We aren't really pilots

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...a certain un-named CA in a J32 had a passenger take a crap in the CA's bag.....

Just because noone comments on your bad landings - does NOT mean it'll always go unnoticed.

P.S. Read "bad" as "hard."

 

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... had a passenger take a crap in the CA's bag......

May be the Capts’ bag had a decal “My contract stinks” on his bag with “my contract..” partially worn off & the poor guy misinterpreted the bag for being a john. Give him a break or, at least, the benefit of the doubt.

 

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good one - I'll use it next time my manuals aren't up-to-date. Did it work?

 

[greyhound]

Most people don't know.

But it isn't the fact that you eat cookies at FL350, or the uniform that determines your worth.
It it your "TRAINING" that really counts.
As pilots, your worth every dollar spent on you because you are ready and trained for almost anything.
You go through it on initial training and then every 6 or 12 months. Whether you fly a 747 or a 1900 , your training is what makes you invaluable.
Luckily it isn't everyday that you have to show passengers why you are really sitting in the front.(Emergencies) Luckily it isn't everyday that passengers see why the flight attendants are really in the cabin.(Most think they are there to just serve peanuts.)
I understand that the general public has a lot of misconceptions about our profession, but who cares, what worries me is when pilots start believing that since they only fly small planes they are not real pilots.
B.S, your worth a lot because of your training and knowledge.
Most flights are routine, but we all know that may not always be the case, and that is where we rise to the ocassion and show why we are "ALL" real professional pilots and worthy of adequate compensation and respect.