Reading Maxim in uniform

[8HourPilot]

Every time I read posts like this, I put more $hit in my backpack so it sticks out further.
But at that time, I don't have room for my Ipod.

Reading Maxim in uniform is really tacky. This industry is getting less professional all the time! I'd give you a dirty look if I was sitting near you, and if I was your captain, I'd have a private man-to-man lesson on professionalism.

I'm getting really sick of seeing:

1. Pilots listening to Ipods
2. Pilots wearing backpacks
3. Reading Maxim or similar in public
4. Swearing in public
5. Pants from Sears that aren't even the right color blue
6. Your student pilot flight bag
7. Etc Etc!! I'm sure the FI crowd will come up with more...

Now I'm not a total shmuck - I think its perfectly acceptable to read whatever ya want in the cockpit - AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. Or, if conditions are appropriate, listing to an Ipod.

 

[Jack Mehoff]

yeah 8Hour!! Got the backpack gunna pack it up nice! Don't want security to get suspicious cause Mr. Pibb and Redvines=crazy delicious!

 

[mrflier]

...I'd have a private man-to-man lesson...

What does this mean?

 

[CRJDog]

You are a tool. WTF is wrong with listing to an IPOD??? I get the pants and flight bag/backpack. Do must be the type of golden day glory boy that wears your full uniform around town. If you are a captain then you are probly a "this will be my leg" every flight guy..


Chil out man get with the times its not the 50's anymore

I have an 8 track. It's the size of my rollerboard and I also have my headset with two giant antennas that stick up each ear cup.

Now that's technology.

 

[AVDAD]

.....

She also probably has a diesel powered vibrator at home.....

anyways...

Man you think, I knew about the two cycles ones, but diesel. For the longest time I thought the old lady was workin on the weedwacker, boy was I surprised.

AVDAD

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Man you think, I knew about the two cycles ones, but diesel. For the longest time I thought the old lady was workin on the weedwacker, boy was I surprised.

AVDAD

nah...little cutie slim chiks use the 2 stroke models...fast and furious..

the average old pig Major Airline F/A needs the hard hitting power of a big CAT Diesel to satisfy that mammoth well-worn orifice.

 

[BoilerUP]

I'm getting really sick of seeing:

1. Pilots listening to Ipods
2. Pilots wearing backpacks
3. Reading Maxim or similar in public
4. Swearing in public
5. Pants from Sears that aren't even the right color blue
6. Your student pilot flight bag
7. Etc Etc!! I'm sure the FI crowd will come up with more...

I agree with most everything, but I'm not bothered by Maxim and don't think most people would be either. The iPods and backpacks in uniform and nylon Sporty's Pilot Shop flightbags drive me NUTS though. The same people that that wear backpacks and refuse to wear hats are the people that complain the loudest about not being paid like a professional. News flash - if you want to be paid like a 'professional', you need to look and act like one! That's especially true when you are relatively young (like myself). I have an iPod and I commute with it, but I don't think its proper for me to have little white earbuds in while in uniform, especially on a fairly full flight. So it stays in the bag if I'm in uniform.

Your mileage may vary...

 

[FoxyWhiskey]

As a female f/o I'd allow you to read it, and the captains I fly with would too! Really, who cares...plus, like it was said earlier: anything can offend anyone lately. Maxim is not bad, Cosmo is just plain stupid. What is it with drink-cart-mafia these days? I flew home on saturday (in plain clothes, on our big fat mainline carrier) and the lead FA were such a cow. I was very polite and I still got stink eye. I think some employees love to treat non-revs like crap just because they like to see what they can get away with.

That said, if I were you, I'd comply with putting it away, since it wasn't your airline. I wouldn't want to get taken off the aircraft and be without a ride home. Just my 2 cents.

-FW

 

[wmuflyguy]

Let me guess ... Delta.



Only in America would Maxim be considered unsuitable. Granted, the magazine is tacky and crude, but it is not unacceptable reading.

Correct.

Originally Posted by pilotguy733
Reading Maxim in uniform is really tacky. This industry is getting less professional all the time! I'd give you a dirty look if I was sitting near you, and if I was your captain, I'd have a private man-to-man lesson on professionalism.

I'm getting really sick of seeing:

1. Pilots listening to Ipods
2. Pilots wearing backpacks
3. Reading Maxim or similar in public
4. Swearing in public
5. Pants from Sears that aren't even the right color blue
6. Your student pilot flight bag
7. Etc Etc!! I'm sure the FI crowd will come up with more...

