What do you say when someone asks you..

[H.Agenda]

Dont you want to be a commercial pilot, fly big planes?

 

[TXDA2000]

I'd like a good answer for that one too.

Or "When will you be qualified to get a job flying a big airplane?"

The way things are going it won't be long before they ask airline pilots when they can get one of those racy private jet gigs.

 

[Best Seat]

Almost as good as:

Are you the Pilot or just the Co-Pilot?

When asked about the big planes, I kindly enlighten them to the luxuries of corporate flying, ie we have the "Best Seat" in the industry.

 

[Luxor Two]

Just as soon as they pay me more money to put up with the kind of bullshiite that commercial pilots deal with.

 

[BenderGonzales]

I tell them that I used to do that but this job provides me with infinately better lifestyle and job security.

 

[sydeseet]

I tell them that I used to do that but this job provides me with infinately better lifestyle and job security.

I say something along those lines as well, although not always as "gentle." More like "would you work for the airlines these days?????" Then, after I divulge my employer, the question is usually "they have an airline too?????"

 

[O-Line]

Dont you want to be a commercial pilot, fly big planes?

That's what you get for telling people you're a PILOT. Personally I work in the transportation industy, doing a very boring job that sounds a lot more exciting than it really is.

 

[snow-back]

I tell them that I used to do that but this job provides me with infinately better lifestyle and job security.

Ditto. I hung out at the majors flying "big planes" for 9 years until something better came along.

 

[AA717driver]

I usually get a much more "impressed" response from people when I tell them what I do now.

"Used to be a captain at a major airline" gets the ho-hum. TC

 

[FlyFlyFly]

I tell them I am too ambitious to work at an airline. When they ask what I mean, I ask if they have ever been a member of a union. That generally ends the discussion.