When you tell someone you are a pilot, why do they do that hand gesture?

[gkrangers]

Ya know, where they pretend they are holding a yoke and turn it left and right.

I mean, wtf?

I don't do that to you if you tell me you drive a car or something....

 

[Hadhafang]

Sorry, can't say that anyone has done that to me yet. It seems like most people feel obligated to tell you about their uncle, cousin, brother, great-aunt-three-times-removed who is/was a pilot. People will ask me, "What do you do for a living?" When I answer that I am a pilot, they will always tell me about some person they know who is a pilot, or of a flying experience that they had when flying. I guess the general public just can't relate to us, so they try to continue a conversation the best they can. Well, I guess I wouldn't expect them to be able to talk about the cause of ground effect or what FAR 91 deals with. We pilots are a unique breed.

 

[ReportCanoa]

Then they tell me what they do for a living. And I make this up and down motion with my fist. Then they just leave.

 

[Stealthh21]

Then they tell me what they do for a living. And I make this up and down motion with my fist. Then they just leave.

That's too funny.

 

[midlifeflyer]

Whew! I thought this was about upraised middle fingers from ant-airport people.

 

[CFIcare]

Then they tell me what they do for a living. And I make this up and down motion with my fist. Then they just leave.

I though this was funny....then I saw your avatar and the image burned a hole in my retinas. Bacon anyone?

 

[dsee8driver]

I though this was funny....then I saw your avatar and the image burned a hole in my retinas. Bacon anyone?

I was thinking the same thing...... strong tailgate..

 

[Turkey Shoot]

I though this was funny....then I saw your avatar and the image burned a hole in my retinas. Bacon anyone?

I dunno. I think she's sorta hot in MidWest cute kind of way. Roll that babe in flour and then........... Damn, I feel dirty.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Dude, that's my little brother's girlfriend. If you think she's ugly you should see his last chick! At least this one can stand....

 

[FN FAL]

Ya know, where they pretend they are holding a yoke and turn it left and right.

I mean, wtf?

I don't do that to you if you tell me you drive a car or something....

Every time someone tells me they work at a music shop, I always pretend I have water bong and do the imaginary carburetor thingie with my finger and make sucking water bubble sounds (saw the technique in a cheech y chong movie or was it jay and silent bob? who knows, maybe even 20/20).