Top 10 Reasons It's Cool To Be A Pilot

Here's our version of the Top 10 Reasons It's Cool To Be A Pilot... Enjoy!

• You can pepper your conversation with terms that confuse mere mortals, such as "knots," "sectional," and "base leg."


• Tattered flying outfit says experience, not poverty.


• You can look out of the cockpit and see where that confusing short-cut road goes, without having to refer to something as lame as a . . . road map.


• Aviation-theme bumper stickers make any car look cool, even a 12-year-old Corolla.


• Avgas / jet fuel has been shown to be an effective pheromone. Well, that's what my first flight instructor told me.


• A cockpit has more "apps" than a smart phone.


• Any job where you have to strap in to do it is cool.


• If you're giving someone a ride and they're being a jerk, you can probably make them sick. That'll teach 'em!


• Playing video games counts as vocational skill training.


• "Helmet hair" looks cool. True for guys and chicks.

Cartoon courtesy of Aviation-Humor.com

About the author: Dave "Bio" Baranek was a US Navy radar intercept officer (RIO) in the F-14 Tomcat fighter. He was also a Topgun instructor, and helped film the movie "Top Gun." He has written a book about some of his flying adventures called TOPGUN DAYS, and his website is www.topgunbio.com.