Here's what I do when people when they bitch about my working hours or how much I get paid. I merely tell them that we are hiring and that I'd be happy to put a recommendation in for them. I say it with a smile on my face and they usually say "But I don't have the qualifications to be a pilot" and I say "EXACTLY".
Then I also remind them that usually when they fly in one of those cramped RJ's that we all hate...that the pilots (OK usually on the FO, but I take a little liberty here) are making much less than the inept TSA agent that just screened their baggage.
Usually then there are the sounds of crickets and I start talking about the weather. Seems to work most of the time.
Then I also remind them that usually when they fly in one of those cramped RJ's that we all hate...that the pilots (OK usually on the FO, but I take a little liberty here) are making much less than the inept TSA agent that just screened their baggage.
Usually then there are the sounds of crickets and I start talking about the weather. Seems to work most of the time.