Sleeping on a deadhead?

BobDDuck said:
I have no problem sleeping on either, but I don't think you can "deidentify" when deadheading.
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Depends on who you work for. Here at Southernjets, it's perfectly OK to DH in civies. Of course, you then have to meet the 3-1-1 rule for the TSA.
 
Deadheading? Wear your uniform through the first TSA checkpoint you come to. Go directly to the nearest bathroom and change into civvies.

Nighty-night. Or flirt with your attractive seatmate. Or do just about anything a normal passenger would do except drink alcohol.
 
Velocipede said:
Deadheading? Wear your uniform through the first TSA checkpoint you come to. Go directly to the nearest bathroom and change into civvies.
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Be careful with this advice because the TSA doesn't like it. Apparently more than 3 fl. oz. of liquid KNOWS if you're in uniform and refuses to explode, but if you take your uniform off all bets are off.

If the TSA catches you doing it then you're in for a ration of ##### at a minimum, fines and I suppose jail time at a maximum.

Find a bathroom further away from the checkpoints and do it if you're going to do it at all.
 
Velocipede said:
Hey, what the Tub Stacking Agency doesn't know (and that's plenty!) won't hurt them.
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Unless you're in the ATL. Then apparently, there are enough of them around that they actually tail crew members through the airport using agents in civilian clothes to see where and if the crew member changes. Several employees, including pilots have already been caught and had their SIDA priviledges revoked.
 
jima7011 said:
ok-but is it professional to sleep while deadheading with an iPod in your ear?





I'm just asking!! :D:D:D:D
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If you can get a whole I-Pod in your ear, then you're ok in my book! However, if you're talking about just the earplugs . . .

Nothing wrong with listening to music in uniform, I don't care who tells you otherwise. There's a difference between walking through the terminal listening to your I-Pod (incredibly unprofessional . . . not cool in uniform) and sitting in a seat listening to music.

Of course, most of these 23 year-old kids have never served in the military (and wouldn't make it anyway), and don't know how you're supposed to behave in a uniform anyway.
 
Totally acceptable to sleep on a deadhead leg. I think I actually remember something in either our manual or contract that even specifically stated something about it being okay to sleep while on a deadhead leg.

Also totally acceptable to plug in an iPod to listen to on said DH leg too. Same thing as reading, using a computer, or even using an old-fashioned portable CD player (all of which I had been known to do on DH and commuting flights :D. Yes, it's been so long since I worked, it was before iPods....... I carried an old-school portable CD player. With CDs.)
 
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