Airline Pilot flying Air Force C-130? As a Air Force Vet I can tell you this story is baloney.
Sounds like some dumb ass email chain
Was the pilot a Reservist?
Anyway, I would have thanked the airman profusely for doing such a job on short notice.
Rounding up that honey wagon took some doing, and are pilots really that unaware of just how much they depend upon all ground support personnel, not just flight mechanics?
Couldn’t agree more. As far as I know, as an Air Force vet myself, only USAF, USCG and Black Ops types fly C-130 Hercules birds. Plus it was my experience that pilots were generally the most easy to get along with officers in the Farce. Could have something to do with placing their lives in the hands of their ground crew, suppose? But it does make for a funny story if you don’t know about such things.
You young pups. Delta used to fly C-130s (they were labeled L-100s in commercial use). Pictures and more info here. https://www.deltamuseum.org/exhibits/delta-history/aircraft-by-type/turbo-prop/lockheed-l-100
A handful of commercial operators still do.
But it got me to belly laugh so who cares? =)
Well I caught a hop on a military aircraft that had a civilian airline pilot flying it. However, he was a reserve officer getting in his flying time.