Pilots, what is the most common question you get?
Posted by Lonelyperson10010@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 306 comments
Posted by Lonelyperson10010@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 306 comments
C-10101100-S@reddit
"As a flight instructor I teach people how to fly"... "So you have a pilots license??"
Smart_Low1581@reddit
Oh you're working on your private pilots license, so you'll be flying private jets?
CMHCommenter@reddit
“Shouldn’t you be upfront” - While commuting
BaconContestXBL@reddit
I hit em with “I already programmed the autopilot.” Responses range from mild bemusement to looks of sheer terror
Equivalent-Tour7607@reddit
“The new guy is doing his first solo flight today”
BrianBash@reddit
🥇
Daa_pilot_diver@reddit
I like to say I’ll be piloting remotely from the app on my phone
jdubz9999@reddit
I’m tempted to change back into uniform to use this.
wearsAtrenchcoat@reddit
Been commuting for 25 years, I can tell who's going to say it the moment I step into the cabin
MoreSpoiler@reddit
You commute in uniform?
wearsAtrenchcoat@reddit
Yes, pretty much always
PM_MeYour_pitot_tube@reddit
Username does not check out
wearsAtrenchcoat@reddit
Lol
Sinkingpilot@reddit
The old white guy in a colorful shirt?
Matuteg@reddit
Or the golf polo
CL350S@reddit
My standard answer is that I’m waaayyyyy too hungover for that.
Saltyspaceballs@reddit
It’s good when passengers ask the same thing when you’re a heavy crew and there are two of you out of the flight deck, probably swapping breaks. Good thing we introduced all 3 or 4 pilots on the PA you weren’t listening to
LongBeachTrijet@reddit
Any PA in which you’re introducing pilots is too long. 10 seconds maximum.
Saltyspaceballs@reddit
I’ve got a 14 hour flight it gives me a 30 second respite from the captain talking about pensions and immigration
HellsTubularBells@reddit
What's the PA? Is that the thing that's always interrupting my movie?
Saltyspaceballs@reddit
It stands for Passenger Annoyance, no? We should press it more.
saml01@reddit
Similar to this. One time i was on the jet bridge and the captain is in line behind me eating and ice cream cone. I wasnt sure if he wanted to pass so i turn and say ‘do you want to skip me?’. He goes “Nah! its not leaving without me”. Something about the ice cream, the chipper response and his appearance was just the perfect combination.
ianto7@reddit
I want to know where in the airport he got an ice cream cone. Because that sounds awesome.
Derp_McShlurp@reddit
MSP used to have a 24-hour McDonald's that was pretty dependable with their ice cream. I got a pity cone once or twice after I missed my last chance to get home.
GoNDSioux@reddit
CVG has a Graeter’s in the A concourse, but I’m sure there’s plenty more examples in other airports.
saml01@reddit
Whenever i want to smile I like to imagine there is a pilot lounge with a soft serve machine.
Euphoric_Suspect_438@reddit
Do you ever ask for jumpseat?
CMHCommenter@reddit
No jumpseat for 135/91k.
srv340mike@reddit
There is no amount of money you could pay me to wear the shirt when I commute. Polo or dress shirt. No pilot shirt. Feels like you're in a circus.
CMHCommenter@reddit
Unfortunately, on the 91k side, so often commute in uniform because i’m operating after.
Mobe-E-Duck@reddit
Just say yes
minfremi@reddit
“I’m testing out the new AI pilot technology, and I’m sitting in the back to grade them”
mfsp2025@reddit
“Do you have to buy your hotels” “Does the captain let you fly” “What route do you do”
LeanUntilBlue@reddit
Go ahead and read them the route. Bonus if it includes a NAT.
Minecraftveteran23@reddit
"Are you ready to copy your clearance? You'll have to tell me when to turn the plane."
LeanUntilBlue@reddit
This is a Wendy’s, sir. We don’t offer progressives across the Atlantic. There’s no such thing as PAR guided cruise flight. Would you care for a frosty?
Addendum: do you guys realize that anything that isn’t called a milkshake is not a milkshake? A Frosty is not a milkshake. A shake is not a milkshake. Look at what it’s called on the menu. If it’s not a milkshake, then you don’t know what it is.
And if it’s called a milkshake, you don’t know what it is either.
BaconContestXBL@reddit
“Ready to circle/slash?”
