(Vic) wrote:

then the gentleman comes over to my wing,
bends down, and says "yuh got yer pilots license?"

this started a running joke between my partner
and me where out of the blue he'll say "they let
girls fly?"

:-) People just don't expect it. My dog(Rudder)'s veterinarian and I have
talked about my flying (gliders) on several occasions. She says she can't
imagine flying an airplane; I tell her most people can't imagine doing surgery!
One morning, after a horrendously windy previous day, she saw me in there and
said: "You weren't flying in that wind yesterday, were you?" I said no. The
technician chimed in with: "Oh...I didn't know you were a *flight attendant*!"
I smiled politely and quietly replied: "I'm not a flight attendant; I am a
pilot." Her face turned 10 shades of red as she fumbled to recover. I have to
say, it was priceless.
:-)