The Pilot's Wife

[PCL Flt-ops]

I've noticed that in the airline industry, a good amount of pilots have multiple girlfriends. Usually it's one main girlfriend back at home, and then another one in domicile. And sometimes even a third in another city. Is that the norm these days?

 

[Dieterly]

Correct, that is the norm, and if anyone is trying to tell you different, then they are a bunch of friggin liers.

 

[350DRIVER]

I must agree with Mr. Lott

What else is there to do to keep "occupied" on trips.?!



350

 

[becket]

I must be boring, I'm happily married. One girl is enough for me.

 

[NCFlyer]

Becket

Finally something you and I agree upon. I too am happily married. To date I have not and hopefully in the future will not consider entertaining more than 2 women. (1 wife, 1 daughter).

I have always said that keeping 1 wife happy is enough of a job for any man, who needs 2?

Happily married and not ashamed of it.

 

[Loafman]

Why buy a cow when you can get 5 flavors of free milk?

 

[knelson]

If you want to be successful in this business, keep your first house and your first wife.

Often this goes hand in hand and I think it works out better if you hang on to them both. Few exceptions, but for the most part true.

 

[Loafman]

Guess I'm screwed then. My first wife already has my first house.

 

[100LL... Again!]

I've seen a few that carry their girlfriend around in the FA jumpseat.

 

[hyper]

Jesus, one headache is enough. Who needs another one........maybe I just need to stay away from blondes.

 

[Chas]

no one is safe from another woman !

It can happen to virtually anyone .It could be a nice smile , kind words or killer body It could be feeling loose after a cocktail I am warning all avoid the situations that encourage these occurences It will be a painful life experience that will damage you and others . I know from experience and my life is still in turmoil . Happy New Year

 

[Traumahawk]

Not to say it doesn't work, as it obviously does...and I have several friends with fathers that are captains and happily married, however, with or without the 'girl in every city' goin on, the divorce rate for Pilots is pretty well, scary. Supposedly reported in an article to be about 65%. Yow.

--T-hawk

 

[Typhoon1244]

I've been happily married to my first (ond hopefully only) wife for five years...have never strayed...one-and-a-half happy children, etc.

The funny thing is that my mother-in-law boycotted our wedding and refused to meet me for the longest time because "all pilots are giggolos and heartbreakers."

This stereotype has been part of aviation for a hundred years. I'll bet Orville Wright had a girl on each side of the sand dune...

 

[hyper]

I joke about it, but I'm happily married as well and wouldn't have it any other way. This from a man that used to swear he'd never marry. Just gotta find the right one.

She jokes about pilots being just like sailors, but then I ask her if she's noticed the flight attendants these days. It sure ain't the old mini-skirt, free-love, flying's great 60s any more.

 

[Huck]

I was in a crash pad back in '95 when we had a Brasilia crash. Soon all my pad-buddies' significant others started calling to make sure it wasn't them.

Another guy answered the phone, and a female asked for a certain pilot. He said, "He's not here, but it wasn't him on the plane. Is this his wife?"

"He's MARRIED?!" she shouted.

 

[sf3boy]

I am fairly certain that my first wife had a main guy with other minor guys on the side. I always thought that it was the pilot that had the extra curricular activities, but not in my case. And she kept the house.

 

[Dignan]

As a happily married guy, I love it when people bring up the old standards "why buy the cow..." or "like eating the same breakfast cereal every day." If your metaphors for sex involve cows and a bowl of corn flakes, you might want to work on your technique! Just havin' fun, folks.

Happy new year,
D

 

[CFI'er]

The new movie "Catch Me If You Can" adds fuel to the fire. I see the promo's, on TV, all the time with the main character walking through the terminal with 4 babes hanging on his arms. My wife gets PO'd each time she see the promo. Not ecactly what I want her to see before a trip. Lucky me, I found the right girl to share life with. Remember, it can work both ways. "A woman can run faster with her skirt up than a man can with his pants down".

If you are the one to stray from the nest, then so be it. You have to sleep in the bed you make. In looking at the big picture of life, is it worth the fun of the quickie, only to lose the house and what ever the lawyers can grab?

 

[chawbein]

The divorce statistics are probably skewed just like the national statistics. The reason that they are skewed is for those who divorce then remarry, then divorce, then remarry, then divorce. You are way more likely to be divorced an additional time if you marry again after divorce. I don't know for sure, but I think the true "divorce rate" nationwide (if you throw out the multiple divorcees) is something like 20%. That same drop might be applicable to pilots too.

As far as the comments about buying the cow...they are right on. My wife asks me why my friends are all living with their girlfriends and why they don't get married. My response is simple, why would you commit yourself if you don't have to. Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free. It is women that empower men to play that game. When you live together you get all the priviledges of being married, but none of the responsibilities.

 

[TurboS7]

Proverbs chapter 4,5,6,7 . It is still hard to run but run you must. Deut 6. Love the Lord they God with all thy heart. Part of that is loving his commands and loving the wife He gave you. Freight guys arn't exempt, in some ways it is even worse.