticker? Or a cub or stearman sticker, we all know they are better pilots then most of the regional pilots. LOL Grow up.

At Southwest we've got guys who've flown both

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Concorde or Space Shuttle sticker? Or a cub or stearman sticker.

How about posting the "email" that has the J3 pilot wanting to fly the better aircraft.. it works its way up to the Shuttle in orbit as the the Shuttle pilot looks down on the J3 pilot wishing he was there...

anyone?

 

[siucavflight]

<grin> One of my first trips after IOE at Comair I showed up at the airplane to find the Captain holding court with a bunch of other pilots on the ramp next to the airplane. I nodded at him, went outside, and preflighted the airplane.

A little while later he sat down in the cockpit and asked how long I had been with the company.

"I just got off IOE last week", I responded.

"Well don't worry. Won't be long before you have stories to tell." He said.

He then proceeded to brief me and, during his briefing he told me that he would take the first few legs and if it looked like things were going ok, he would have me fly later in the day.

So the Captain flew the first two legs and then asked, "So what do you think? You ready to fly a leg?"

I responded, "Well... maybe I better watch you fly a few more legs."

So he flew a few more and then we went to the hotel.

The next morning we showed up at the airport and the Captain said, "So you think you're ready to fly a leg?"

"Jeez boss," I replied, "I forgot most of what I saw yesterday. Why don't you fly a few more?"

So he flew a few more legs. About halfway through day two I guess he started to run out of things about himself to talk about and he asked me, "So how long have you been flight instructing?"

I said, "Actually I haven't flight-instructed in about ten years."

He then queried, "Oh... so what kind of flying have you been doing?"

To which I responded, "I was a 737 first officer for US Airways. Got furloughed in March."

To which HE responded, "So why am I flying all of the legs???"

I just grinned. He didn't buy the drinks the second night.

That was a great story.
It takes a weak captain to not allow you to fly your own legs.

 

[TNHillbilly]

this is a funny thread.