Bastyra2016@reddit
Based on several subs here I thought it would be “I have a terrible fear of flying is ____ plane safe to fly?” Or some variant of “I’m so scared-make me not scared”
WhichWayIsUpAgain@reddit
"When are you gonna be a real pilot?" Hurts my soul every day
Slight_Sign_3661@reddit
“How long will it take for you to finish your training?”
My response is always “How soon can you give me 80 grand?”
Gaffer_DCS@reddit
So…. what route do you fly?
Q400cactus@reddit
"Where's baggage claim?", usually as I'm standing underneath or next to a sign that says BAGAAGE CLAIM in giant font with an arrow on it.
bean_beauritto@reddit
im a female airline pilot. Every single trip while im in uniform…. at the airport… i get asked “are you a pilot”. Im tempted to answer no i thought id test out my halloween costume
bean_beauritto@reddit
Also I was in the bathroom in uniform in seattle once and a lady said “do you work here the bathroom isnt flushing” 😂
parthh-01@reddit
"is it even that hard?"
Firm_Donut3820@reddit
“What’s your route?”
“Why aren’t you based in city I used to live in that, shocker, isn’t a base my at my airline” and the worst
“ShOuLdNt YoU bE uP fRoNt?! HAHAHAHA”
MarthaKingsButtplug@reddit
Do you like gladiator movies?
chonky348@reddit
I don't get it
Ron-Swanson-Mustache@reddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7OJXBBOF3M
big_z_0725@reddit
Do you love to go a-wanderin beneath a clear blue sky?
Ron-Swanson-Mustache@reddit
Can you drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes?
LatterPumpkin2047@reddit
?…my name is…I’m the copilot.
BabiesatemydingoNSW@reddit
Ever seen a grown man naked?
flyingcanuck@reddit
You ever been to a Turkish prison?
J33v35@reddit
While I am obviously busy with something: EXCUSE ME SIR WHERE IS THE BATHROOM?!
swell003@reddit
Once while riding a hotel elevator down in a very landlocked state, a nice lady noticed my stripes and asked "are you a pilot?"
"No ma'am, I'm a tugboat captain"
Mr-Plop@reddit
I had the opposite 😂 Landed at an airfield that has a big marina fairly close, they gave us a golf cart and we hit town and went into the local grocery store in full uniform. At the register, "Hey guys, so which one is your boat?" "The one with the wings"😂
CL350S@reddit
Why don’t you ever fly in and hang out with us?
Dude, even if they said take it for the weekend but bring it back full of gas I couldn’t afford it.
Negative-Ask8010@reddit
Are you the main pilot?
Chemical_Ad189@reddit
Yes I’m the first officer. That means I come first
/s
TurkishDrillpress@reddit
But the refractory period is short?
PM_MeYour_pitot_tube@reddit
There’s a cooldown period for sure, but cranking the starter shortens it by a lot.
LigmaUpDog_@reddit
“You think it’s gonna be more delayed?”
markeymarkbeaty@reddit
“I’d say… absolutely it will be more delayed. We were supposed to leave four hours ago and now there are thunderstorms approaching the field and they shut down the ramp for lightning, so yeah”
Vincent-the-great@reddit
Random directions in airports im not familiar with on quick turns
markeymarkbeaty@reddit
“Don’t you work here?!”
“Naw mate, I just visit here, I work in the front of the aluminum tube”
Sad-Umpire6000@reddit
Isn’t it expensive?
Answer: Not like you might expect. You can own an older - but perfectly safe and functional - plane for not much more than a Ford King Ranch. My 1961 Cessna 175 does everything a 2025 172 can do at less than one-quarter of the price to buy it. Actually it does more. I can take off and land in under 400 feet, and climb out at 1,000 FPM or better.
Cookiehurricane@reddit
My 1960 172a can't do everything a 2025 172 does (145hp 🥲) but it does everything I need it to, and didn't break the bank! And it's fun to fly.
MoreSpoiler@reddit
What can’t it do?
Cookiehurricane@reddit
It definitely can't clear the obstacles at the end of my home runway with three adults onboard. But it does have 40 degrees of flaps, which is fun.
MoreSpoiler@reddit
Different engine?
I know when it comes to C206s the older ones preform better
Cookiehurricane@reddit
Yeah, it has a 145hp Continental 0-300C - when I fly a newer one I really notice those 35hp! It's a really great plane, I just know its limits.
