Yes, I know all about that. One of my best long-time friends was
a Navy pilot, and he said he loved flying off carriers,
particularly enjoyed landing at night and/or in rough weather. He
told many other lies, too, even when he wasn't drinking. I recall
his standard announcement when undertaking any task that required
even minimal skill, like playing pinball or tuning up his old XKE,
was, "Well, of course I can do this. I'm a fighter pilot."
Today, he flies packages for Fed-X, but his bravado hasn't
diminished one bit.
Walt
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---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:33:47 +0000
>Oh yes! ;-) However, if they said (or screamed) those things to
>air traffic control, the controllers might start to suspect that
>pilots (esp. fighter pilots) are not demigods after all. So, we
>teach them to sound like d/gs on the radio to perpetuate the
>myth, err I mean to show ATC who's boss...
>
>;-)
>
>Chris
>
>On 3 Jan 2004 , at 13:24, Walt Wayman wrote:
>
>> What? "Oh s**t!" and "Please, God, no," and "I don't wanna die"
>> are no longer acceptable?
>>
>> Walt
>>
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