No, you are not a real pilot unless you fly an airplane that has a
bathroom :-) That is what most of my nonflying friends think.


"CFLav8r" wrote in
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I'm a real pilot, am I not?
I ask this question to the entire aviation NG, to find out if you
consider yourself a real pilot.
The question came as I was returning from my mailbox this morning only
to have my neighbor stop and ask me "why if your always getting
aviation stuff (EAA magazine came this morning) in the mail do you not
become a real pilot?". And to this I answered "I am a real pilot".
He then said "No your not, you don't fly the big planes".
Well considering the source of the question, I just said just because
I have a drivers license doesn't mean I want to drive a truck or bus.

This isn't the first time that I have had someone not consider me to
be a real pilot.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
And what if any was your response?
Or do you not consider yourself a real pilot?

David (KORL)
PP - ASEL -Instrument student