Vithar@reddit
At our seaplane base one of the other C206 flyers decided he wanted to retire his C206. Has had it since new back in the early 80s. So now he is shopping for more or less exactly his configuration (passenger door, 550, glass cockpit) can't downgrade getting something newer after all. But he wants it to be something under 10 years old. Turns out, not easy to find, everything ether doesn't have the passenger door, has worse floats, or doesn't have the newer avionics, or whatever, its been something every time... and the couple he did find, when we flew to go look at them they weren't obviously an upgrade over his plane anyway. I think we have him talked into taking it to a shop that does interiors and just going for a new inside and a paint job. He will save a ton of money too...
KITTYONFYRE@reddit
yeah but that king ranch doesn’t cost you 7500/yr in fixed costs lol
BmacSWMI@reddit
“What route do you fly?’
johnisom@reddit
Not an airline pilot by my FA gf always is asked “what route do you do”… it’s as if they don’t know this isn’t the 50s anymore
PayMeNoAttention@reddit
Do they not do routes these days?
juiceball9@reddit
How do you not know that … geez
PayMeNoAttention@reddit
Cause I’m ignorant?
prex10@reddit
Routes are a thing in TV and movies for some reason.
They've never been a thing for anyone.
GrndPointNiner@reddit
No, neither is nor FAs do set routes. If you’re senior enough you can bid for certain trips that operate daily/weekly, but generally you’ll need at least a decade to start getting a sequence of the same trips you want. Most airlines now build trips of varying lengths anyway, such that flight 1234 from JFK to MIA could be part of a completely different trip every single day.
Approaching_Dick@reddit
This actually happened at some point? Wasn’t that super boring?
doctor--whom@reddit
Meh it’s not too bad. I don’t really bid based on work but rather based on layovers. I have no problem flying to the same city every weekend to hang out with a friend or go to a concert.
Approaching_Dick@reddit
Ah I see that’s how they were able to have two families at the same time
-burnr-@reddit
From other pilots when they find out I fly something mildly exotic like the L39
"Ohh, what's that like?"
It's an airplane. They all fly pretty much the same.
hotwaterwithlemonpls@reddit
Not a pilot, but as a controller the most common question I ask is “is your transponder on?”
-burnr-@reddit
Last call say again, I was on the landline
Difficult-Affect-220@reddit
Is the earth flat?
Euryheli@reddit
While in the airport? “Where does the flight to XXX go out?” Usually the asker is standing under the departure board or at the gate they are looking for.
LocationOk999@reddit
How come I can see the outline of your monster dong in your pants?
I hear it near daily
WIS_pilot@reddit
What’s your route?
Consistent-Trick2987@reddit
“I’m a private pilot” “so you fly private jets?”
bddgfx@reddit
I got this one verbatim recently.
cinemashow@reddit
I was asked this once standing in line at the DMV. Don’t recall how it came up. But I have to tell every single person I meet that I’m a pilot
. She was a fabulous babe. I answered no, I’m a private pilot. She asked do I fly rich people and did I sign an NDA or something? I’m not realllly ashamed of my answer. I just nodded my head. So,afterwards when we were putting our clothes on … Yeah nahhAce_Laminar@reddit
These when you get to jets it “are you working on your commercial”
noideawhatsupp@reddit
When are you going to fly the big planes?
Sad-Improvement-2031@reddit
“Do you know bob? Yeah my wife’s friend’s husband bob! He was based in new york and flew for continental!”
Im a CFI
Sea_Transition4188@reddit
i got that same question once i asked him the name of his friend that flies and he said "insert name here" it was actually someone i work with at a part 61, it's a small world
Economy_Shop_9272@reddit
I'm a student pilot and during my demo flight I asked my instructor if he knew my friend who flew with the same flight school but had a different instructor.
😬Criiiiiinnngeee!!!!
YakVivid6538@reddit
Nah that's a fairly normal question. Some schools are small and people talk to each other.
cincocerodos@reddit
I feel like it’s fair for airlines. Every pilot group is basically the population equivalent of a really small town.
TurkishDrillpress@reddit
Is it really only 7 inches?
Grand-Jacket-8782@reddit
Only on a warm day
Lazypilot306@reddit
“How do I get to x gate?”
