Pilots are okay in general. And I don't think very many have ever been
excluded from our company. Except, perhaps, for class reasons: They're not
low class enough.

Mike

On 1/23/11 2:18 PM, "Oxroad" <oxroad@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> A women going by the pseudonym "Brigitte" called Car Talk today to ask for
> advice on buying a Syncro Westfalia. She said she is an airline pilot
> transferred to the San Francisco area
> and it was impossible for her to pay $750,000 for a home with the paycuts at
> the airlines.
>
> "What's the difference between a Pizza and an Airline Pilot," she asked.
> When Click and Clack couldn't guess she told them "A Pizza can feed a family
> of four."
>
> Anyway she wanted a Syncro camper so she could tour around when not sleeping
> in the airport employee parking lot. She said she wanted to get in the
> "club"
> with the folks that own Syncros and attend events like Syncro de Mayo.
>
> Click and Clack advised her against the the 4 wheel drive since she really
> had no need for it except she thought the idea of it was cool.
>
> Honestly I don't remember what the final outcome was-- if she was still set
> on a Westfalia by the conversation's end.
> I'm sure you'd all let her attend your events with a 2 wheel drive and watch
> from a distance.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
> 83.5 Westy
> LA,CA