You might be frieght trash if....

[skytrucker]

Bad Dawg....

You might be freight trash if.....

You keep the visor down in your car... at night.

You know that kind of car the paperboy drives.

Your car is older than your H.S diploma

You wear "farm" gloves at work.

No one has ever heard of the company you work for.

and finally; "You might be freight trash if.... you ask for vectors to the rainshowers the 121 guys are trying to miss, beacuse the windshield and plane could use a good wash."

 

[LearjetGA]

You are a freight dog if ...

you have the same sleeping habits as vampires.

 

[Toad4]

Might be???

...the plane you fly is older than you

...them fancy radar's are for *ussies

...your autopilot is best utilized as a boat anchor

...the chief pilot has been at the company for 3 yrs (and has the most seniority)

...you don't know what a passenger briefing card is

...you don't deviate around boomers

...the preflight is "chalks, tailstands on board...start one!"

...your block time is 4 min. longer than flight time per leg

...to actually "write up" a squawk would require one of the really big pieces to have come off

...homeless men on crack look down on you

...your idea of a crew meal is Mountain Dew and a candy bar (Yeah DEW!!)

...you have seen a sunset and sunrise in the same day (at least for us)

...the level of emergecy is inversely proportional to how "hot" the freight is ("Well, how bad is the fire?!!)

You know, flying freight would actually be okay if you had some quality of life, better pay, well maintained equipment, and some benefits....of course then we would be just like those primadona airline pilots!

 

[airludy]

They never taught me at FlightSafety how great it really is to be a pilot.....They should put their students on an all vending machine food diet and no sleep for days....Then see if they can still make the grade..hehe

 

[passion4flying]

You might be a freighter if you wash your hands BEFORE you piss.

 

[F9 Driver]

I couldn't find the list that I had ready for T-shirt production but...

If you've ever stood in front of the vending machine debating the nutritional advantages of cornuts over m&m's!

If the hotel van driver has no idea where you are on the airport.

If your max gross weight mysteriously increases around December 15th.

You declare an emergency if your walkman's battery dies.

The w/x observer comes out of his hole to watch you tale off!

You are on a first name basis with all of the controllers.

You know why you have to have two ADFs.

I'll post more if I cand find the list. Some days I miss being in the cockpit by myself!

It could be worse... you could have to go out and find a real job

 

[OtterFO]

If your preflight includes checking your flight bag for work gloves and knee pads, you might be a frieght dog....

This one is for Asquared:

If your airplane doesn't leak oil, but marks it's teritroy, you might be a frieght dog....

Hows things down south? We're getting hammered up here with the Navajo AD that just came out......

 

[C210drvr]

You might be a freight dog if:

Your motto is "Why check the weather, I gotta go anyway".

You view radar as somthing that by looking at it will just scare you.

Center doesn't say change to my frequency 123.45 any more, they just expect you to be on the new frequency when its time.

You actually find the Art Bell radio show educational. (thats on 1510 AM)

You get informed that there is a ground stop at the airport because of a thunderstorm on top of the field and you don't see what the big deal is.

You haven't looked at a chart in 6+ months.

Someone asks you the biggest part of your job and your response is staying alive!

 

[Lindy]

And.....

Passion for Flying.....I thought I was the only one who did that!!


Who might be a freight dog if....

ATC tells you that no one has been through that line of thunderstroms for over 4 hours -- the line you are currently picking your way through....listening to everyone else deviate

ATC gives you a ride report and you try not to laugh....thank you for the information...ocassional light turb you say??

You give a ride report, hoping that someday some airline will be nice to you and hire you because you told them about the mod turb at 370......not that it bothered you....it kept your f/o awake.


If the ONLY meals you ate that day are the Pizza in LIT (on going to the border and one on the way home....)



Gotta love this life!! It is true freedom...


P.S. And the Pizza in LIT -- if they don't have pizza, they'll give you an ice cream bar & soda (on the house).

 

[SDdriver]

GREAT post guys! Geez it is so crazy how much of this stuff is actually dead on balls TRUE. I always see the sunrise and sunset in one day, always wash my hands before taking a piss, and

Your new FO ask, "what the weather like at our destination?" and you reply, It will be what it is when we get there, STARTING #1.


TO all my brothers out there, fly safe we'll see ya tonight!


SD

 

[KlingonLRDRVR]

When CLT app tells you "You may want to widen it out a bit, you're following a Cherokee and you've got 250 Kts. on him."
OOpps..

KlingonLRDRVR

 

[LR25]

When ATL APP tells you go direct ATL and go fast at 8000ft, and your in a Lear25.


You check on with APP and they clear you to land(runway of your choice), taxi to the ramp and give you your outbound clearance.

You do your preflight, load your boxes, and then wash your hands off under one of the fuel tank drains before you fly.
(BE-18, DC-3)

 

[Mr Freeze]

When you are climbing out at 4000 fpm in a Lear 25 after center clears you to 230 then calls you back to maintain 14000 when your through 12,500 (you know your trash).

 

[hyper]

All of these are great! Toad4 and Spindoctor had me in friggin' stitches!!!

It's a lonely and unappreciated life we live, but as Furloughedgal (how ya doin'?) said........it is true freedom.

 

[TimmyTah!]

Only frieght trash would know that Av gas 100LL works great in Zippo lighters. Never buy fuel again for that lighter