Unsolicited Advice - Commercial Airplane Pilots

A little housekeeping before we begin - Kevin Haggerty is releasing an e-book today. You should totally buy it, since it's free. It's called An Idiot's Guide to the Galaxy, and before you ask - no, it's not my unauthorized biography. However, I may have taken a few notes. It's short, it's funny, it's free. Good job, Kevin.

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Today we begin a new series of pointless mental excretions posts, entitled Unsolicited Advice. It's where I give unsolicited advice to people who will never read it.

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To: Commercial Airplane Pilots
From: Ricky

Subject: Every Little Thing You Do

Howdy!

Congratulations, you've made it! You've spent years dreaming of this. Countless hours practicing. And now, thanks to all your hard work, you get to be a commercial airplane pilot. This means you get to look smugly at other people at parties when they ask what you do.

It also means you have 300 crabby people behind you, a co-pilot who hums the same tune over and over, off-key, and kids at home wondering when Daddy's coming back.

Here's a few tips to help you while you're away:

Please make sure your registration and insurance are current. It'd be awful embarrassing if the po-po pulled you over down for something silly like tailgating and then you didn't have your papers in order.

If you're going to make a detour, can you at least make it somewhere cool? You made me spend an hour and half somewhere in Texas one time, and there was nothing to see or do. I guess it does beat South Dakota, but next time please consider alternatives, like Florida, California, or just going where you told us we were going.

If you don't like those silly uniforms they make you wear, you could change into shorts and flip-flops up there in the cockpit and we'd never know.

Bring your own snacks. There's not much back here.


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