"I just got hired by USAir"

[FN FAL]

While on a one hour layover last week I snuck out with the FBO curtesy car for a bite to eat at a Culvers. Not bad food there.

But anyway, this old guy fat cat looking dude gets up from his table of other old guy fat cats, walks up to me leans over right into my face and puts his hand my shoulder and asks..."Are you a pilot? There's lots of pilots on strike!"

I wanted to tell this guy that people down south that live in trailers and tin roof shacks got better manners.

 

[Dash8]

But anyway, this old guy fat cat looking dude gets up from his table of other old guy fat cats, walks up to me leans over right into my face and puts his hand my shoulder and asks..."Are you a pilot? There's lots of pilots on strike!"

there are? where?

 

[stb]

MDA ID's..

I heard a rumor (probably on these boards ) that the MDA guys were blacking out the "express" on their ID's

.

False rumor..

The ID has a dark blue box with writing on it.
Nuff said about ID's on a public forum.

Think a TSA agent would stop a pilot at the security area for falsifying/doctoring an ID? 15 minutes af fame.

 

[Dash8]

i'm surprised none of the 'express' labels on the embs have 'mysteriously' been rattlecanned over during the night

 

[stb]

Not the only one...

i'm surprised none of the 'express' labels on the embs have 'mysteriously' been rattlecanned over during the night

Pilots cant afford the spray paint.

Seriously, ALPA was negotiating this before.
The argument was MDA is flying on USAirways ticket.
Talk about priorities.

 

[flagshipper]

For the longest time I thought I could devise some plan to explain to the general flying public our industry and the way it works and, having every relative in the world wondering why I am not at Fedex yet because just in case I didnt know they make good money, motivated me even more. But hearing comments about brand new CRJS and the fact the public would rather ride on 40 year old dc-9s shows there is no hope. Paxs pay the bills and they just want to get from A to B which shoots down the constantly discussed idea that if paxs knew how little we made they would somehow take pity on us and give us 10% tips or something but that is a whole different story

 

[Mongolikecandy]

Uh huh... I work for Delta

One of the funniest "I work for a major" stories I have heard actually happened to my wife while taking a flight out of Orlando. She was talking to a pilot who said he was flying for Delta.
The guy evidently didn't look a day over 25 so my wife said, "you must have gotten on with them when you were really young."
The guy then clarified his story a little and said he worked for Delta Connection. My wife knows a little about the industry and asked if he was flying for Comair. The guy didn't expect my wife to know the difference or to press him on it so he sheepishly explained that he was in fact a flight instructor at the Delta Connection Academy. Needless to say there was no more discussion after that.

(not a slam on DCA instructors)

 

[asaflyer]

I work for "A-S-S"

At least your wife's grandmother isn't telling her preacher that you fly for A-S-S as mine did a while back. Nice, real nice.

 

[Cardinal]

I was livid about this yesterday.

So I move here a couple years ago and get in with a large circle of friends. All is well. I take pains to explain that I am in the dregs of the airline industry. Occasionally I get introduced as "this is --, he works for United." I set the individuals straight, explaining the concept of a codeshare, and at last I have the majority informed as to my station in life. Well darned if this fuc#up brother of this girl I know doesn't decide to go to a Florida pilot factory. About instantaneously he gets hired by Eagle. All of a sudden everybody is all giddy for this loser becasue "he's a pilot for American." His family declares from the rooftops that their boy flies for "American". Then they start to ask me, "why don't you work for American?" Like suddenly I'm the sub-standard schmuck flying props. I've farking had it.

 

[FN FAL]

I was livid about this yesterday.

So I move here a couple years ago and get in with a large circle of friends. All is well. I take pains to explain that I am in the dregs of the airline industry. Occasionally I get introduced as "this is --, he works for United." I set the individuals straight, explaining the concept of a codeshare, and at last I have the majority informed as to my station in life. Well darned if this fuc#up brother of this girl I know doesn't decide to go to a Florida pilot factory. About instantaneously he gets hired by Eagle. All of a sudden everybody is all giddy for this loser becasue "he's a pilot for American." His family declares from the rooftops that their boy flies for "American". Then they start to ask me, "why don't you work for American?" Like suddenly I'm the sub-standard schmuck flying props. I've farking had it.

Hahaha...but none of them could explain why they couldn't get the kid to move out of momies and dadies house!

 

[180ToTheMarker]

I don't ever have to tell people at a party that I am a pilot...they can tell by my uniform!

 

[acaTerry]

At least your wife's grandmother isn't telling her preacher that you fly for A-S-S as mine did a while back. Nice, real nice.

That's probably what you tell them

 

[Airpiraterob]

how did that joke go.....

how do you know if theres a pilot at a party?
he will tell you!

seriously i would just tell people that "hey, if you get paid to fly then you're a commercial pilot. if i teach flyin' then im a commercial pilot. airline pilots are commercial pilots too'

they seem to understand that. its simple. not too much effort to say it. but guaranteed it went over their head.

 

[sf3boy]

I personally like the EMB-170 pilots using the US Air call sign. That's about like a Pinnacle or Mesaba pilot calling their flight Northwest because there happens to be some furloughed guys flying it and NW owns the plane.

 

[T-Gates]

I personally like the EMB-170 pilots using the US Air call sign. That's about like a Pinnacle or Mesaba pilot calling their flight Northwest because there happens to be some furloughed guys flying it and NW owns the plane.

While a Pinnacle or Mesaba pilot would be just plain dorky as hell to do that, the MDA guys have to use "USAir" because they are on the US Airways certificate.

 

[PHXFLYR]

When anyone asks me what I do for a living, I just tell them
I work at the airport,and just leave it at that. Got tired of explaining to everyone all this code share nonsense a long time ago, although it was kinda fun watching their eyes glaze over during the discussion

PHXFLYR

 

[TWheat61]

I had a Mid Alantic Guy jumpseat last week, he introduced himself as working for Mid Alantic "the new and improved US Air." Thought that was funny since they are still screwed.

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

I had a Mid Alantic Guy jumpseat last week, he introduced himself as working for Mid Alantic "the new and improved US Air." Thought that was funny since they are still screwed.

He was making a funny, He knew good and well they are screwed. He probably had a vasaline jar in his flight bag.

 

[Goldeneagle646]

When anyone asks me what I do for a living, I just tell them
I work at the airport,and just leave it at that. Got tired of explaining to everyone all this code share nonsense a long time ago, although it was kinda fun watching their eyes glaze over during the discussion

PHXFLYR

I specialize in high speed aluminum tubing if asked.

 

[sf3boy]

I did not know that Mid Atlantic is on the same certificate as US Air.

I would have never guessed that a single airline could hold two certificates, operate as one airline, as well as two seperate airlines, use different senority lists, but keep a "master" list for recalls, file a flight plan as US Air, operate the flight with MDA crews, call themselves "US Airways Express" to the public/shareholders/pax/CREDITORS, but never classify themselves as "US Air Express" to any other pilot group ever, and use a US Air call sign.