I'm a real PILOT!

"CFLav8r" wrote in message
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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?". [...]

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?

I've never heard that before. However, while I too have the occasional
neighbor who's an idiot, I avoid talking to the ones that are. Maybe I just
do a better job staying away from people dumb enough to say something like
that.

From a child, I could understand. But a full-grown adult? That's just
stupid. Life's too short to spend any time at all worrying about someone
who says that sort of thing. They don't deserve your consideration. I'm
not even sure why I'm bothering to reply to this thread, that's how silly it
is.

You know you're a real pilot, and it doesn't matter whether someone else
doesn't see that you are. That reflects on them, not you.

Pete

CFLav8r wrote:

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".

Doesn't sound like a real neighbour to me... :-)

He then said "No your not, you don't fly the big planes".

Those things aren't airplanes. They are apartment buildings with wings on
them.

Jose

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(for Email, make the obvious changes in my address)

CFLav8r wrote:

I'm a real pilot, am I not?

Wrong question.

My wife was chatting with her trainer at the gym, and explained how we'd
taken our son on his first overnight in an airplane. She later explained
that I was flying an airplane that evening as a part of a maintenance
mission for the club.

Apparently, it finally sank into the trainer's mind that I was actually the
holder of a pilot's certificate (as opposed to someone that charters
airplanes in which the family takes trips). She's therefore decided that
I'm a "trophy husband".

Not bad. But I think that, if I could afford to charter planes for family
trips, I'd be fairly trophy-ish too.

So the right question is: are you a trophy?

There might be something to this. I was there when another member of my
flying club intoduced himself to a very attractive female friend of mine.
When she heard that he knew me through aviation, she became that much more
attentive to him.

I think I've a new idea for advertising flight lessons.

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon wrote:

When she heard that he knew me through aviation, she became that much more
attentive to him.

Watch out for this. Most cases I've seen, the woman was simply calculating how well
she could do with all that money the guy was "wasting" on aviation.

George Patterson
Treason is ne'er successful, Sir; what then be the reason? Why, if treason
be successful, Sir, then none dare call it treason.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Andrew Gideon wrote:

When she heard that he knew me through aviation, she became that much
more
attentive to him.

Watch out for this. Most cases I've seen, the woman was simply calculating
how well
she could do with all that money the guy was "wasting" on aviation.

There's a reason I'm not married. I can't afford a plane and a wife.

Paul

I got to thinking and have to agree. I don't have to tell anyone that
I'm a pilot. My wife does for me!

Chris

Andrew Gideon wrote:
CFLav8r wrote:


I'm a real pilot, am I not?


Wrong question.

My wife was chatting with her trainer at the gym, and explained how we'd
taken our son on his first overnight in an airplane. She later explained
that I was flying an airplane that evening as a part of a maintenance
mission for the club.

Apparently, it finally sank into the trainer's mind that I was actually the
holder of a pilot's certificate (as opposed to someone that charters
airplanes in which the family takes trips). She's therefore decided that
I'm a "trophy husband".

Not bad. But I think that, if I could afford to charter planes for family
trips, I'd be fairly trophy-ish too.

So the right question is: are you a trophy?

There might be something to this. I was there when another member of my
flying club intoduced himself to a very attractive female friend of mine.
When she heard that he knew me through aviation, she became that much more
attentive to him.

I think I've a new idea for advertising flight lessons.

- Andrew

On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 19:26:03 GMT, CFLav8r wrote:
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


I was in the drive-thru lane at the local grease-trap a couple of months
ago. The kid at the cashier asks "Are you a pilot?" Says he saw my plates
and the AOPA sticker in the side window. I respond (with my chest puffed
out), "Why, yes I am." He asks, "What airline do you fly for?" I say,
"I don't fly for an airline, I fly myself." He says, "No, I mean, are
you a real pilot. I want to get a job as a pilot." I said, "Do you
think that you get the keys to the 747 on the first day?" He kinda
garumphs and says, "Guess not." I take my burger and drive off.

--
Rick/JYO
PP-ASEL-IA
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CFLav8r wrote:

Or do you not consider yourself a real pilot?

Of course I do! If you fly a Maule, there's no question about it. :-)

George Patterson
Treason is ne'er successful, Sir; what then be the reason? Why, if treason
be successful, Sir, then none dare call it treason.

Doesn't matter what non-pilots think. As far as I'm concerned, anyone
who's soloed is a real pilot. Anyone who's soloed has been in a
position where their life depended on them landing an airplane. That's
being a pilot.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.





"CFLav8r" wrote in message .com...
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