Oh, he weren't always a copilot.
4 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:19 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Well, I gotta go, Dan. I just thought I'd say hello.
- Either one of you know that man?
- Sure looks old for a copilot.
- Didn't know we were so hard up.
- Oh, he weren't always a copilot.
- We used to call him Whistling Dan.
- One of the finest men you'd ever know. And the most miserable.
- He was down in Colombia same time I was.
[...]