"You might be a Regional pilot if..."

[jetexas]

...You point out your car to a date and she says "I thought pilots made a lot of money"...Ouch, that one hurt!

 

[Goose Egg]

You might be a starving CFI if...

-Flying for a regional represents a pay increase.

-Reading this thread makes you excited to get a regional job. (It does, actually. How sad is that?)

Thanks for diggin' up this thread, Jedi. It's good read!

Goose

 

[belchfire]

You might fly for a "regional" outfit if

You wake up in a dive of a motel in
BFE (bum-fuque-egypt for the flight
instructors. BTW, I would recommend
going to eye doctor school or something)
with your wallet empty and your a$$
hurting from the "help" you just got
from Sked...

The senior pilots bid their lines to airports
that have precision approaches for the
overnights...

You have become good at NDB approaches...

Some of the A/C have IFR certified GPS's
that you can't use for approaches...

The tips from your pizza delivery job are more
than your paychecks...

 

[Goose Egg]

BFE (bum-fuque-egypt for the flight
instructors. BTW, I would recommend
going to eye doctor school or something)...

I know what BFE means, and I'm not smart enough for eye doctor school.

-Goose

 

[TurboS7]

As I ramble about the country I have noticed that regional pilots have an aura of inferiority about them. Lighten up guys it is just a job and someone has to do it.

 

[ackattacker]

You might be a *really* regional regional airline pilot if:

1. You give your own passenger briefing, and

2. You don't have a passenger address system, and

3. Your briefing includes "don't touch the controls"

4. You can hear everything your passengers say, but pretend that you can't.

5. You've ever had a know-it-all passenger (I'm a pilot too!) try to explain to his companion every little thing that you're about to do, and then you intentionally do the exact opposite just to make him look dumb.

6. An ILS down to mins single pilot isn't enough to interrupt your daydream.

7. Your checklist is a single 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper.

8. You can pinpoint your position anywhere in a three-state area within 1/2 mile without a map using only AM radio stations and DME off of localizers.

9. You've walked through the terminals of major metropolitan airports wearing a full captains uniform with a baseball cap.

10. You've ever given an imaginary ramp agent a "start number one" signal before cranking your car in the morning...

 

[darkvw]

the CFI's car is better than yours

 

[aeronautic1]

You might be a regional F/O if...

you paid anything over $25,000 for that $19,000 per year job.

 

[JAFI]

As a B99 FO I had a passeneger in the first row, throw up on my back as I was flying (no door and the curtin did not close).

We use to slide our hats (open side up) under the last seat (B99). The last seat was just in front of a cargo area that only seperated the cabin with a net. A kid went into the cargo area and tried to use a barf bag as a toilet with a bad case of diarrhea that he blew all over the cargo area. The kid was a mess when they landed and the Captains hat was full. The Captain only made $14,000 a year and the hat was $90. He threw it out.

Oh, the good old days...

JAFI

 

[Flechas]

If people ask you if the let you fly yet, or if they ask you when are you going to fly a real airplane. I told him I already fly a real airplane, and he shrugged his shoulders and said "you know what I mean".

I'm starting to tell people I'm a systems manager at the airport.
"What's that?"
"I just make sure people get to their destination"