Oh regional pilots....

[Screaming_Emu]

How do sweat pants measure up to the standards of the uniform police? I recently flew with a captain who made it through an entire through stop in Asia with sweat pants & slippers topped off with a perfectly crisp, pressed, 4-striped pilot shirt. That's when you know you've got a great crew.

I have a new goal in life

 

[KLB]

Well, anyone that's not a quadriplegic and wears a bluetooth headset deserves to be ridiculed.

How do sweat pants measure up to the standards of the uniform police? I recently flew with a captain who made it through an entire through stop in Asia with sweat pants & slippers topped off with a perfectly crisp, pressed, 4-striped pilot shirt. That's when you know you've got a great crew.

Thats got freight dawg written all over of it!

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Sadly, it's spreading to the major airlines, as well. I've seen several of our guys walking around with backpacks, and even one or two strolling through the terminal with earbuds in. I'm convinced that it's all linked to the relaxing of uniform standards on the hat and blazer. Once you allow pilots to wear a leather jacket and no hat, everyone thinks it's ok to start slouching.

"Stand tall on the quarterdeck, son, always!"

 

[gotWXdagain]

Can we just sum up this thread with "you get what you pay for" now?

 

[WacoFan]

just the way you made your point....

Watch out. You'll annoy him and then he'll have to push ignore.

IanJ won the thread with his comment. Everything past that is simply silly.

 

[fly22]

Watch out. You'll annoy him and then he'll have to push ignore.

IanJ won the thread with his comment. Everything past that is simply silly.

And then we'll have to requote it so every one knows what is going on.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Watch out. You'll annoy him and then he'll have to push ignore.

IanJ won the thread with his comment. Everything past that is simply silly.

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[derg]

Tease! No Flash on the iPad!

 

[Autothrust Blue]

Tease! No Flash on the iPad!

Hint: SQUAD! Camp it...UP!

 

[derg]

DOUGLAS!!

 

[Autothrust Blue]

DOUGLAS!!

Stop that, it's silly. And even a bit suspect.

 

[Bumblebee]

Watch out. You'll annoy him and then he'll have to push ignore.

can't...don't work.

 

[dasleben]

just the way you made your point....

Meh, it's fine. It's always a strange double-standard with pilots; if, say, I was clean shaven but weighed 300 lbs, there'd be no question. But since I have a goatee, even being decently fit and wearing my uniform properly, well now I'm just unprofessional.

Clean-shaven is the norm when you fly domestic, but overseas there are pilots with full Titanic captain beards. A simple goatee (Van Dyke I guess...connected with a mustache) is really not outrageous at all out here. In fact, it's the cultural norm in a lot of places we fly to.

 

[Skåning]

Clean-shaven is the norm when you fly domestic, but overseas there are pilots with full Titanic captain beards. A simple goatee (Van Dyke I guess...connected with a mustache) is really not outrageous at all out here. In fact, it's the cultural norm in a lot of places we fly to.

Who says facial hair is unprofessional?

 

[SteveC]

IanJ won the thread with his comment. Everything past that is simply silly.

To save others from having to search back through the thread:

It is so sad when a profession's pretend uniforms aren't worn to their pretend standards.

 

[Tram]

Just curious. Whats wrong with a backpack? Earbuds, spiked hair, sun glasses, I get it. But a backpack? Whats the rub?

Nothing..

 

[Dugie8]

Nothing..

I've flown with guys who used backpacks. Their professionalism couldn't be carried by a forklift by some here.

 

[Lunchbox]

Nothing..

Do they make backpacks designed for aviation?

 

[azfsi60]

To save others from having to search back through the thread:

Thank You Sir. You are a gentleman AND a skolar

 

[Dugie8]

Do they make backpacks designed for aviation?

Yuppers