cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46761611

my first thought for some reason.

Pilot dad’s mustache is much better. More like Tim Meadows.

Or Gordon on Sesame Street.

What's 5 stripes on the shoulder? I thought they don't do more than 4 unless it's some kind of joke.

Now that's 'stache with some authority.

the good days when companies didn't actively try to murder us in the open. miss em

im so confused why this was originally posted to shitpost sub.

edit - its nice to see it posted here, which seems more appropriate. adorable stuff.

It's four white stripes on black.

Ah, thx! Now I see.

Dude flew from 737 classic to 737 NG.

Not that we care but you always need some aviation geeks on the internet.

Man, glass cockpits really do seem so much better than a panel full of steam gauges. I can understand why flight engineers were needed for so long lol

Still not paperless (tho that's not dependent just on the plane).

hell yeah.

i've only second seated once. i had a friend who flew for united. he had a friend who had a four seater and he took all us kids at church up when we were teenagers (and responsible enough. not complete fuckups. the promise of doing this helped keep us being "good" kids) and let us fly second seat for half an hour. i may have grown up in a cult but i got a free half hour of piloting lessons out of it and that was pure unadulterated joy and freedom for 30 minutes.

growing up near an air base, everyone wants to be a fighter pilot and every kid's parent spends their childhood telling them why they won't get to. but damn, it's pure joy up there in the sky.