Brian Alvey: Talk Like a Pilot Day

After one twitter update about waking up way too early with my kids and my dogs, I decided to rebel against the whole Talk Like A Pirate thing. I started with the only phrases I could think of a pilot saying:

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking.
We have reached our cruising altitude.
Welcome to flight 293, non-stop service to Chicago.
We are currently number three for take-off.
Roger control, now descending to 20,000 feet.

I quickly ran out of lines, so I started using quotes from the only two movies I could think of with recognizable pilot dialogue: Top Gun and Airplane.

You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous.
Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby.
Just want to serve my country and be the best fighter pilot in the Navy, sir!
Joey, you like movies about gladiators?
Do you know what it's like falling in the mud and getting kicked, in the head? With an iron boot?
Of course you don't, no one does, that never happens. Sorry, Ted, it's a dumb question, skip that.
This is Ghost Rider 117. This bogey is all over me. He's got missile lock on me. Do I have permission to fire?
Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.
I flew single engine fighters in the Air Force, but this plane has four engines. It's an entirely different kind of flying...altogether.
You can be my wingman any time.

Finally Niki told me that someone called me on it. Chris Finke. Fun fun fun.

Retweeting @cfinke: Waiting for @frankensite to finally write his "Talk like a Pirate? I thought it was 'Talk like a Pilot Day'!" tweet.

Next year I think I'll pull out some bible verses for Talk Like a Pilate Day.

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Dorie 543 days ago

Thanks for an amusing flight, Captain!
Russ Rogers 542 days ago

How about what a Pie-Rat might say! "Ever since they closed down the Baker's Square in my neighborhood, vermin don't know where to go for a good Lemon Meringue." "Real pie-rats DO eat quiche!"
Matt Heerema 539 days ago

I FIND NO FAULT WITH THIS MAN!
sabik 302 days ago

A sad mistake it was to make
And doom him to a vile lot
I took and bound this promising boy
Apprentice to a piLOT

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