# Dutch King reveals he's been a pilot for KLM for the last 20 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029 "2017-05-19T20:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/21 "2017-05-21T05:04:48Z")
So he’s a professional airline pilot who does king for a hobby on his days off. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/22 "2017-05-21T14:30:41Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > So he’s a professional airline pilot who does king for a hobby on his days off. I like this ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/23 "2017-05-21T18:20:30Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Gotta be a little weird for his captains, having to command their own king. That would depend on whether they are the kind of person who’s in awe of job titles. For those who aren’t, he’s their copilot and any other jobs he happens to have are as secondary to the situation as his favorite color. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/24 "2017-05-21T22:32:00Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Is that unusual? 20 years as a copilot? You’d think that anybody would expect a promotion to Captain. An upgrade takes a couple of months of full time training and once trained you really need some solid time flying the line to get comfortable. I don’t think he’d be able to commit the time and energy required. He may also not be flying enough to be comfortable doing an upgrade. > [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s good to be the king. > > I’d still want my promotion to Captain. 😃 > > John Travolta flew for Qantas for awhile. He was fully qualified to do it. John Travolta didn’t fly for Qantas, he is an ambassador for them and part of the deal was that Qantas would pay the maintenance on JT’s ex-Qantas B707 and give him a type rating in a B747. The type rating is done in a simulator and doesn’t involve flying passengers for real. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/25 "2017-05-22T00:56:56Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > , dreading that some royal in-law will be caught skimming from contracts… Laugh of the day. I’ll leave you this here: [https://youtu.be/NMusNLY5yT0](https://youtu.be/NMusNLY5yT0) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/26 "2017-05-22T07:43:14Z")
Does it have subtitles in English? I get them in Spanish but it may be due to location. If they’re only in Spanish I’ll be happy to translate them for you guys. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029/27 "2017-05-22T10:57:25Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > I thought this thread title said Don King was a pilot for KLM for the last twenty years.:eek: Whew! I thought I was the only one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutch-king-reveals-hes-been-a-pilot-for-klm-for-the-last-20-years/787029.md?page=1)