JPAV8R@reddit
When will you be able to fly? (as an FO)
They think a FO is there to watch the captain until you’ve watched enough to actually fly the plane.
CaptainJackass123@reddit
On DHs in uniform, and the person next to me asks “are you a pilot?”
I just politely ask them what gave it away?
FlyinUte@reddit
“What’s your regular route?”
amigammon@reddit
Seen any ufos?
Ok-Highlight-1760@reddit
"What's your route?" And "did anything ever bad happen on your flights?"
BaconContestXBL@reddit
“How do I get to baggage claim?” while standing under the sign that has a picture of a suitcase and an arrow
Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit
NOPE - it's is this the gate to XX city, and the sign is right there in front of them for that exact city. Or departure time.
Or even, is this gate xx, when gate xx is - yep - right in front of them.
SATSewerTube@reddit
Livin’ the Dream guy really knocked every single one of his videos outta the park
Beautiful-Low9454@reddit
Pure truth!! lol love living the dream it’s so accurate and timeless!
NikitaStoleMyJoy@reddit
I didn’t appreciate them as much when I wasn’t an airline pilot but I rewatched them like a week ago and it’s too accurate. I need more.
THE_Tony_Perkis@reddit
They’re basically a documentary
chephy@reddit
"What route do you fly?"
AK_born00@reddit
“When can you fly by yourself” I have 1300 hours…
MVGbear@reddit
Or the subset of this: in terminal in uniform “Are you a pilot??”
Sheriff_Walrus@reddit
I was at the gate, in uniform for a flight I was about to operate, with my crew bags, standing next to a flight attendant. A passenger was there, asking if the flight was going to be smooth. We had a full on conversation about how there was a thunderstorm over central New York but that it should be smooth otherwise. I gave him the flight time enroute. I told him the altitude we were flying at. I gave him the gate we'd be parking at when we arrived.
He then does a double-take and goes "Wait, why am I asking you, you're not a pilot!"
When I informed him that I was indeed the very pilot flying the plane he was about to get on, and he was astounded that I wasn't wearing "The ceremonial hat" (his exact words) and asked again if I was actually the pilot.
RectifierUnit@reddit
Or, “where is the bathroom?”
IMainMeg@reddit
Every time they ask me that the first thing I do is look at one of my epilates, then down to my uniform, then I look at them.
MVGbear@reddit
Looks down “Woah! Where’d this shirt come from???”
jackpotairline@reddit
“No. It’s my own personal Halloween today and I decided to dress like Sully.”
indianmcflyer@reddit
On the plane, literally SITTING in the left seat
"ArE yOu A PilOT?
GroundbreakingWeb813@reddit
Here’s your sign.
minfremi@reddit
Trying to check in for my jumpseat at the gate, in uniform. The gate agent asks whether I’m a pilot or flight attendant.
SwinnieThePooh@reddit
To be honest, I can never tell the difference either.
ndem763@reddit
The questions never end. Once you're at a regional "when do you get to be captain and actually fly the plane?" When you upgrade, "when do you get to fly at a real airline?" When you get to a major the captain question comes up again and/or widebody questions.
I just take it as people taking an interest in it and asking the only questions they really know since most people know next to nothing about the industry.
Mobile_Career_8925@reddit
“Whats your route”
Street-Salary9709@reddit
standing anywhere in uniform going to or coming from work
Are you a pilot?
chicknsnotavegetabl@reddit
I thought about being a pilot but
Not a question but...
DatBeigeBoy@reddit
“Do you know where I can find gate insert gate here”
SubAcct2020@reddit
“Is the baby changing table in the lav really capable of supporting a 110lb flight attendant”?
Beautiful-Low9454@reddit
Yes yes it is
MoreSpoiler@reddit
I wish stews were still 110lbs lol
woop_woop_pull_upp@reddit
The flight deck tray table sure is ;)
Accurate_Piccolo_648@reddit
What's your usual route.
mikepuyallup@reddit
Can you stop talking about airplanes?
Square_Ad8756@reddit
I can only talk about airplanes, myself and myself flying airplanes.
ATrainDerailReturns@reddit
No No I can’t
nadi207@reddit
What do you know about birds?
Square_Ad8756@reddit
I know it’s a damn shame they don’t have ADSB…
Impossible-Bad-2291@reddit
Birds aren't real?
poo-ass@reddit
"Who gave you my phone number?"
