Comair Newhire!

[WrightAvia]

A few years ago around the campfire, a skydiving friend of mine told me about a wedding invitation he got from an old highschool chum, that had gone off to be a commercial pilot and wound up at Comair. He said it was unbelievable, that his friend at Comair was marrying this other guy and was quiting his airline job to move to Canada, to open up a bed and breakfast.

Stellar, I said.

(True story)

 

[marqmarq]

Comair

I think you are thinking of a Northern Exposure episode... that was Cicely, Alaska, not Canada.... and I think they were architects, not pilots... either way, its nice that folks found something that made them happy and they followed up on.

 

[WrightAvia]

No marq, it's a true story. You can look up a dude in Appleton WI, named Jay Langford. Ask him about his buddy that sent him the invitation to his same sex marriage, that was quiting Comair to move to Canada to open a bed and breakfast. In fact, I think Jay actually went to the wedding.

For a while after that, as I would drive to the drop zone on saturdays to go skydive, I could never think of the Harry Chapin song the same...

"You see she was going to be an actress and I was going to learn to fly.
She took off for the footlights and I married another guy."

 

[marqmarq]

WrightAvia,

With that much evidence, it must be true! You know, some have called me crazy for flying skydivers, some have called you crazy for jumpin' and this couple probably gets a little attention for being 'non-conformist'. As long as I can fly, you can jump and they can..... be happy, it's all good! Plus it opened a slot for me at Comair, and I really need the job!

 

[DDpaysoff]

Kind of like that Eagle flow through, Josslyn, who had a sex change after flowing through to AA. Must have been a great start to the whole flow through thing. LOL. Let's face it, there are definately some alternative lifestyles out there. They sure do seem to find the airline industry, don't they?

 

[DDpaysoff]

Not, that there is anything wrong with that, of course.

 

[marqmarq]

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I agree with DD, I think our industry of primarily conservative, white men can use a little "color", if for nothing else, it gives us something to talk about after the 3rd day....

 

[Looking4Traffic]

B&B in Canada

I think that I recently met the Captain you're referring to at Comair. He's still flying and the B&B has apparently been very successful.