I need a hug...

[oldskoolbronco2]

Great post! I think you hit the nail on the head on all points but you did forget the part about the 22 year old pilots with the gelled, spiky hair and long sideburns!! I saw a guy last week and I thought one of the Gotti kids got a job as an RJ FO! Lets face it, as the airlines are going down the tubes, so is the professionalism and the attitudes. It has become an absolute nightmare to fly as a passenger anymore....

you are right I guess all us young'ns should get grow a chester molester moustache, get a hard over side part and topgun edition sunglasses. Get with the times gramps! its ok to update your immage with the current day in age! professionalism is how you act as well as look. Go grab a coffee and kick your FO I think your clearence is up.

 

[blue_side_up]

I love funny people. Especially when they tell the truth.

 

[Cosmo1999]

Would I Do Anything To Disgrace This Uniform????

 

[Halo_RJdriver]

you are right I guess all us young'ns should get grow a chester molester moustache, get a hard over side part and topgun edition sunglasses. Get with the times gramps! its ok to update your immage with the current day in age! professionalism is how you act as well as look. Go grab a coffee and kick your FO I think your clearence is up.

Nice.....they probably want us to use a leash for our sunglasses too. LMAO @ the chester molester moustache...holy shioot that is quality.

 

[FN FAL]

Great post! I think you hit the nail on the head on all points but you did forget the part about the 22 year old pilots with the gelled, spiky hair and long sideburns!! I saw a guy last week and I thought one of the Gotti kids got a job as an RJ FO!

there you go. I noticed on COPS the other day, that young NJ cops are tatooing their names or their street names on their neck just above the collar. When will we be seeing this fad at the regionals?

 

[A350]

Professionalism isn't something you BUY....in other words I don't care how much money you make, your attitude and the way you handle yourself speaks volumes about how you are being "brought up" in this business.

One year upgrades and the fast advancement has left the industry in shambles.

I can only imagine the sh#$% I would have received from a Captain in the early days of my career if I showed up with black tennis shoes on, blue dockers, my ray bans, long sideburns, and my backpack.

I think he would have kicked my A$$.

A350

 

[TopGun-MAV]

when i was commuting to work the other day i was in an e-jet going to phl and it was a very comfortable ride i was very impressed with peoples remarks on its comfort. but the size of the seat isn't much when you have a biggie next to you cramming you against the window. don't you think biggies should have to buy two tickets or just drive.

mav

 

[$$$4nothin]

Nothing is better than when you are awaken by constant taps on the shoulder, you look over at the person and they ask you, what state do you think we are over. Or how much longer do you think the flight will be. LOOK LADY IT IS A 2 HOUR FLIGHT, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE AIR 1 HOUR, YOU DO THE MATH AND LET ME GO BACK TO SLEEP.

 

[Tarzan]

Professionalism isn't something you BUY....in other words I don't care how much money you make, your attitude and the way you handle yourself speaks volumes about how you are being "brought up" in this business.

One year upgrades and the fast advancement has left the industry in shambles.

I can only imagine the sh#$% I would have received from a Captain in the early days of my career if I showed up with black tennis shoes on, blue dockers, my ray bans, long sideburns, and my backpack.

I think he would have kicked my A$$.

A350

I see things through a little bit different spectrum to when it ocmes to the younger guys. These are the folks that tuck in the just the fronts of their shirts into their pants and and call it cool, or buy jeans with holes in them. Hell they are wearing apnts that my parents wore... BELL-BOTTOMS! So far as the cocky attitudes go, there seems to be an abundance of those too. But.....

All these guys will say the same thing one day about the new kids coming up. These are the same things those-who-went-before-us said about us.


The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in
place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the
servants of their households. They no longer rise when
elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Socrates

I guess the more things change, the more they stay they same.
So before you trash the young guys to much, remeber, we were all
there at one point. I just lost it a bit more quicker since I
was playing Army at that time.

 

[acaTerry]

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for
authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in
place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the
servants of their households. They no longer rise when
elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties
at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Socrates

I call BS....I watched Bill and Ted 6 times and don't remember Socrates (So-Crates) saying that...

 

[JD2003]

Action professional should command a salary that warrants it.

 

[piginshlitz]

This should give us all some hope. It is a reply I recieved when I sent out the original post to some of my non-airline friends. It reminds me that not every piece of cabin balast is the one we talk about. There are a few who respect us and the traditions we wish we still lived by.