Now I'm not a total shmuck - I think its perfectly acceptable to read whatever ya want in the cockpit - AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. Or, if conditions are appropriate, listing to an Ipod.

As for the magazine I put it away when she decide to come back the second time. I wasn't technically jumpseating, jsut non-reving home(Since we work for big D), but was in uniform. Anywways, it wasn't worth making a big deal over it and not worth any controversy.

I don't have an IPOD, I have a PSP and an XM radio too, no backpack yet. My pants are from JC Penny's not Sears.

As for a private man-to-man anything, no thanks.

I always wanted to start a multi-page thread.

 

[General Lee]

Ok, so today I was commuting home (in uniform), I was sitting in the seat across from the Aft galley on the MD88, reading Maxim minding my own business. The FA in the galley says, "I don't think that is appropriate reading material for the airplane"

I thought she was joking at first, and she was smiling, but after a couple minutes she comes back, and says a little more bitchily "Our company would have a problem if we were reading soemthing like that in uniform, and that since your in uniform you should put it away."

I tell her "I read it all the time in uniform in airports and never got a complaint before, but i'll put it away if it offends you"

Anyways during take-off sure enough her Cosmopolitain magazine falls off the galley shelf and lands on the floor, with some great title on it like "20 positions that will knock your guys socks off".

Anyways, lets here it, Who thinks Maxim is or isn't appropriate reading when your in uniform.

Oh an my next flight no-compliants from the FA's(they were very nice), but the guy next to me asked if he could read it.

You should have told her you would be watching her if she was reading any magazine on the job, or doing a book of Soduku puzzles. Tell her to $crew off, and a Maxim is a Male Cosmopolitan magazine. I would have rolled my eyes and then returned to reading it. IF you turned it on it's side like you were looking at a fold out of a naked babe, then that would have been a bad idea.


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[B727FA]

Maxim and Cosmo are both a bit on the tacky side. But, it's interesting how the female FA in the story seems to equate Maxim with Hustler. However, the pictures tend to be a bit more "revealing" in Maxim and Stuff and the like than in Cosmo et al.

If Suzi FA made a point of saying something, and I were DH or NRSA, I'd put it away. Hell, you may have the "right" to read it, but why die in that ditch?

(As far as I'm concerned what you do [iPod, sudoku, Maxim, crossword, kissy-face] on the FD/galley is up to you.)

 

[Dodge]

Cosmo or Maxim?

Which periodical's cover (on their website) has the following teasers?

A. 8 new places to have sex.

B. Orgasms Unlimited.

C. Touch him THERE!

D. Get Summer Sexy

 

[Jack Mehoff]

Don't for get E. Is he cheating with your best friend?

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

It is very disapointing to hear professional pilots trying to justify sloppines. There are "professional pilots" then there are these guys. These guys make us look like bums...

Sure these guys choose this duty. But we choose this profession. And yes professionals serve. They don't dress like sloppy frat boys and whine about low wages and how everyone else treats them poor, spewing amatuer hour ultimatums of "When they pay me better I'll dress better" God help us, because it is obvious we can't help ourselves....


Tomb of the Unknown Soldier


1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why?

21 steps. It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute, which is the highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary.



2. How long does he hesitate after his about face to begin his return walk and why?

21 seconds for the same reason as answer number 1


3. Why are his gloves wet?

His gloves are moistened to prevent his losing his grip on the rifle.



4. Does he carry his rifle on the same shoulder all the time and if not, why not?

He carries the rifle on the shoulder away from the tomb.
After his march across the path, he executes an about face and moves the rifle to the outside shoulder.

5. How often are the guards changed?

Guards are changed every thirty minutes, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.


6. What are the physical traits of the guard limited to?

For a person to apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be between 5' 10" and 6' 2" tall and his waist size cannot exceed 30." Other

requirements of the Guard: They must commit 2 years of life to guard the tomb, live in a barracks under the tomb, and cannot drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives. They cannot swear in public for the rest of their lives and cannot disgrace the uniform {fighting} or the tomb in any way. After two years, the guard is given a wreath pin that is worn on their lapel signifying they served as guard of the tomb. There are only 400 presently worn. The guard must obey these rules for the rest of their lives or give up the wreath pin.

The shoes are specially made with very thick soles to keep the heat and cold from their feet. There are metal heel plates that extend to the top of the shoe in order to make the loud click as they come to a halt.
There are no wrinkles, folds or lint on the uniform. Guards dress for duty

in front of a full-length mirror.

