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

[ShawnC]

Umm Yeah...

The guy was just asking to see the magizine. I don't subcribe to Maxim, but if there something intresting on the cover (when isn't there... *insert naughty thoughts here* ) or maybe I am bored I might read it if my friends picked it up.

The guy was just asking to see you magizine, give him a break, for all you know "She Who Must be Obeyed" might not let him subcribe.

Stopping being childish...

Now lets get back on course.

 

[fr8tdog227]

If you leave the terminal and head over to the FBO to pick clean the popcorn machine...you might be a regional pilot (also a freight pilot).

 

[aceshigh]

Typhoon,

A "WO pilot" is somone who flies for a wholly owned subsidiary. In this case, it is US Airways. The joke was stab at the whole Jets 4 Jobs/LOA 81 BS that has been going on at U. Do a search and you can find out more about that nonsense.

Shawn,

The guy asked if I was done with it and if he could have it. If he'd only wanted to read it, I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with a guy who makes five times what I make after his concession package was passed asking for my mag, on top of wanting my job via J4J/LOA 81. As for his woman not letting him read the mag, that's both of their problems and not mine. I got my subscription from my then-girlfriend. He can get his own or buy it a newstand. Now let's get this thread back on track like you said....

You might be a regional pilot if a magazine subscription is one of the very few luxuries that you can afford.

Aceshigh

 

[jball2]

-If the passenger in the front row ever put their feet on your flight bag

-If the passenger in the front row ever puked IN your flight bag

-If 3 or more seats are deferred because they were "SOILED"

-If you ever put briefing cards in the windows to HELP the A/C

-If you ever got shocked hooking up your GPU

-If you ever had a mainline pilot TELL you he will be jumpseating and then complain because his bag has to go in the POD

LASTLY- If you ever had a passenger accuse your airplane of coming out of the big one's arse

 

[Typhoon1244]

If the passenger in the front row ever puked IN your flight bag.

Okay, you win. That's about the worst thing I've ever heard of. (I'd burn the whole thing and start over...)

 

[AAsRedHeadedbro]

"...if you ever got shocked hooking up your GPU"...

jball2...I haven't laughed so hard in a long while. You're killing me!

 

[JediNein]

The pax brief includes: "For your convienience, restrooms are located at the begining and ending of this flight."

Jumpseating mainline guys give you their resumes.

Reinforcing the cockpit door meant sewing another layer of fabric on the curtain.

Flight time is 23 minutes, yet every frequent flyer gets 500 miles, and you're not going mach .82.

The taxi takes longer than the flight.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[Sarka]

...the gear handle remains in the down and locked position at all times.

 

[urflyingme?!]

You have a leather members only flight jacket

 

[91100 100 set]

Wow, who dug this thread back up? It's over two years old!

 

[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"