Can we please lose the hats now at Citrus?

[curtis46]

It's amazing how a hat/jacket controversy get the pilot group all round up!!how about our election result,anyone paying attention?mike best is taking his time to keep us inform about different issues of our concern,quite a different approach from the previous team.how often do you guys log on to the NPA web site or is that FI your only favorite??!!

 

[glasspilot1]

.......wader pants.......

Wader pants?

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

Wader pants?

Yes, pants of which the bottom hem rests high enough on the shin/calf so that it looks like you are prepared to go wading without getting your pants wet.

 

[curtis46]

FFLS your avatar says it all.sadly true.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

FFLS your avatar says it all.sadly true.

Yeah. Pretty F'ING disgusting, isn't it?

 

[waveflyer]

What are you willing to give up in negotiation leverage not to wear the hat?

This makes no sense....

 

[j41driver]

No... that is your justification for looking like an aircraft cleaner...

So...when the uniform is worn with a hat I look like a pilot but without the hat I look like an aircraft cleaner?

 

[Spidey]

That doesn't mean it looks GOOD. Let's face it, USAF uniforms are not on the cutting edge.

And you wore the USAF uniform for how many years?

 

[jetflier]

Yes, pants of which the bottom hem rests high enough on the shin/calf so that it looks like you are prepared to go wading without getting your pants wet.

YEP ! I saw that guy ...pants so short you could read Etnies on his black skate shoes,...he's the one with the clip-on tie thats four inches too short !.....and he wasn't wearing a hat !.......he did have a "sweet" backpack though...

 

[JI Gone OH]

We have to wear hats at republic. I foget to bring mine before every trip. It they want us to look and act like pilots from 1970 then they should pay us like a pilot from 1970

Or conversely, if you want want to get paid like a pilot from 1970, then maybe you/we should act like one.

 

[FLYLOW22]

Or conversely, if you want want to get paid like a pilot from 1970, then maybe you/we should act like one.

I'd LOVE to be RETIRED!!!

Where's my lump sum?

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

And you wore the USAF uniform for how many years?

Irrelevant.

 

[FlyFastLiveSlow]

YEP ! I saw that guy ...pants so short you could read Etnies on his black skate shoes,...he's the one with the clip-on tie thats four inches too short !.....and he wasn't wearing a hat !.......he did have a "sweet" backpack though...

Hey, at least he was wearing white tube socks!! :nuts:

 

[MINIME]

Or conversely, if you want want to get paid like a pilot from 1970, then maybe you/we should act like one.

Acting like a professional includes being a curtious, polite individual with some common sense, IN and OUT of the cockpit. In other words, NOT a tool. I've seen and flown with plenty of tools with and without a hat. The hat will not stop anyone from acting like a complete moron while fellow pilots endure him or while the flying public is watching.

Some of the groups that have the option to go hatless are in today's market, some of the highest paid or have some of the best opportunities for career advancement. I doubt that the hat would've given these groups a fifth dimension in their brain to negotiate a better contract or to stand up for themselves.

As far as the rest of the uniform goes, as long as the individual keeps it pressed and clean, he or she will always look professional. Lets keep the goatees and the backpacks out of the mix and we should all be just fine. I have seen at least two pilots around the country wearing the funny looking mustache! Not making it up.

 

[PCL_128]

So...when the uniform is worn with a hat I look like a pilot but without the hat I look like an aircraft cleaner?

No, without the hat you look like a stewardess.