No more stupid questions!!!!!!

[chrisdahut24]

Awesome thread!

Not the sort of thing you'll find on the board, but how about some of these from non-pilot friends:

-"Isn't flying dangerous, don't you get scared?"

-"You mean you work as a flight instructor and get paid less then minimum wage? I don't understand that, please explain."

-"Sooo...your a flight instructor- when do you get your commercial license?"

 

[Singlecoil]

Favorite questions/comments I got as a Dash driver:

"Is it your goal to fly commercially someday?"

"Oh, you fly the little puddle-jumpers."

Passenger: "Oh my gosh, I've never flown on such a little plane."

First Officer: "Well, its the biggest plane I've ever flown."

I don't think that put her mind at ease.

 

[UPS Capt]

I want to fly for a major..or, maybe UPS or FedEX. That one always gets me.

 

[chawbein]

I would give my right pinkie toe to fly a DC-8 for UPS. Seriously.

 

[bigD]

Hi! I'm a 16 hour post-solo student, and was thinking about adding a Lear type rating to make myself more employable.

What do you guys think?

 

[mar]

The best kind

1) What kind of sunglasses should I buy?

2) What kind of watch should I buy?

3) What kind of headset should I buy?

...unrelated...

4) Can I log time in the right seat of an airplane that I'm entirely unqualified to operate--even if it's just a few hours that will probably have no bearing whatsoever on future job applications.

P.S. I happen to think stupid question burn-out can be averted by simple use of the search function. Enough said.

 

[SpinDoctor]

Passenger: "Oh my gosh, I've never flown on such a little plane."

Whenever somebody says that as they get on my plane I turn around and say, "Yeah?...me either!" That always get a second glance back your way.

One of my all time favorites on this message board is when somebody posts, "I had the chance to sit in the right seat of the Apollo space capsule on display at the Smithsonian...can I log it as total time?"

 

[jergar999]

I know this is kinda off topic, but I have 350 hours, do you think if I pay for some type ratings (Maybe Lear or Citation) I could get hired anywhere?

 

[350DRIVER]

1) "Was that weather bad or what?? " nawww it was kinda "kool" nuttin like dem thunderstorms, hail, and gusty winds - owww... and that windshear"

2) "Is Gulf Joke really that bad since you still have to "prove" your ability and YOU even get PAID like $8.00/hr when you are line qualified."

3) "You sure that radio call wasn't for us?" "nawww there are 2 airplanes with our call sign up here today- no sweat...

4) "How can I avoid having to flight instruct to build experience and flight time?"

5) "Is Us Airways really gonna be a hiring soon?"

6) "How do I become a major airline pilot?"

7) "Are you really a Pilot?" Nawwwww- I just dress up certain times of the year, once at Halloween and today I am just practicing and gettin a "ready"- 0



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[flywithastick]

here's another angle...

"Why, after paying my dues, am I not earning $325,000 a year!"

"Why would business travellers pay $250 and fly SWA instead of $2500 to fly Big Major from XXX to YYY?"

"Why are all the big airlines on the verge of failure?"

 

[fletch717]

I have 400 hours and I want a job but I don't want to be an Instructor, would'nt it be better if I went to the right seat of a king air?

Fletch

 

[AmexFlyer]

Tarp Posted:

"Not sure if they have been here or not but heres a couple Ill throw in....pitch for airspeed power for altitude or pitch for altitude power for airspeed?"

So new to aviation....

 

[Booker]

-"You mean you work as a flight instructor and get paid less then minimum wage? I don't understand that, please explain."

Along the same lines, but it's aggravating trying to explain that I'm a "full-time" instructor, and yet billing 25 hours is a good week for me. Ah well, how would someone outside of the industry understand this without asking, anyway?

 

[wanabe_fo]

for the non aviation family members

When you tell them you are going to go fly freight and they respond with " oh with Fedex or UPS" I here they are hiring!

 

[wickedpilot]

to follow up on chrisdahut24 post,

annoying questions/comments from your ill-informed non-pilot friends:

-Non Pilot: "What kind of planes do you fly"
-Pilot: for ex. a Piper Tomahawk
-Non Pilot: really!!! like the fighter jet?!?

-"Can you fly by yourself?"

-"Do you do flips?"

-"You're a commercial pilot?, What AIRLINE do you work for???"

(for GA guys) "What would you do if you were hijacked?"

and my personal favorite:

--"So your gonna be a flight instructor? I thought you wanted to be a pilot???"