You pro hat guys aren't going to like this one....

[Poahi]

AA pilots go topless:

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/04/16/daily8.html?jst=b_ln_hl

 

[WMUSIGPI]

Just as long as the flight attendants don't go topless....uke:

 

[BenderGonzales]

For me, it isn't about wearing the hat.

It's about following the SOP -- even those sections that you don't agree with.

 

[SilverandSore]

AA pilots go topless:

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/04/16/daily8.html?jst=b_ln_hl

That's an improvement for them, they were just wearing the hat with a g0ddamn PATCH for the silver AA device.

 

[800Dog]

For me, it isn't about wearing the hat.

It's about following the SOP -- even those sections that you don't agree with.

And who writes your SOP? Management types? Do you live to follow their rules? Why not just give them everything they want? Your pension, pay, work rules, blood etc? You are a company man! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deerkiller]

And who writes your SOP? Management types? Do you live to follow their rules? Why not just give them everything they want? Your pension, pay, work rules, blood etc? You are a company man! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

you're funny

 

[Wingsweep]

Go a head

Take yer hats off--that'll fix it! Steal any more money from the rank and file and, by gosh, socks'll be next. You have no idea what a union can do when we get angry! ws

 

[Ty Webb]

For me, it isn't about wearing the hat.

It's about following the SOP -- even those sections that you don't agree with.

"Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes . . . ".


.

 

[Phaedrus]

Hats, logo lights...socks if you will, aren't designed to leverage management into anything in a direct way. They are attempts at showing solidarity much like tagging your bag, wearing a lanyard, etc such as they are. Caution must be taken however because they can also show, by omission, a lack of unity.
Ty, did you just get back from a Police concert?

 

[Ty Webb]

Ty, did you just get back from a Police concert?

Get back? No, I'm not back . . . . . . yet.

Actually, I'm waiting for the Widespread Panic weekend, but don't tell anyone- I may have to SAP 3 that one.

 

[ferlo]

For me, it isn't about wearing the hat.

It's about following the SOP -- even those sections that you don't agree with.

Oh for Christ's Sake....

 

[Captain Morgan]

I believe the originally poster said that pro-hat people aren't going to like this action by the AA pilots. It's a good subject line, but I think this acknowledges how important a hat looks in the image of the airline pilot. It's so important that they will shed it to show their solidarity. It's not a big gesture, but like a previous poster said, it can show how strong the union is between everyone.

 

[airline#5]

Hats are gay, and so is this "image" you refer to.

 

[vtwo]

OH Oh that'll show them.
No Hat's for you. next : No deodorant. by gosh. that'll show Managment how we will get back our money and work rules.

Just quit screwing around and go on a wildcat strike for 2 days.

 

[Lowrider717]

I try to wear the hat in front of the people on the plane. It makes me look a little older and cuts down on the 'drivers license' remarks.

...and yes, I am old enough to drive.

Dang, I love this job!

 

[Tejas-Jet]

I'll bet Arpey and his crew are really shaking in their boots over this.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

You want to get their attention? Start flying at lower altitudes system wide, start using the freaking apu (I commute on you guys and alot of guys are buying into saving fuel vs pax comfort or more importantly crew comfort-mostly md80s) think about that extra cost over 700+ planes and 3000 daily flts or whatever y'all have. Don't call for rampers, catering, duplicate seats when the fas are min. crew and can't run up the jetway, don't be proactive if ground transportation fails to show on time at the layover, just sit and wait, not your responsibility to use your cell phone, do be proactive to take a taxi to the hotel if contracted service is even 1 min late(at nwa it is 30min after block) These are just a few of the things I can think of to make the expenses rise quickly, and since all of these mgts only understand P&L vs moral you will get their attention. I am sure others can add to my list.

Disclaimer: ain't no english major, so don't be correcting punctuation, spellen, and run on sentences. Just a pilot disgusted with all of the mgts.

 

[ERJFO]

I try to wear the hat in front of the people on the plane. It makes me look a little older and cuts down on the 'drivers license' remarks.

...and yes, I am old enough to drive.

Dang, I love this job!

Along those lines someone once told me that they wear the hat because "I don't see any 747 pilots or 777 pilots waking around without hats on." I replied "I don't see any hat-less RJ pilots that are scabs"

 

[Poahi]

Keep in mind the context of this story. AA management accused the pilots of attempting a coordinated job action in response to their unreasonable compensation and threatened them with damages claims if they did anything. This appears to be in response to that.

The public isn't going to care one iota, but it will let AA management know that the pilot group is unified. What chaps my xxx, is that between the RLA and liberal bankruptcy judges, we have little more than symbolic remedies to this kind of nonsense.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

It is like the Dirty Dozen refusing to shave!

 

[PCL_128]

Weren't hats already optional at AA anyway?

Why would you sacrifice your own professional image to highlight management's lack of ethics? Sorry, doesn't make sense to me.

 

[flyboyike]

Why would you sacrifice your own professional image to highlight management's lack of ethics? Sorry, doesn't make sense to me.

Good question. I would think it would be the exact opposite, EVERYONE would wear the hat. For instance, FedEx guy wore hats during their picketing, even though they almost never wear them otherwise.

 

[BrazPilot]

Weren't hats already optional at AA anyway?

As I understand, only at American Eagle, as of last year.