ChoppyAirSnippets 2012

ChoppyAir Snippets 2012 In this series of blog posts, I provide a running commentary of my experiences that do not justify posting a full story.


Humbled - 22 March 2012 - Washington, DC: Over 10 Congressional Medal of Honor heroes and their family members walked right by me at DCA/Reagan airport and I shook most of their hands. The heroes were so humble - regular guys. I reflected and thought about some of the people I have met in professional circles and compared them to the heroes I greeted that day. The former group bragged about what is really not that important and not worth bragging about, and the latter group of heroes did not brag about what is truly important and is worth bragging about.

Senators are Regular Joes - 19 March 2012 - Washington, DC: I slept on the plane from Dallas (DFW) to Reagan (DCA) airport. Shortly before landing, I woke up and saw a man writing hand written notes in response to some business letters. I saw the U.S. Seal, his name, and his state engraved at the top of the note cards. I thanked him for his service and we started talking. I remarked how nice it was to see someone writing notes the old fashioned way rather than sending an email. He told me he does alot of that too. He flies out to DC every week so he can be with his family on the weekends. I did not want to talk too much because I knew he was busy and we were landing soon anyway. To think he was sitting in coach! Later that week, my shipmate told me that he flew out of DC with a very famous senator, also sitting in coach. We hold our politicians in high esteem because of their position, but at the end of the day they have to commute for work and earn their upgrades like the rest of us.

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