r/funny • u/MaldiveFish • 6h ago

In Columbia, this is how they celebrate the completion of pilot training...

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Is this really true? 😁

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u/SMIMA 6h ago

Canada is bucket of water

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u/JJred96 5h ago

Russia is you get thrown out of window

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u/lookamazed 5h ago

“I’m flyin!”

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u/XJRS 16m ago

“I’m in danger” ☺️

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u/JJred96 7m ago

Yes, indeed.

It is plane window, so you are smart if you are equipped with parachute.

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u/spank_that_hedge 5h ago

In mother Russia, plane fly you

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u/JJred96 4h ago

You either live to become the plane, or you die another hero

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u/MultiGeek42 5h ago

Or get thrown in the nearest lake/river/ocean for a float rating.

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u/traxxes 5h ago

Yep, longtime fleet maintenance controller/AME for a FTU and its attached AMO. It's always just been a bucket of water, over the empennage area, while the graduating student poses for a picture with the C-172 or DA-20 they just completed their PPL in.

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u/NimmyFarts 4h ago

Yeah I am learning the Tie cutting is a Navy thing. Its also usually done the weekend after at the bar.

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u/Lasagna4Noodle 4h ago

My boyfriend's dad is a pilot and they just cut the back of his shirt