The first six months of duty a guard cannot talk to anyone, nor watch TV. All off duty time is spent studying the 175 notable people laid

to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. A guard must memorize who they are

and where they are interred. Among the notables are: President Taft, Joe E. Lewis {the boxer} and Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy, {the most decorated soldier of WWII} of Hollywood fame.

Every guard spends five hours a day getting his uniforms ready for guard duty.


ETERNAL REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.


In 2003 as Hurricane Isabelle was approaching Washington, DC, our

US Senate/House took 2 days off with anticipation of the storm. On the ABC

evening news, it was reported that because of the dangers from the hurricane, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of

the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment. They

respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding

the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest honor that can be

afforded to a serviceperson. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 24/7, since 1930.

God Bless and keep them.


I don't usually suggest that many emails be forwarded, but I'd be very proud if this one reached as many as possible. We can be very proud

of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.

 

[BRA]

I had a similar experience with one of our flight attendents dead heading back to DTW from MSP on an EMPTY 757(she had her pick of empty aisles and sat in the same one as me, not a good thing.)



I bust out my Michigan Out of Doors (Basically a conservastion/hunting/fishing in an equal mix,) and proceed to relax and read. I hear "I don't like hunting," out of the trashy whores mouth, and I mummble a reply to the effect of "oh that's too bad, or sorry you don't." She got visably upset at that comment and goes on how since she didn't like hunting I should have the decency of not reading about it front of her, blah, blah, blah. I told her to not like hunting in one of the rows aft of us, and I'll go on not liking her right here. Seemed to work, never heard anorther word out of her.

This post is both brilliant and awsome. One of the best things i have read all day!

 

[dardar]

As much as I want to judge the pilots I see wearing ipods and backpacks as unprofessional, I often take a look at myself before hand.

My shoes are nice and shined

My pants are nicely pressed

My blazer is buttoned

I'm wearing my hat.

I have a massive erection that is obvious to anybody that looks at me.

oh crap.

 

[NuGuy]

I had a similar experience with one of our flight attendents dead heading back to DTW from MSP on an EMPTY 757(she had her pick of empty aisles and sat in the same one as me, not a good thing.)

I bust out my Michigan Out of Doors (Basically a conservastion/hunting/fishing in an equal mix,) and proceed to relax and read. I hear "I don't like hunting," out of the trashy whores mouth, and I mummble a reply to the effect of "oh that's too bad, or sorry you don't." She got visably upset at that comment and goes on how since she didn't like hunting I should have the decency of not reading about it front of her, blah, blah, blah. I told her to not like hunting in one of the rows aft of us, and I'll go on not liking her right here. Seemed to work, never heard anorther word out of her.

I would have told her that I have room for all of God's creatures....on my plate right next to the mashed potatos.

Nu

 

[RJET]

I think he is right! Hey, this is a forum and everyone is going to give their 2 cents. Fly safe!!

Reading Maxim in uniform is really tacky. This industry is getting less professional all the time! I'd give you a dirty look if I was sitting near you, and if I was your captain, I'd have a private man-to-man lesson on professionalism.

I'm getting really sick of seeing:

1. Pilots listening to Ipods
2. Pilots wearing backpacks
3. Reading Maxim or similar in public
4. Swearing in public
5. Pants from Sears that aren't even the right color blue
6. Your student pilot flight bag
7. Etc Etc!! I'm sure the FI crowd will come up with more...

Now I'm not a total shmuck - I think its perfectly acceptable to read whatever ya want in the cockpit - AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC EYE. Or, if conditions are appropriate, listing to an Ipod.

 

[Prog 2/2]

You are a tool. WTF is wrong with listing to an IPOD??? I get the pants and flight bag/backpack. Do must be the type of golden day glory boy that wears your full uniform around town. If you are a captain then you are probly a "this will be my leg" every flight guy..


Chil out man get with the times its not the 50's anymore

Sure isn't.

Back then airline pilots wore shined shoes, buttoned their coats when they walked through the terminal, and wore their hats everywhere but the cockpit.

They were regarded as professionals because they appeared and acted as professionals, and they enjoyed a modicum of respect.

But you "dudespeakers" just don't seem to get the connection.

 

[TCBKING]

As a female f/o I'd allow you to read it, and the captains I fly with would too!

-FW

UMMM OK. Thank you?? I agree with your thoughts on this subject, however that one single statement... NOT COOL. I guess i will allow you to have your views..