Oh no! Another salesman on the forums!
 

Hello everyone,

My name is Brendan and I'm taking over for Mike Weiland at Boardwalk Nissan. He had some back problems and had to bow out of sales, and since I'm our young forum junkie, they asked me to check and say hi.

I've been with Boardwalk on and off for about four years. I got lost on my way to the airlines after college (I'm a pilot), and got into car sales instead. All in all, it's been a fun way to pay back my flight training and college loans.

My love of Z's started in 2003 when a friend of mine managed to sweet talk his dad into taking his Silverstone Touring 6MT back with us to college. How he found enough excuses to do that I won't know, but spending a lot of time around that car blew me away. While that poor Z lived a rough life, we had a lot of fun. Nothing beat clutch kicking it sideways, holding it just off the lock and into the rev limiter, getting it back straight and chirping third, and having my opinion of the car completely change (I used to be a terrible Euro snob...).

I look forward to lurking around, and hopefully stealing a Z for a day to go to a few g2g's in the area!

Welcome!

Great, a euro snob. :p

Welcome!

Really sucks about the flying part. I fly for Delta, but came up through the military. If people really knew that new hire commuter guys who came up the way you did make less than a McDonald's worker, they would never fly!!!!!! Spend a fortune to make 15k a year, that really sucks.

Do you plan on flying later when things recover, or done for good?

Hey Brendan! I almost bought a Corvette from you guys. Glad to have another aviation person here!

Welcome aboard!
Post up your ride!

Welcome! :hello:

I'm reformed. I don't do this anymore to German cars. :nutswinger: Now I just do it for good cars. :rofl2:

I'm not fully decided yet. A friend of mine flies 402's for Cape Air and likes it, and a few friends were thrilled about XJet unless they got the furlough letter. While some of them have been recalled, most whine enough to keep me feeling less than thrilled about it. The income hit I might be able to deal with, but losing the QOL, doing the crashpad thing etc doesn't sound like a ton of fun. I might just keep flying as a hobby for now and see what the future brings. I've started gliding after doing a bit of towing, and that's a riot.

What did you fly in the military, and what are you moving for Delta now?

You're better off with a Z anyway. :p

If you're a controller, I'm sorry off the bat for everything I've done, and will do in the future. :rofl2:

Thanks man! :hello:

She's an oldie, but a goodie. I have a soft spot for E39's.

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Dirty garage and E30 content:

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E6A (707), LC130 (Antarctica), Metroliner and C12.

At the moment, I am right seat in the 777, but moving backwards to the 737 this month to be super senior instead of reserve.

I'm a controller at Cascade Approach, if you ever fly up this way let me know, I'll get you direct! :tup:

Nice! I could imagine the 130 in Antartica was quite interesting. Any truth in keeping the engines running the whole time it's there in case it won't restart? Heard that urban legend somewhere.

Don't blame you on the super senior move. I could imagine getting the routes and schedule you want is more fun than being crew schedulings b*tch. :eekdance:

While I don't find my way up there often, my friends 414 is based near there. What are your intials so I can harass you personally? :yawn: I kinda follow directions...

Where is his plane? I'm at EUG but work as far south as S03/MFR.

I'm pretty sure the 414 is at EUG. If you hear N414WS it's most likely my friend Matt. He actually just got his recall letter to XJet too, and is a happy and sad camper at the same time.

LMAO! I just talked to him yesterday I think. Small world. I know even know where his hangar is. :icon17: So he's giving the job to somebody else?

Brendan, welcome to the forum. I actually have been waiting for you to sign up. Jeff gave me a hint that you'll sign up soon. Mike has been absence for too long. It's great to see a representative from our first Supporting Nissan dealer. Welcome :hello:. Judging by the posts above, looks like you'll fit right in ;).

Nice car(s)

Dude...WTF! I know aviation is a tight knit community, but that's just creepy...haha

Based on his Facebook updates it looks like he is taking the job and not passing on it. It just seems like a lot of my recently recalled friends have been whining about the airline and some of the issues (two days to relocate etc). I hope all the best for him though, he's a good guy.

Thanks for the welcome! I'm really looking forward to getting to know everyone. Seems like a great community here.

Thanks for the car compliment! The E39 is mine, but the E90 and (sadly, because I want it) the E30 belong to friends of mine. The E90 was a replacement for my friends 350z. I don't really like the new 3, and 4 years later, he still misses his Z.

Welcome.

being a german fan isn't as worse as being a french fan ohoho

Not at the home field of McMurdo, but at every outlying station.

:bowdown::bowdown: That my friend, is awesome. I'm jealous. :tiphat:

Well I don't work until Friday, so if you talk to him wish him luck and tell him thanks for being a good pilot. :tiphat:

He says thanks. He might be up tomorrow with the 414, so keep an eye out for him!

I'm still laughing about that...small world. That and I just ran into my cousin who lives in Ireland at a coffee shop just south of San Francisco. She's in town for a week for a company meeting, didn't tell anyone, but we bumped into each other at Peets coffee. Odd...

Wilco! :tup:

awesome to know we have pilots on the forum!

Welcome! :tiphat:

Talked to him on frequency tonight, I think he said he reports to Houston on the 5th. :tup:

:bowrofl: that is too cool. He was coming back from Vegas if I recall correctly. Actually I should ask you...you had the data strip on him.

He's back on the 5th, one of my friends just hit the line, and another just passed on his recall since he is still with Mesa (I think it was Mesa...). Interesting times out there.

I was working approach and I thought he was coming back from SMF.