I can add a few:



PASSENGERS

1) It didn’t fit overhead the last time. It still doesn’t fit. It will never fit. Get a smaller bag or, and I know this is CRAZY, check it.

2) The privilege of having a fellow person sitting on only one side of you comes with a price. That price? You get to use one armrest. The poor sap sitting bitch in between the two cast members from “The Biggest Loser”? He gets both of his. Common courtesy, even if he *was* too stupid to pick a better seat when he booked/checked in. And if you’re sitting on the aisle, stay the hell out of the way of the FAs – your tasseled penny loafers included.

3) Getting to the aisle at warp speed the moment the aircraft shares the same zipcode with the jetway does NOT entitle you to get off ahead of your fellow passengers. You wait for the rows ahead of you, then you can go. And guys, how hard is it to remember ladies first?

4) “Inside voice” rules still apply – even if you’re on your cell and you’re in the terminal. For pete’s sake, the 90-year old deaf woman three gates down can hear you. Keep it under 80 decibels.

5) And speaking of cell phones, resist the temptation to notify your boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse/relative/co-worker that you’ve arrived THE MOMENT the plane has landed. Wait that extra 90 seconds until you’re in the terminal. I want to get out, get to my car, and go along my way. I don’t want to hear what you need Bob in accounting to do for you next week while you’re standing with your ass in my face. And speaking of asses…

6) Farting on the plane. Not cool. Not cool at all. I’m talking to you, too, ladies, with your little silent “no one will notice” ones. It’s a confined goddanged space. We all notice, every time.

 

[Snakum]

Number 6 ... guilty.

Minhommad

 

[SiouxHockeyFan]

I feel your pain acaterry, every day it is getting worse and worse.

 

[Z28_Pilot]

Since we're on the subject, I love when the person in front of you (oblivious to the fact that there is someone DIRECTLY behind you!) slams their seat back so hard that it's apparent they believe they might be able to blow the stops out and get a little more reclining action going!

-or the coughing/sneezing fit aimed in your direction (still clueless when I turn the gaspers toward them full blast!

-or the guy that tries to use my shoulder as his pillow so he doesn't disturb his wifes reading with his baboon-like snoring!

-or the schmuck that HAD to have a Jack 'n Coke at 10AM!!!, then proceed to dump it all over the dead-heading crewmember sitting next to him (me!)

-or the folks that bring the whole operation to a complete stand-still, because they have to "pee" while we're taxiing out to the runway!

-or the morons that think they'll get out ahead of everyone else if they pop the seatbelt off the second we touch down (actually, it's worth the show when the CA has to "spike" the brakes at the gate!)

-or the guy in the middle who believes that, not only are both armrests HIS!, but also about 6 in. of your space! - thank you!
HaHa.....I love commuting!

 

[ClearRight]

I'll add one for the flight attendants:

Don't talk about the passengers in front of the first class cabin. You never know if those seated in Row 1 are in the same party as the obstinate lady in Row 12! They can hear you!!

 

[hawg2hawk]

People, man.

Once, getting on a full 6 hour overseas flight (coach), I slid into the coveted middle seat to find that the space under the seat in front of me was filled to overflowing with someone else's crap. I am not a tall guy, but my knees were bent past 90 degrees from all the stuff. People on both sides of me. When I identified who the perp was, and politely asked if they would move said crap so I could put my own crap there (full overhead), the guy looked at me like I'd just stripped naked and said "So you want me to sacrifice my personal comfort so you can be comfortable?"

Whaaat?

The only appropriate response I could think of at the time would have landed me in the joint, and the strain of supressing the urge to carry it out rendered me speechless. Finally I said "just move your sh!t."

It bugs me to this day that I couldn't think of any better comeback, because I still can't. Anyone? I want a hip pocketer for WHEN it happens again.

 

[Jurassic Jet]

CLASSIC!

acaTerry and Z28.....you guys owe me for one ruined keyboard after spitting coffee all over it!

How true it all is.

This is almost...(almost) better than the Diarreah (sp?) in a Freighter thread.

Still ROTFLMFAO.

 

[semperfido]

just mass transit in the 90s....errr i mean 2000s.

i love to take a smelly big mac with fries on board as well.

 

[flying4food]

That was awesome!!! That post described my last year of commuting!!! I think those nasty toe-jammed, jungle-rot black feet in flip-flops are the worst. Can't folks wear something other than shower shoes while traveling???