Facial Hair In Uniform

[z987k]

I can see maybe a trimmed cleaned beard or a goatee might be okay, but personally, a beard should not be allowed. The Navy has high grooming standards for male and females. If the military has it, I think the airlines should. I have never yet seen this happen when I fly commercially. Do airline pilots go through some sort of personal inspections prior they fly? What if one F/O or Captain decides not to shave because he didn't have the "time" and his 5 o clock shadow stubby hair on his cheeks is noticeable?

The Navy used to have their crap together.

I honestly expect at least this from all captains.

 

[cmhumphr]

Uh, it's no-shave november.

Meh, same thing. Mustache and November together no?

 

[z987k]

Meh, same thing. Mustache and November together no?

I prefer the beard so....

 

[TwoTwoLeft]

Nothing unprofessional or dirty about having a beard. Anyone who has a problem with them is either jealous they can't grow one or just uptight about everything else in life.

But when you can use it to store in-flight snacks or small critters start nesting in it, it may be time for a trim.

 

[killbilly]

Nothing unprofessional or dirty about having a beard. Anyone who has a problem with them is either jealous they can't grow one or just uptight about everything else in life.

But when you can use it to store in-flight snacks or small critters start nesting in it, it may be time for a trim.

I am keeping the beard for now, because my wife insists that she prefers it. However, it's getting grayer each year....

 

[jynxyjoe]

Meh, same thing. Mustache and November together no?

How about Jordan Hilter stache?

 

[cmhumphr]

How about Jordan Hilter stache?

I'll do it if you do.

 

[jynxyjoe]

I'll do it if you do.

I WILL not.

 

[derg]

I would have to agree with you.

The idea that I'm going to put the mask on and the previous guy, like above, is going to leave chin hair, buffalo wing fragments and traces of homophobia in it is just something I don't want to think about when I'm following company procedure on the use of oxygen masks.

 

[dustoff17]

The idea that I'm going to put the mask on and the previous guy, like above, is going to leave chin hair, buffalo wing fragments and traces of homophobia in it is just something I don't want to think about when I'm following company procedure on the use of oxygen masks.

I guess if you don't wipe it down as you settle into the cockpit, you deserve the wing fragments.........

 

[derg]

I guess if you don't wipe it down as you settle into the cockpit, you deserve the wing fragments.........

It doesn't do anything except give you a psychosomatic feeling that it did.

If there's really some nastiness in that thing, that little handy-swab isn't going to do jack.

 

[SilkyD]

I think facial hair should be allowed within reason. I don't see how a gnarly pilot stache is allowed but a well-groomed beard isn't? Ultimately I don't care, other than the fact that I look like a man with a beard, and a fat baby with a shaved face.

There's a wrong way and a right way to wear a 'stache.
An example of the latter:

 

[chrisreedrules]

The idea that I'm going to put the mask on and the previous guy, like above, is going to leave chin hair, buffalo wing fragments and traces of homophobia in it is just something I don't want to think about when I'm following company procedure on the use of oxygen masks.

It would be like getting a pube your mouth. But maybe tastier? ...Depending on what that last crew meal consisted of.

 

[derg]

Most of the guys in my seat are bald and haven't been in a situation to get a "pube" in their face since the 80's.

 

[fiveninerzero]

I've always had a note from the Air Force Flight Surgeon saying that shaving is bad for me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudofolliculitis_barbae

It happens.

 

[Jimflyfast]

Most of the guys in my seat are bald and haven't been in a situation to get a "pube" in their face since the 80's.

you are starting to resemble that remark

 

[Hacker15e]

There's a wrong way and a right way to wear a 'stache.
An example of the latter:

Here's my current concept of the "right way" to wear a stache:

 

[Hacker15e]

haven't been in a situation to get a "pube" in their face since the 80's.

So.....their wives/girlfriends/mistresses all have Brazilians?

 

[BobDDuck]

Jetblue allows for goatees I think. We are allowed full beards, as long as they are neatly trimmed. Some of our guys push the "neat" part a bit. But then again, one of our fleets doesn't even wear a tie, so we must be... dangerous.

 

[derg]

I don't mind the no beard thing in our uniform.

Hell, we already look like U-Boat Commanders already.