Regional Pilots with "B-747" stickers on their flight bags

[Oakum_Boy]

People do that?

 

[relief tube]

its the same as gojets guys with united crewtags. gay

now some in the regionals have flown heavies. i flew with an FO who quit evergreen

 

[DrewBlows]

I saw guys come in on the 1st day of class as a new hire with a B717 sticker on their bag. I guess 300 hours and a BS type rating entitles you to that sticker...

You have to 'earn' a sticker now?

 

[contrail67]

its the same as gojets guys with united crewtags. gay

now some in the regionals have flown heavies. i flew with an FO who quit evergreen

Good point...you have no idea what the guys background is....or just let him/her have a goal.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

I think ill make a C-172 sticker that looks like that for my crew bag...

 

[thepotato232]

So these guys are working their butts off for poverty wages, doing the daily grind at companies that seek only to exploit their long-term career goals, and they choose to carry around a small reminder of what they can still hope for someday?

I agree. Completely unacceptable.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I get a chuckle out of the guys with the "Apple" sticker on their bag. Makes me think of all the FI bashing.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Some people have a sense of humor. I have a sticker that says "One union one voice one mission." I do not have apple sticker though.

 

[Dumb Pilot]

I have a sticker that says "One union one voice one mission."

At least his 747 dream could at some point become reality, your dream don't have a chance in hell:laugh:

 

[DX Rick]

Whats that apple sticker all about?

 

[dash8driver]

Whats that apple sticker all about?

its the mark of the iSheep.






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[COOPERVANE]

"our pilots carry less than 20 dollars"


favorite sticker on my bag


(and true)

 

[better up here]

this may not be original (i've never seen it...), but a pilot at our base has a stitched luggage strip on his handle (usually says crew or LAX etc.) that reads - NOT YOUR BAG.

thought that was clever.

 

[Spidey]

"our pilots carry less than 20 dollars"


favorite sticker on my bag


(and true)

That's funny! Mach 1 at 200' looking for a carrier, with a bad nav system makes ya sweat too, cheers! But not as much as being Hillary's pilot-she is Satan, I know! Merry Christmas!

 

[crzepilot]

I have some sweet Cessna stickers on my lunch box, as well as a sticker for the F-14 I flew on Flight Simulator. It was so sweet. I did like knife edge passes and stuff all over the place. Everyone tells me that if I can flight the Flight Sim F-14 it is just like the real thing.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

its the same as gojets guys with united crewtags. gay

saw that last night...talk about identity crises!!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Whats that apple sticker all about?

The Apple logo for the ipod.

Still not as funny as the Freedom pilot in ATL the other day with a " I Heart Vidal Sassoon Hair Gel" sticker on his bag.

 

[FurloughedAgain]

Ok. I'll share my opinion on the matter.

When I was furloughed from US Airways and working for Comair I had a "Boeing 737" sticker and a "DC9 Flight Crew" sticker on my flight kit.

When doing airplane swaps I would sometimes see another crewmember with a 737, 747, 777, etc... sticker on their bag.

Whenever I saw that I would ask them, "So who did you fly the 737 for?". Wondering if, perhaps, they too were furloughed from US Airways or another carrier. It was nice to chat with a kindred spirit, even if just for a few minutes.

9 times out of 10 though, they never flew the airplane whose sticker adorned their bag. I admit that I kind of felt like that made them a "poser" (to use the kid's lingo). I felt like having the sticker implied that you had passed initial on that equipment.

Now, that being said, at the entrance to the trailer park (read: crew room) in CVG was a sign that said, "Through these doors pass the world's finest airline pilots". Clearly the world's finest airline pilots probably DON'T pass through those doors (although admittedly a handful of them are very talented...) So there is a culture of misrepresentation designed to boost one's ego.

RJ pilots need all the ego boost they can get, because they sure as heck dont get it from their paychecks. So, as Barney says, "SUIT UP!" or, in this case, "STICKER UP!" kids!

 

[J32driver]

When I was furloughed from US Airways ...

Thats what I was going to add to this. I use to have FO's show up with 747,757,767 stickers on their flight kits. It kinda annoyed me until we got to talking and I realized they were furloughed from some legacy and had actually flown all those airplanes.

 

[say again]

How does one get a sticker to stay on their backpack??