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RideTheWind
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Gulfstream 200
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.If you have to ask, and your not gay, then most likely it is gay, in or out of aviation.
Like this whole thing now where its cool for guys to wear pink shirts, and metrosexuality, WTF?
Gone, I believe, are the days where men were men- we drank beer without counting carbs, and wore flannel, we ate red meat six days a week, we drove trucks and sports cars, not a foreign snooty low-emission vehicle. We were useless in the kitchen and at doing laundry, and the women loved us for it.
Now, its all gone the way of the buffalo, my friends. Just gone
Just kiddin, who cares like they said whatever gets the bills paid. I used to have to wear a tie to cut fish, but it paid for my rent and all of my other extra-curricular activites
Like this whole thing now where its cool for guys to wear pink shirts, and metrosexuality, WTF?
Gone, I believe, are the days where men were men- we drank beer without counting carbs, and wore flannel, we ate red meat six days a week, we drove trucks and sports cars, not a foreign snooty low-emission vehicle. We were useless in the kitchen and at doing laundry, and the women loved us for it.
Now, its all gone the way of the buffalo, my friends. Just gone
Just kiddin, who cares like they said whatever gets the bills paid. I used to have to wear a tie to cut fish, but it paid for my rent and all of my other extra-curricular activites
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GulfstreamSDL
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CatYaaak
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Yes, it's a little bit gay. But not nearly as gay as they way Brit pilots refer to upgrading as "getting one's command", as if they are at the helm of one of Her Majesty's Ships. Example:
Q: "Hey Nigel, did they upgrade your Limey a$$ yet?"
A: "I was awarded my command a fortnight ago, you miserable colonial".
Q: "Congrats. Btw, we're not colonials, we're revolutionaries, or don't they teach you the difference and how we showed you the door with our bayonets in those boys' schools over there? Speaking of which, what's up with those shorts and Christopher Robin shoes anyway?".
A: "Bloody Yank!"
Q: "Wanker"
and so on..........
Q: "Hey Nigel, did they upgrade your Limey a$$ yet?"
A: "I was awarded my command a fortnight ago, you miserable colonial".
Q: "Congrats. Btw, we're not colonials, we're revolutionaries, or don't they teach you the difference and how we showed you the door with our bayonets in those boys' schools over there? Speaking of which, what's up with those shorts and Christopher Robin shoes anyway?".
A: "Bloody Yank!"
Q: "Wanker"
and so on..........
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Flying Illini
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Being a corporate pilot my whole career, I don't understand the whole title thing. While I firmly believe in taking pride in your work, I also believe you shouldn't take yourself too seriously. Take the old joke:
Q. How do you know a pilot is in the room?
A. He'll tell you!
Many guys flaunt their title like it is some major achievement in life. I've run across many airline pilots that still sign their name:
John Q. Pilot
Captain (Ret.)
Have you ever seen a businessman sign his name:
Jim T. Executive
Vice-President (Ret.)
No - because it was just a position he had while employed at his company of choice.
Often in corporate aviation and all the time in the airlines, your position is achieved through attrition. In other words, you got the title because the dude in front of you either died or retired. I can't think of any other career where you can have decades of experience and seniority, but if your company goes bust, you have to start back at square one.
All this to say, call yourself whatever makes you happy, but promise to not let it go to your head. Don't ever forget where you came from. Many guys are held down (in pay and/or responsibility) because the guy before him is either not confident enough in his own position and/or he figures its payback time for all the crap he had to put up with coming through the system.
I know this wasn't the thrust of dhc8fo's question, but I just had to do some 'preachin' because I have run into too many of the mega-ego pilots lately. Do your job to the best of your ability, but at the end of the day, remember what other professions wear black and white.
Q. How do you know a pilot is in the room?
A. He'll tell you!
Many guys flaunt their title like it is some major achievement in life. I've run across many airline pilots that still sign their name:
John Q. Pilot
Captain (Ret.)
Have you ever seen a businessman sign his name:
Jim T. Executive
Vice-President (Ret.)
No - because it was just a position he had while employed at his company of choice.
Often in corporate aviation and all the time in the airlines, your position is achieved through attrition. In other words, you got the title because the dude in front of you either died or retired. I can't think of any other career where you can have decades of experience and seniority, but if your company goes bust, you have to start back at square one.
All this to say, call yourself whatever makes you happy, but promise to not let it go to your head. Don't ever forget where you came from. Many guys are held down (in pay and/or responsibility) because the guy before him is either not confident enough in his own position and/or he figures its payback time for all the crap he had to put up with coming through the system.
I know this wasn't the thrust of dhc8fo's question, but I just had to do some 'preachin' because I have run into too many of the mega-ego pilots lately. Do your job to the best of your ability, but at the end of the day, remember what other professions wear black and white.
Jmmccutc
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that's about as "gay" as if the thread had started out..."i was sitting in a bar telling this guy how i'm captin and fly a 340 and he asked if he could decorate my bedroom later that night..."
OK, maybe it's not quite that gay...but i had a young person come to my airport about a two weeks ago, and he told be he was Cpt. So and So, flying this 172 for XYZ company...honest to god i didn't mean to but i started laughing...you situation is somewhere inbetween 172 gay and bar gay...
OK, maybe it's not quite that gay...but i had a young person come to my airport about a two weeks ago, and he told be he was Cpt. So and So, flying this 172 for XYZ company...honest to god i didn't mean to but i started laughing...you situation is somewhere inbetween 172 gay and bar gay...
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OK, let me see if I get this straight, in a 172 or a 340, a captain is gay, if you are retired and call yourself captain you are gay, if you have a penis in your mouth you are gay, unless you are female.
Now would it be gay for a female to call herself captain if she was flying left seat in a 340? or a 172?
If so, then please just call me Admiral (Ret).
Now would it be gay for a female to call herself captain if she was flying left seat in a 340? or a 172?
If so, then please just call me Admiral (Ret).
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