Origin of the phrase "(pick your aircraft) driver"

[Sonog]

Another possibility is that a "driver" in the engineering world is a program used to operate a device (think downloading driver software to use a printer). Similarly, the "driver" in aviation instruction allows the pilot to operate their aircraft.

 

[Brett327]

Concur. Driver is an anachronism.

 

[jointhelocalizer]

Who says "driver"? I don't say it... people in my squadron don't say it... I have heard use of the term "driver", but not in a really long time, and almost exclusively from old F-14 guys.

Have they been rerunning Top Gun on Bravo or something?

We are called "Pilots". It's actually a $5 fine to say "Aircrew" in our (single seat) RR.

Seen it in some usernames here and heard it thrown around at the Academy a couple times (ex. He's a -60 Driver or a Rhino Driver)

Just surmised that it was used in the fleet on the regular. So much for MIDN wisdom.

 

[Python]

Who says "driver"? I don't say it... people in my squadron don't say it... I have heard use of the term "driver", but not in a really long time, and almost exclusively from old F-14 guys.

Have they been rerunning Top Gun on Bravo or something?

We are called "Pilots". It's actually a $5 fine to say "Aircrew" in our (single seat) RR.

Same fine in my fleet squadron if you said “the a-word” or put it on a kneeboard card

 

[picklesuit]

Nerd
STFU-Nerd
Fucktard
Why Do You Suck At Radios, It’s Literally All You Are Here To Do?
Chat Monkey
Self-loading baggage
Wasted Gas

 

[jmcquate]

Is "GIB" still a thing?

 

[cfam]

Driver seems to be more of an AF term. I’ve seen plenty of Viper, Eagle, Raptor, and Panther (tamer) driver patches floating around Nellis.

 

[BarryD]

Seen it in some usernames here and heard it thrown around at the Academy a couple times (ex. He's a -60 Driver or a Rhino Driver)

Just surmised that it was used in the fleet on the regular. So much for MIDN wisdom.

They don't cover this in those pro-know books?

 

[Griz882]

Who says "driver"? I don't say it... people in my squadron don't say it... I have heard use of the term "driver", but not in a really long time, and almost exclusively from old F-14 guys.

Have they been rerunning Top Gun on Bravo or something?

We are called "Pilots". It's actually a $5 fine to say "Aircrew" in our (single seat) RR.

Pilots? Long ago when people asked my dad if he was a “navy pilot” he said that “pilots guide ships into ports and land on two-mile long runways. I am a naval aviator.”

 

[Griz882]

Nerd
STFU-Nerd
Fucktard
Why Do You Suck At Radios, It’s Literally All You Are Here To Do?
Chat Monkey
Self-loading baggage
Wasted Gas

I thought that in VP land you called them flight attendants!

 

[robav8r]

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Nerd
STFU-Nerd
Fucktard
Why Do You Suck At Radios, It’s Literally All You Are Here To Do?
Chat Monkey
Self-loading baggage
Wasted Gas

Wow Pickle !!!! That is definitely some “off the top rope” stuff right there. Ah yes, the good ole VP days . . . . . thanks for the memories ?

 

[Brett327]

Why Do You Suck At Radios,

Irony is dead, VP guy.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Driver seems to be more of an AF term. I’ve seen plenty of Viper, Eagle, Raptor, and Panther (tamer) driver patches floating around Nellis.

An “Eagle driver” gave his life fighting Cubans in Colorado with the Wolverines

 

[HAL Pilot]

There are a lot of pilots calling this NFO "Captain"....

Yes Captain, I'll raise your gear
Yes Captain, I'll raise your flaps
Yes Captain, that was a funny joke
Yes Captain, I'll take the ugly one
Etc....

 

[picklesuit]

There are a lot of pilots calling this NFO "Captain"....

Yes Captain, I'll raise your gear
Yes Captain, I'll raise your flaps
Yes Captain, that was a funny joke
Yes Captain, I'll take the ugly one
Etc....

Like you’ve ever turned down “the ugly one...”