BigBadPanda@reddit
“Were we shot down?” -after every landing.
CPT-Taco123@reddit
Flying transport category aircraft for a 135 operator: “ok but when are you going to become a commercial pilot?”
thomakob000@reddit
Or for us ULCC guys, “when are you going to fly for a real airline?”
TurbulentGap3046@reddit
I was going to say this. I’ve had my commercial certification for about 6 years and my ATP for 3. Still get asked when I’m getting my “commercial license”.
Also, “so when are you going to g to fly actual planes?” I have about 2000 hours of turbo-fan time from a 135 operator.
temupilot@reddit
lol hear you
fort_went_he@reddit
It's "what is the most common question you get?"
Candid-Occasion-6707@reddit
Can you fly a 747 (or whatever model we’re on)?
What’s your favorite place to fly? (I’m told I sound like an ass if I say home and not some place exotic).
Ever flown anyone famous? Followed by “Who”?
SirERJ-Driver@reddit
“Yo, bro, you’re a pilot, right? Is the earth actually flat?”
I begin frantically looking around then replying in a hushed tone
“I can’t talk about that here”
timfountain4444@reddit
Can you fly your Cessna 182 from Portland to Munich….?
Wingnut150@reddit
Sure.
Gonna take awhile and require some modifications...
Late_Version_5147@reddit
No mods needed for a 182 trans Atlantic in the warmer months. It’s doable stock.
IM_REFUELING@reddit
You might be able to blue spruce it with favorable winds. You'll just have to make some stops in rather interesting locations in Canada and Greenland
timfountain4444@reddit
Exactly. A ferry tank. A big ferry tank. And some immersion suits. That normally dampens their enthusiasm!!!
Standish_man89@reddit
Wouldn’t need the ferry tanks on the 182, she’s got the range to hop from Canada to Greenland to Iceland. Definitely want the immersion suits though
limes_huh@reddit
Do you want to be a commercial pilot one day?
Says the paying passenger to the employee pilot.
GengisGone@reddit
“You’re a flight instructor? So when do you get to fly commercially?”
“Well, I fly commercially already, that’s a part of the job.”
“Oh, what airline do you fly for?”
It’s like I’m talking to a box full of uncooked spaghetti.
Late_Version_5147@reddit
Well to be fair the general public isn’t going to know the arcane and often times confusing terminology’s present in the FARs. To the general public, an airline pilot is a commercial pilot. Full stop. They don’t realize that the guy towing the banner of a CFI is also a commercial pilot. Your students should after the first week of ground school. But not the guy on a discovery flight.
Mr-Plop@reddit
"Omg, can you fly me to NY?"
"Sure, it's gonna take around 10 hrs, 3 fuel stops and $1,500"
"What? I should just fly commercial then!"
"Yes Deborah, yes you should"
Apuonbus@reddit
"How much is the airfare to.....?"
Hey dude, all I do is fly planes... I'm not a walking trrlavel agent...
Golf38611@reddit
Best I ever heard even though it’s fiction. Magnum Force. To Clint Eastwood: Excuse me, Captain. I know this may be a silly question. But, do you know how to fly??
CaptainsPrerogative@reddit
“What’s your route?” — As if I fly to Toledo every day I show up for work.
McDrummerSLR@reddit
“What’s your route?” And also about where baggage claim is
wrray@reddit
“How long until you get your commercial?” As they’ve been seeing me fly passenger service for 4 years
Glittering-Elk542@reddit
So what’s your route?
LigerSixOne@reddit
“So when I’m flying and it gets rough…”
Catkii@reddit
This entire thread is why I tell new people I’m a bus driver, not a pilot.
It did backfire on me one time, turns out the person I was talking to had autism and they had a deep love of busses.
extremefuzz777@reddit
Usually just polite questions like where I’m heading to that day, where I came from, etc. If they get more curious it’s usually asking what routes I fly and if I have standard routes that I fly on. Basically they’re wondering if it’s kinda like having a bus route or something.
randomboi91@reddit
“So when are you going to be an actual pilot?”
“You’re a private pilot? So you fly private jets?”
Cerberusmut@reddit
“What route do you fly”
fallingfaster345@reddit
“Where can I pick up my checked bags?” 🙄
PhilRubdiez@reddit
Less a question, but “When you’re a real pilot.”
Bitch, I’ve made 30 pilots.
