Earbuds in sight of pax?

tonyw said:
One last comment from me and then I'm out.

Second, if you are concerned about projecting a professional image to the public, believe me, backpacks, ear buds, and the like are far less harmful to that image than walking around with a shirt that fit you five years ago but now is bursting at the seams due to the increased mass of your body and pants to match. I see pilots wearing uniforms that look like they've seen more stains than Monica Lewinsky's dress and look as old. Earbuds and backpacks ain't got nothing on that..
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A pre-employment, and recurring PT test for airline pilots. Interesting idea. Have everyone looking like Steve Canyon in no time, and definitely bring forward the long-talked-about pilot shortage. :)
 
I'll be commercialing out of CVG today, complete with backpack and North Face. Funny thing is, I see all this ire on JC about how unprofessional I must be as a pilot (and how non-standard I must be in the cockpit) but:

1. If you show up at the freight hub, you'll see a complete mishmash of different colored fleeces, scuffed shoes, backpacks, earbuds, guys who haven't shaved in a couple days, and guys who should have changed their shirt 6 days ago. Still, we're all professionals who manage to not ball up the jet night after night. I take my job performance very seriously.

2. Nobody ever says a word to me if I'm out in public with my backpack. I'd of course explain that it's difficult to climb a ladder with a standard flight kit, but so far the only talk is on the internet.

3. Nobody ever says a word to all the FedEx and UPS pilots carrying backpacks around for more money than any of us.
 
Why would you expect someone to stop you and say something to you in person? As unprofessional as a backpack is, starting a fight in the terminal is even more unprofessional.
 
dasleben said:
I'll be commercialing out of CVG today, complete with backpack and North Face. Funny thing is, I see all this ire on JC about how unprofessional I must be as a pilot (and how non-standard I must be in the cockpit) but:

1. If you show up at the freight hub, you'll see a complete mishmash of different colored fleeces, scuffed shoes, backpacks, earbuds, guys who haven't shaved in a couple days, and guys who should have changed their shirt 6 days ago. Still, we're all professionals who manage to not ball up the jet night after night. I take my job performance very seriously.

2. Nobody ever says a word to me if I'm out in public with my backpack. I'd of course explain that it's difficult to climb a ladder with a standard flight kit, but so far the only talk is on the internet.

3. Nobody ever says a word to all the FedEx and UPS pilots carrying backpacks around for more money than any of us.
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Freight is great, we get it. ;)
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Why would you expect someone to stop you and say something to you in person? As unprofessional as a backpack is, starting a fight in the terminal is even more unprofessional.
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A fight? Nah. I just think with you constantly telling everyone what's professional and what isn't, you might be forgetting that certain things serve a practical purpose to some pilots. Such as a backpack. :)

Not everyone flies 1-4 day domestic trips through passenger terminals.
 
dasleben said:
A fight? Nah. I just think with you constantly telling everyone what's professional and what isn't, you might be forgetting that certain things serve a practical purpose to some pilots. Such as a backpack. :)

Not everyone flies 1-4 day domestic trips through passenger terminals.
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Sometimes you need to be a little less practical in order to be more professional. Children wear backpacks. Not airline pilots.
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Sometimes you need to be a little less practical in order to be more professional. Children wear backpacks. Not airline pilots.
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Oh, Todd. There's a whole wide world outside your tiny little bubble.

If you think I'm going to take a spill climbing up and down a ladder one-handed because some JCer says I can't wear a backpack, you're sorely mistaken! It might be difficult to believe, but not everyone strolls down to the airplane via a jetway. :)
 
ATN_Pilot said:
Sometimes you need to be a little less practical in order to be more professional. Children wear backpacks. Not airline pilots.
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I have to agree with this.

I do find myself thinking "Is the cool thing one strap like in high school or the two-strap "low hang" carry the in thing like when my nephew was in high school?" :)

And do I safety-pin NOTAMS to the pilot's shirt or not?
 
Teeeeeell ya what, you guys write me up a nice "JC Approved" list of gear a freight pilot can use to look like a Real Airline Pilot™ without busting my ass in the process, and I'll be sure to take it under consideration. ;)
 
Derg said:
Let me see your Jetcareers.com flight kit sticker. That is the epitome of professionalismé

Until then, you're dead to me. :)

If you don't have one, ax @DPApilot
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Missing that one!

Used this beast until my current job. Between the ladder (to the upper deck of the jet I have 5700 hours deadheading on for 2.85:1 credit... Thanks OBAMA!), and long strolls through airports in civilian clothes sans-roller on commercial deadheads, the backpack was the clear choice. :)

#runonsentencesftw
#RUSHsuperfan
 
Dugie8 said:
Eat a cheezburger, the tacos just ain't doing it man.

:stir:
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I love cheeseburgers and tacos! But here's some insider-shizzle. I am the last one in my family that is neither diabetic and (or?) hypertensive. No one else is going to pay me $175/hr to do anything I can do on diuretics or sugar pills so I'm TRYNA stay healthy.
 
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