Pilot Love

It may sound cheesy to some people but I am part of the "Pilot Wives Club" online. It connects you with other women who are going through the same stuff as you. I don't actively chat with anyone but it is nice to read their blogs and see that there is someone else out there going through what you are going through. I stumbled across another woman's blog today and she had a "You know you're husband is a pilot when" list. I thought it would be entertaining to let everyone in on the certain things that MY pilot says and does.

You know you are married to a pilot when....

• You ask him where he is and he gives you 3 letter airport codes. "Hey honey, where are you? Oh, I am leaving CRW".
• You get frequent weather and visibilty updates when all you wanted to know is if he is somplace warmer than you,
• Anytime he is driving you are asked "clear right?" on more than one occasion.
• Somewhere around your house there are pictures of your husband either in the cockpit or proudly standing next to his plane.
• You are expected to know his aircraft. A simple answer of "oh one of the small ones" does not suffice.
• If he flies a jet you damn well better tell people he is a jet pilot.
• You don't really care where he is for the day you just care that he answers his phone.
• At one point or another he will refer to you, your baby, your friends, etc as the co-pilot.
• You never ask other pilot wives "ohhhhh do you get to fly with him alot". You know the answer is NO
• You know to not get too comfortable where you live. Chances are...it won't be permanent.
• You know that most flight attendants aren't the hot chicks that you see in movies. (B still will never be allowed to have one!)
• He says that he needs to "fuel up". What he really means he needs gas in the car.
• If he needs to spell something...he is going to use the Phonetic Alphabet.
• If there is a show about airplanes on, find a book to read because it will be a long night.
• His suitcase will never be fully unpacked and he has two sets of toiletries.