ATrainDerailReturns@reddit
This tbh
TittsburgFeelers@reddit
As a corporate pilot, “What airline do you fly for?” Followed soon by, “So you fly famous people? Anyone I’d know?” Or “Who’s the most famous person you’ve flown?”
MoreSpoiler@reddit
I just say I flew [insert my name]
Wingnut150@reddit
Yep. Heard all of those more than a few times.
"I don't"
"Occasionally"
"Can't tell you that"
cstute@reddit
Are you a pilot?
Me sitting in the airport terminal, wearing my pilot uniform....
ATrainDerailReturns@reddit
When are you going to be a real pilot?
cinemashow@reddit
Hey ! I fly a Cessna-172 so if you guys need any help I’m in 22A. Yuck yuck yuck!
ATPs: you never get asked this right?!
MoreSpoiler@reddit
Honestly no
Wingnut150@reddit
"What airline do you fly for?"
I don't.
I fly a specialized aircraft that goes to locations most "airline" pilots wouldn't even think of as a landing site, let alone even try it for a specific clientele that can afford to maintain said aircraft and pay the pilots who drive it.
More often than not, I tell people I'm an accountant...
MoreSpoiler@reddit
Have you ever worked in concrete? Any bow kills?
wearsAtrenchcoat@reddit
"What's your route?"
"Routes" haven't been a thing since deregulation in the early 80s, and they were for airlines, not] pilots. But a lot of people seem to think that ONLY ONE pilot at one airline can fly between Kansas City and Albuquerque, that's their route.
So I usually answer that, "Kansas City to Albuquerque". They nod understandingly
Flightyler@reddit
“Why can’t you take it?” while commuting and there’s no crew
Flightyler@reddit
“Glad to know we’ve got plenty of you onboard” while commuting
TheChancellor_2@reddit
Was hoping to see one of the dudes I’ve talked to (albeit only 4), “have you seen the rehearsal on HBO Max?” -passenger
Mojak66@reddit
When I started flying commercially (after USAF), I was a substitute teacher for a year. "Have you ever seen a UFO?"
Consistent_Talk_1332@reddit
Are you the pilot or the copilot?
Ludicrous_speed77@reddit
What’s your route?
FarNefariousness4371@reddit
Can you fly me to XYZ?!
SlothSpeed@reddit
Yes, but we're going through ATL.
Ron-Swanson-Mustache@reddit
Lots of people trying to get to Toronto?
BWEJ@reddit
What’s your route?
Pubics_Cube@reddit
This one is my favorite. Sir, I don't even know what city I'm in right now. Dispatch just sends some bullshit to my iPad, I plug it in the box, fly the ILS, and then pass out in the hotel room.
FlyingHigh67@reddit
I had someone ask me yesterday where I had been that day. I literally couldn’t remember, lol
SlothSpeed@reddit
It's similar to taking a test in college. The moment I'm done, core dump aaaaand it's gone.
woop_woop_pull_upp@reddit
There and back.
Naprisun@reddit
They let you come back?
Ron-Swanson-Mustache@reddit
Sometimes
Simonizer_@reddit
When I show them a picture of the king air I fly; “when are you finished with flight school?”
nemuro87@reddit
No, for the 1000th time, I haven't been in a Turkish Prison!
SRM_Thornfoot@reddit
Not common, but asked twice so far: You fly pretty high, right? Can you see, is the Earth really round?
EsquireRed@reddit
“Tell me for real, is the Earth flat?”
AdamL849@reddit
What is your route and do you get scared. At least one a month someone ask me if I have seen ufos
SRM_Thornfoot@reddit
737 > Do you know what all those buttons do?
cttime@reddit
Can you work this extra trip? We desperately need help.
sensor69@reddit
I fly military trainers, at airshows I get asked if the baggage pod we put on the belly is a bomb
IM_REFUELING@reddit
Assuming it's the T-38 WSSP you're talking about, I can forgive folks for thinking it's a bomb/drop tank.
Economy_Shop_9272@reddit
LMAO!
Lukecv1@reddit
I work on a C-53 sometimes and every air show we get told that it's a C-47. We also get told that "my grandpa was a tail gunner in one of these" despite our lack of any guns. And the classic "where do you keep the bombs"
sensor69@reddit
I've been asked similar things so many times 😂
BaconContestXBL@reddit
“Are those bombs?”
