an old GF liked to tell a story of getting utterly hammered with these 2 pilots at a Disney hotel bar. One kept calling the other "Captain Chance", it only got funnier when it turned out that was his real name: Captain Bruce Chance. & yes he was an actual pilot.

Who turned out to be flying the plane they hauled themselves out of bed to get on the next morning.

@FeralRobots @Alice I once crossed paths with an Air Force major named Risk outside the BX

[debating whether to bring up actual honestly real person 'Richard Stilhard']
@Alice

I am reminded of a different such plan. Run inside of any sort of shop and breathlessly demand to know what year it is. When they tell you, gleefully exclaim "IT WORKED!" and run right back out again.

praxis

DFW airport bar after a tough business visit. "Two margaritas please".
"Do you want regular or Texas size?"
"What's the difference?"
"Texas is twice the size"

In my mis-spent yoof, when it was still fun to fly, I made the mistake of getting likkered up and doing the Japan run.

Aloft, where the oxygen is a bit more limited, I encountered the worst hangover of my life.

It's a long run over the Pacific. I told the flight attendant I was in trouble. She laughed at me, cruel woman. She said it was a common enough thing.

Never did that again...

"I need a co-pilot. Anybody here done any rally driving?"