Monday, February 21, 2011

PILOTS (GREAT VIDEO!)


"But we are pilots!"

I have been blessed during my life time and probably have much more than I deserve. That being said I occasionally see something that I totally do not need...but wouldn’t mind having...until I see the price!

Some time ago I ran across a great flying video advertising a watch, a “Pilot” watch!

The video, is with John Malkovich, a couple of Supermarine Spitfires and a Junkers JU52 and “the watch”. The message...basically said they don’t make pilots like they used to and “this watch was made for real pilots.”

In this fanciful story two airline pilots are checking out of a hotel and the captain sees a watch that he must have. The Concierge (John Malkoivich) asks “but do you deserve it?”

Well the video goes on with great aerial flying scenes but never answers whether the captain deserves the watch.

That got me to thinking (careful now...this can be dangerous). “That’s’ the one I want” (just like the captain said) I thought...only to hear John Malkovich saying “but do you deserve it?”

Deserving isn’t the issue here...I checked and found that the PILOT watches start at $2,300 dollars.

Besides...”real pilots lived in the old days”...but that’s a story for another day.

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I am a retired corporate pilot, thiry nine years of roaming around the world for an oil company. The Good Lord knew we would need oil...unfortunately He put it in difficult places, deserts, jungles, artic regions and every other inhospitable place you can imagin, no five star hotels there!


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