“Nope, fuel tanks.”
“Why do they look like bombs?”
sensor69@reddit
I finally just told someone it was a low yield nuke and watched as they slowly figured out there was no way
CreakingDoor@reddit
“Do you know xyz? He’s a pilot at InsertAirline!”
Brother. I fly for a multi fleet airline with 4000+ pilots.
But surprisingly often, yeah I do actually.
Imaginary-Spray3711@reddit
How much money do you make?
GainFormal1633@reddit
“Where is gate ____?” (As I’m standing next to their gate).
Frequent_Egg878@reddit
“Do you ever want to fly commercially?” -12 year 135 pilot flying smaller turboprops…sigh lol
Guy_Incognito1970@reddit
Are we there yet?
Cxopilot@reddit
When will you become a real pilot ~ 4300 hour southwest FO 🥲
Calm_Explanation8343@reddit
Right through the heart 💔
Bob06@reddit
When a passenger rides up front. “What does that do?” Or “what is that?”
braided--asshair@reddit
“Is the world really flat?” I usually tell them yes to fuck with thrm
tboardz@reddit
Ever drunk Bailey’s from a shoe?
SelectAirline7459@reddit
Something, something John Kennedy, Jr.
Lonestar3504@reddit
"Whats your route"? &
"Are you the pilot or co-pilot"?
AIMIF@reddit
So like are you a commercial pilot or a private pilot?
Odd_Information_4173@reddit
Tell so someone you fly for FedEx, UPS, Kalitta. First question they ask, "Are you going to try to fly commercial? "
Rictor_Scale@reddit
As a PPL the most common 'weird' question is: "So do you own your jet?"
Mr_Squidga@reddit
So, do you actually land the plane or is that the pilot?
When are you going to BA?
Coastmountainfun@reddit
How many times a day do you do this?
pjlaniboys@reddit
Tell me about the ufo’s you’ve seen. Come on. You aren’t allowed to say are ya. They keep it a secret right?
CommuterType@reddit
We’re below 10,000 feet don’t we need to slow down?
Kingston5167@reddit
"Are you based here?" -sitting in a outstation in the middle of nowhere
FlyingSpectacle@reddit
“Shouldn’t you be sitting in the front?” “Where’s gate C67?” *shows paper boarding pass for a city they’re not in “How do I get to the In N Out on Chilton avenue from here?” “Hey are you the backup pilot?”
JPAV8R@reddit
I fly a cargo 747. “Do you think you could ever fly a plane like JetBlue flies?”
“Do you know what all the buttons do?”
No-Meringue5645@reddit
“Are you a flight attendant?”
temupilot@reddit
I fly corporate and the #1 question I get is “when will you fly commercial” and obviously I know they mean airlines, but if I’m feeling talkative I explain the whole commercial certificate thing
RickD_619@reddit
What is the range of your airplane?
Burgershot621@reddit
“What routes do you fly”
neil350@reddit
“Can you hail me a taxi” when I was down in the lobby early by myself in Manhattan at some hotel that used to have stripey bellhop/doorman uniforms…
Wanttobefreewc@reddit
‘So what route do you fly?’
PipFlip@reddit
Wait you’re a commercial pilot? I thought you were just a CFI?
Separate_Bowl_6853@reddit
"What's your route?"
railsandtrucks@reddit
as someone with an increasing interest in aviation/flying and has been in an airport a bit more these past few years for work- and maybe this is better in a separate post - What are the least annoying ?s
I once chatted up with a pilot about motorcycles (forget how the convo started but we were both at an airport) and he seemed relieved I didn't ask anything about his job/aviation. I was happy to find someone to chat about motos too, so all was good as far as I was concerned.
ChuckyJa@reddit
What is the stabilisation criteria?
Cascadeflyer61@reddit
I have been asked by a fair amount of women,”Do you have girlfriends in cities around the world?” lol
FrequentFractionator@reddit
Well, do you?
Cascadeflyer61@reddit
Honolulu, Hong Kong, SFO, and Bangkok were cities I had girlfriends in, I kept the one from Hong Kong!
CorporalCrash@reddit
Fly my to (place on the other side of the atlantic)
Yoghurt42@reddit
Aren't you Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
sloopyjoe98@reddit
I’m a FO for a AA WO
“when will you get to fly the plane”
Will_E_Juan_Kuh@reddit
“Where’s the baggage claim?”
