Let'sgoflying!
Touchdown! Greaser!
This is from a retired Airline Captain friend and could easily be a true story.
Miss flying ?
We have a cockpit mock-up in our house.
When I mention to my wife that I miss flying, by being retired, she puts
me in the mock-up around bed time for 8 hours.
She has a chair in a closet, turns on the vacuum cleaner to simulate
cockpit air noise, has a dim nite-lite to simulate cockpit lighting,
serves luke-warm chicken with cold vegetables on a tray.
When I get sleepy and attempt to doze off, she knocks twice loudly on
the door to simulate the F/As entering the cockpit. Then after 6 hours
she turns on a flood light directly in front of me to simulate the sun
coming up when approaching 20 west. I then get a cup of coffee that has
been in the coffeemaker all night. Finally she lets me out and I have to
get in the back seat of her car while she runs morning errands to
simulate the bus ride to the hotel. When we get home I tell her I am
ready for bed and the bedroom door is locked for an hour to simulate the
hotel rooms not being ready.
When I promise to never "complain" about being retired, I am allowed to
enjoy my "layover" and go to bed. Oh, and one more thing, she talks to
her friends loudly outside the bedroom door to simulate the hotel maids
chattering in the hall in their native language. After two hours of
sleep she calls the phone next to the bed from her cell and says this is
crew scheduling, you are junior manned!!!, we are adding another day to
your schedule. You can only hope you have another clean shirt and
shorts.....
I can remember the maids trying to suck the dust out of the carpet in my
room by standing in the hall and attempting to suck the dirt from my
room through the crack under the door...and they seem to try for hours.
Gee, I miss flying J
Miss flying ?
We have a cockpit mock-up in our house.
When I mention to my wife that I miss flying, by being retired, she puts
me in the mock-up around bed time for 8 hours.
She has a chair in a closet, turns on the vacuum cleaner to simulate
cockpit air noise, has a dim nite-lite to simulate cockpit lighting,
serves luke-warm chicken with cold vegetables on a tray.
When I get sleepy and attempt to doze off, she knocks twice loudly on
the door to simulate the F/As entering the cockpit. Then after 6 hours
she turns on a flood light directly in front of me to simulate the sun
coming up when approaching 20 west. I then get a cup of coffee that has
been in the coffeemaker all night. Finally she lets me out and I have to
get in the back seat of her car while she runs morning errands to
simulate the bus ride to the hotel. When we get home I tell her I am
ready for bed and the bedroom door is locked for an hour to simulate the
hotel rooms not being ready.
When I promise to never "complain" about being retired, I am allowed to
enjoy my "layover" and go to bed. Oh, and one more thing, she talks to
her friends loudly outside the bedroom door to simulate the hotel maids
chattering in the hall in their native language. After two hours of
sleep she calls the phone next to the bed from her cell and says this is
crew scheduling, you are junior manned!!!, we are adding another day to
your schedule. You can only hope you have another clean shirt and
shorts.....
I can remember the maids trying to suck the dust out of the carpet in my
room by standing in the hall and attempting to suck the dirt from my
room through the crack under the door...and they seem to try for hours.
Gee, I miss flying J
