Hey English, I was thinking as I was reading this thread that the female pilots should probably have their own thread on this.
There's not enough space here to post all the stupid questions I've been asked over the years, but two recent ones come to mind.
First, after getting to the gate for our early morning departure, the captain and I realize that our FA got hung up in security. I'm standing at the gate and the captain has gone down to the plane, and he tells me to get the paperwork. So I politely stand there, waiting for the gate agent to hand me the paperwork, in my full uniform (because it's winter), and the gate agent asks me where the First Officer is. I told him the Flight Attendant was still in security. So he said, "Well, I'll just give him the paperwork when he gets here. Do you want to go down to the plane? Give me a call when you're ready to board."
Second one was a gem. The crew was all female. The gate agent looks at us, checks our badges, and then says, "Who gets the paperwork?" Then the passengers, who are all sitting there waiting to board start asking the gate agent when the pilots were going to show up. This is as we are walking past them to the jetbridge. The gate agent never told them the pilots had arrived. Imagine the looks on their faces as they boarded and saw us in the cockpit! And to make this scenario even better, the captain was pregnant! We laughed about that one all the way to the next stop.
Also had a guy the other day in his full southern accent talk to me for about half an hour on they way to the airport. As we were entering the terminal he says "Are YOU the pilot?" I say, "Why yes I am." And he says, "I've never seen me one of them girl piluts before. Ain't you skeered to fly one of them things?" I'm also southern, and I talk like that too, so I'm allowed to make fun of those people. I just told him that I like adventure.