Commercial_Meat_8522@reddit
Do you want to fly commercial one day? Bush pilot for 20 years
vmFrank@reddit
Accomplished_Box7400@reddit
“Do you fly commercial??”
Commercial_Meat_8522@reddit
Do you want to fly commercial one day
Low_Reputation_5358@reddit
“Where’s my gate?”
MoreSpoiler@reddit
How long does it take to get to XYZ, that’s probably number one
Or asking me about the 737 issues, air India crash, or something as if I have some inside info
Saltyspaceballs@reddit
“Do you know what all the buttons do?” Is the usual from visitors after landing!
Mr-cacahead@reddit
cAn i gEt FrEe tIcKetS?*
vagasportauthority@reddit
“Oh , you don’t really have anything to do nowadays, the plane flies itself right?”
No, it doesn’t, I tell it what to do using the automation. It doesn’t do anything “itself” without me telling it to do it, when to do it and how to do it.
SayNoTo-Communism@reddit
“When will you be able to fly planes by yourself ?”
“Im a flight instructor, I teach people how to fly planes”
BabiesatemydingoNSW@reddit
Aren't those little planes unsafe?
Tuggernuggets@reddit
I’m just like, “yes 👁️👄👁️.”
RequirementLocal7418@reddit
“Have you ever seen a UFO?”
sassinator13@reddit
GA: How long does it take you to get to _____?
554TangoAlpha@reddit
What’s your route?
pilotryan1735@reddit
For senior widebody guys they could probably answer that question.
pimbaman1337@reddit
" When do you leave the simulator?" I have over 200h of aerobatic flight
bdc41@reddit
How high do you fly?
CrypticxTiger@reddit
Do they train you how to land in a river, like Sully? Is what he did right?
Special-Ad1307@reddit
“Get me free tickets when you become an airline captain”. Uhh I have 22 hours. Check back in 15 years…
jmkdeluxe@reddit
"Are you a pilot?"
WingedWildcat@reddit
What’s your route?
jpcanty@reddit
“Where’s my gate?”
Ace_Laminar@reddit
“Are you working on your commercial” I fly corporate
Zacharydawsonn@reddit
Is the earth really flat
subarupilot@reddit
What’s your route?
cumulusgoblin@reddit
When are you going to get a job? - My Wife
Capitulation_Trader@reddit
what is your route?
UpsetPlum@reddit
What’s your “route”?
MangoKommando@reddit
How do I get to gate B12 while standing by a sign that says "all gates ➡️"
UnfortunateSnort12@reddit
“What’s your route???”
Le sigh…
wayofaway@reddit
How do I get to gate?
Worried-Ebb-1699@reddit
Are you like a real pilot?
Oh. You’re a pilot? Do you (name)?
Oh. So you’re a delta pilot? (While I literally walk out of the flight deck of my spirit airplane)
Why do they have us on the runway for so long?(delay program’s while AT.THE.GATE)
darkgrey_matter@reddit
Do you fly domestic or international?
Udurnright2@reddit
After 28 years doing it, by far the most common (oddly) is “do you always fly the same route?” They pretty much never ask anything else.
Mission-Check-7904@reddit
“What routes do you fly?” Or “are you a Captain or a co-pilot?” I always have to explain that both are pilots and are equally type rated.
LightedAirway@reddit
Oh, are/were you a flight attendant?
Flarepidem@reddit
What’s your route or have you ever open mouthed kissed an older man
EmotionalCapybaraa@reddit
“Are you a pilot”
ParticularGear6@reddit
The one which is what’s the most common ones we get
Flightlevel800@reddit
What is the most common question you get?
andrewrbat@reddit
“Whats your route”
poser765@reddit
Ready to board?
Big-Carpenter7921@reddit
Who do you fly for?
NOOBSKINSPAMMER@reddit
“Can you fly me to (Chicago or NYC)?” - my high school classmates
Fresh-Appeal-7445@reddit
Do you have a parachute?
morningwoodsir@reddit
“Can you fly me to Vegas?”
prex10@reddit
Is this your route?
B-L-O-C-K-Ss@reddit
So, when are you going to be a pilot?
flyingcanuck@reddit
"what's the scariest thing that's happened?!"
perplexingflexbutok@reddit
"Are you allowed to like just fly yourself around?"