Hat issue makes it to the Media

[gobyebye]

What's with the guy who says it helps people recognize him in an evacuation. Really...your plane is on fire and you reach back and grab your hat before you go back and help get people off the plane?

 

[shootr]

You want to be professional- show up clear eyed, in shape, relaxed and sharp.

You guys with hats on and your gut hanging over your belt buckle...now THAT's professional looking!

 

[ualdriver]

At our airline, if you do not wear your hat while wearing an overcoat in the winter, there is no way to tell the difference between a pilot and a flight attendant.

 

[waka]

What's with the guy who says it helps people recognize him in an evacuation. Really...your plane is on fire and you reach back and grab your hat before you go back and help get people off the plane?

Didn't Sully and Skiles don their hats for the evacuation?

 

[Bringupthebird]

Skiles couldn't find his hat either?

 

[Newpilot2b]

Pilots have egos ? no way !

Hats were made part of the uniform when everyone wore a hat. Just look at some vintage film from the 40's and 50's. No one wears hats now, unless you need some shade. Today pilots wear hats because their company forces them or they need that little extra boost to their "hey look at me I'm pretty special" inner self valuation.

Time to stop wining about a made up issue that pilots and/or companies who choose to not wear them are somehow less professional. Times are indeed changing - in fact I will wager that soon in the future, if it hasn't already happened, wearing a hat will have the opposite effect than was originally intended from - professional aviator to - watch this guy, something's not right.

 

[chignutsak]

You guys with hats on and your gut hanging over your belt buckle...now THAT's professional looking!

You hatless guys with your gut hanging over your belt buckle...now THAT's professional looking!

 

[chignutsak]

It is hilarious that a bunch of guys who wear short-sleeve shirts and ties with polyester pants argue over who looks more professional.

 

[Pistonpilot]

It is hilarious that a bunch of guys who wear short-sleeve shirts and ties with polyester pants argue over who looks more professional.

That's the winner. Game over

 

[dogg]

Just a question...are not the hats to be removed when under roof in the military?

 

[Axel]

...Times are indeed changing...

Yes, they are. I wear the stupid hat, not because I like it, not because I need it and not because it inflates my ego.

I wear the stupid hat because when I accepted the job I accepted it with the knowledge that the stupid hat was part of the uniform, so in accepting the job I gave my word. I don't wear it because someone told me I have to; I wear it because I told someone I would.

Times are changing. Used to be that it was important for a man to keep his word.

 

[vetrider]

That's the winner. Game over

Agreed. That was funnier than hell, and true.

 

[jonjuan]

It is hilarious that a bunch of guys who wear short-sleeve shirts and ties with polyester pants argue over who looks more professional.

Don't forget the leather jacket and American flag tie. Lol...

 

[JohnDoe]

You want to be treated like an airline pilot? Start looking at acting like one.

"Treated" like an airline pilot? What does that mean and exactly what does it entail? A scene out of "Catch me if you can" or whatever that movie was called? Are you expecting women to get wet at the mere site of you or everyone to address you as "sir captain sir?" Get out of the past. Times change. The "treatment" as an airline pilot is long gone. It has been marginalized like everything else in this country, and it ain't coming back. NOTE: I am not saying one should look like a slob.

The hat is part of the fabric of tradition

Tradition? You mean like age 60? Or crew meals? Or mainline aircraft like the DC-9 being used to fly routes that are now flown by rj's and turboprops? Or.....on and on.

Do you really think "acting" like an airline pilot is going to change anything or get back 40% plus paycuts/pensions/contracts of the past etc. etc.? The public wants cheap fares just like they want their walmarts. Anything else is irrelevant to them.

Times change. The hat looks old, outdated, and ridiculous (especially indoors). Did you know that you no longer have to use a typewriter? There are these things called word-processing programs and computers now...

 

[Bjammin]

Yes, they are. I wear the stupid hat, not because I like it, not because I need it and not because it inflates my ego.

I wear the stupid hat because when I accepted the job I accepted it with the knowledge that the stupid hat was part of the uniform, so in accepting the job I gave my word. I don't wear it because someone told me I have to; I wear it because I told someone I would.

Times are changing. Used to be that it was important for a man to keep his word.

+1, Bravo