pilot article

[wood pecker]

A friend asked me to make a 1/2 page article for his newsletter regarding what it is like to be an airline pilot. I know not to reveal company names or security issues but how can you fit what needs to be said in a 1/2 page article and not confuse readers.

Please offer what you want others to read. The article will only be revealed to about 500 residents in a newletter article.
Thanks for any help and no I am not getting paid unless that 1/2 case was his form of payment.

 

[IB6 UB9]

I'll be frequenting the site a little more often to check on this thread...should be interesting.

 

[say again]

Just livin' the dream, I mean nightmare!!

 

[landlover]

take a photo of yourself all hungover with the stripper you brought home the night before eating fruit loops on your couch. make sure to black out the lines of blow on the coffe table.

 

[lineflyer1]

Tell your friend to get 2 cushioned folding chairs, sit them in front of a TV with the sound off and sit there for 8 hours a day.

If he needs to go, tell him not to leave his seat until soemone is available to replace him.

Feed him dry chicken or ham sandwiches when he gets hungry.

At night, give him a sleeping bag and a foam pillow to sleep on for 6.5 hours.

Let him do this for 4 days. Then tell him he can only be home on tues and wed. No holidays either.

He should have a good understanding by then and he can write his own damm paper...

 

[wood pecker]

Thanks for the wonderful advice. I just told him how rich we are and all the days off we get plus hot FAs. Probaly the hardest thing we do is lift our index finger to hit autopilot and the plane does the rest. I wish I had longer legs to sober up and to finish reading books between gameboy breaks and of course listneing to my ipod. I will begin my article with you can tell how small a pilot's unit is based on how big his watch is.

I never thought it would be hard to write a stinking 1/2 page until I thought of all the criticism I would get. Screw it, I will just remember how screwed up the media gets everything involving aviation including calling a king air a lear jet.

 

[say again]

Thanks for the wonderful advice. I just told him how rich we are and all the days off we get plus hot FAs. Probaly the hardest thing we do is lift our index finger to hit autopilot and the plane does the rest. I wish I had longer legs to sober up and to finish reading books between gameboy breaks and of course listneing to my ipod. I will begin my article with you can tell how small a pilot's unit is based on how big his watch is.

I never thought it would be hard to write a stinking 1/2 page until I thought of all the criticism I would get. Screw it, I will just remember how screwed up the media gets everything involving aviation including calling a king air a lear jet.

Thats perfect!!!!!

 

[jonjuan]

Tell your friend to get 2 cushioned folding chairs, sit them in front of a TV with the sound off and sit there for 8 hours a day.

If he needs to go, tell him not to leave his seat until soemone is available to replace him.

Feed him dry chicken or ham sandwiches when he gets hungry.

At night, give him a sleeping bag and a foam pillow to sleep on for 6.5 hours.

Let him do this for 4 days. Then tell him he can only be home on tues and wed. No holidays either.

He should have a good understanding by then and he can write his own damm paper...

Not smart enough to do anything else, huh?

 

[captainv]

I never thought it would be hard to write a stinking 1/2 page until I thought of all the criticism I would get. Screw it, I will just remember how screwed up the media gets everything involving aviation including calling a king air a lear jet.

perhaps you could start with a quick intro on why you got into flying, how different the reality is, and what keeps you in it.

everyone i know went into their chosen profession with a totally unrealistic vision of what it would be like. the one exception - a friend who's a dentist. he's bored to tears and can barely spend the pile of money he rakes in. you still couldn't pay me to stick my fingers in someone else's mouth though...