Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Pilots, to a large degree, are like salesmen. They have to be confident to be good at their jobs. They have to practice relentlessly and plan out all the scenarios of the things that could happen when they're out there. Nothing is more important than preparation. They are also mighty competitive, both as individuals and as squadrons.
The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
When you're making a pilot, what you're mostly thinking is, 'Please let this be a real job, please.'
I always wanted to be a pilot.
Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.
For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this one because the script and the people were terrific. It never frightened me. As we were doing the pilot, I could tell that it was working.
There's this funny thing with pilots that you have to sign the contract to do the whole job before you're even offered the part. And they make about a million pilots a year, but hardly any of them get turned into series.
I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.
Pilots are not the threat.
Like, to do a pilot, you don't know what's going to happen with it.