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Those funny leather jackets.
OK so I am sitting at the gate waiting on flight home. Up walks a pilot from another airline with a leather jacket on. Now Personally I do not like the leather jacket look but what the heck. Anyway this pilot has his epaulets on the outside..(as many do...again not a choice I would make) He takes off the jacket and is wearing one of those pilot sweaters. He has his epaulets on the sweater as well. It is a warm day and I am dying to see if he rips off the sweater so I can see if he will have a third pair of epaulets on his shirt.

Well lo and behold he does...and sure enough he has on a total of 3 pairs of epaulets! Sorry I just have to call dork on that one.
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what would you do?

xjlifer said:
OK so I am sitting at the gate waiting on flight home. Up walks a pilot from another airline with a leather jacket on. Now Personally I do not like the leather jacket look but what the heck. Anyway this pilot has his epaulets on the outside..(as many do...again not a choice I would make) He takes off the jacket and is wearing one of those pilot sweaters. He has his epaulets on the sweater as well. It is a warm day and I am dying to see if he rips off the sweater so I can see if he will have a third pair of epaulets on his shirt.

Well lo and behold he does...and sure enough he has on a total of 3 pairs of epaulets! Sorry I just have to call dork on that one.
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i bet if you would be him, you would only have one pair, so when you flew south and wanted to take of a layer, you would be also replacing your one pair of stripes.......that would look dumb....seriously....
 
xjlifer said:
Well lo and behold he does...and sure enough he has on a total of 3 pairs of epaulets! Sorry I just have to call dork on that one.
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I agree 100% - kook wannabe. He most likely has tatooed stripes on his shoulders. BTW - What airline was he with? And was he wearing his hat?
 
Leather Jackets with epaulets...............not a good look.
Sweaters with epaulets................NEVER.

Epaulets belong on the shirts only. Unless you work at JB.
 
Cool thing about the London Fog is that you can go flashing on your overnights. Plus it looks better with blue jeans and tennis shoes. Let's hear a shout out to the trench coat mafia. Peace.

-Spartacus
 
I am guilty of wearing the shirt, sweater, and leather jacket at the same time (not to mention thermals). Try sitting in a turboprop in Burlington VT with no APU at -24 C. Unfortunatly, I could not affort a 3rd pair of bars for the sweater. Perhaps if it is so uncool, I will stop by the coat factory everyone talks about in Burlington. The flasher coat may be the next layer.
 
i wore a sweater so i could wear a conventional button down since all my other shirts were dirty. that way i wouldn't have to wear bars. sometimes i didn't wear underwear either. once i fixed my worn out shoes with us air packing tape since the sole delaminated with two out n backs to go.

got a pair at walmart for five dollars.

this is pretty much where we're at.

flying an airliner.......so easy a caveman could do it.
 
What kind of guy sits at the airport, paying attention as to what some other guy is wearing? Then comes on flightinfo to call him out on it? We don't stare at you and that pig of a girlfriend you have, then come on FI.com and say "I can't believe he sleeps with that......SOBER!!!!!"

Lay off the Bravo Channel.....queerbait.
 
I like the t-shirt with the printed tie and epaulets.

I like my Jesus to wear a "pilot t-shirt". It says, "I can be formal, but I like to party." I also like to imagine him with wings on the shirt, and singing lead vocals for Lynyrd Skynyrd.
 
DX Rick said:
What kind of guy sits at the airport, paying attention as to what some other guy is wearing? Then comes on flightinfo to call him out on it? We don't stare at you and that pig of a girlfriend you have, then come on FI.com and say "I can't believe he sleeps with that......SOBER!!!!!"

Lay off the Bravo Channel.....queerbait.
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Why are you attacking xjlifer so hard? He put up a post he thought was funny and you pull out guns. Chill out dude. Take off your leather and sweater and step away from the computer. Good lord Leroy!:cool:
 
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Monster Buck said:
Why are you attacking xjlifer so hard? He put up a post he thought was funny and you pull out guns. Chill out dude. Take off your leather and sweater and step away from the computer. Good lord Leroy!:cool:
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First, my name is Rick, not Leroy. Make that Mr. Rick to you!
What make him immune to all bashing on FI.com when he posts? It's FI.com, we're all fair game to the bashing.
 
I just have to ask what kind of losers are becoming pilots these days when a pilot who follows uniform policies is called a dork.
 
XJ-spartacus said:
Don't pick on xjlifer to much, I believe he can bench press a small buick.

-Spartacus
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Good, tell him he is more than welcomed to spot me when I am bench pressing a large Cadillac.
 
DX Rick said:
What kind of guy sits at the airport, paying attention as to what some other guy is wearing? Then comes on flightinfo to call him out on it? We don't stare at you and that pig of a girlfriend you have, then come on FI.com and say "I can't believe he sleeps with that......SOBER!!!!!"

Lay off the Bravo Channel.....queerbait.
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Got me laughing with this post.... absolutely priceless.......

Bottom line, leather can look good, so can the flasher coat with the hat. It is all about the presentation. The leather coat and the hat is a mix of both that in my opinion is professional.

Who cares what we wear as long as it is professional.
 
DX Rick said:
What kind of guy sits at the airport, paying attention as to what some other guy is wearing? Then comes on flightinfo to call him out on it? We don't stare at you and that pig of a girlfriend you have, then come on FI.com and say "I can't believe he sleeps with that......SOBER!!!!!"

Lay off the Bravo Channel.....queerbait.
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Another Dork...sorry but you are and you know it
 
Hey Spartucus don't worry about it...these guys are dorks. I am just upset they are so lame in their responses. How is flying that big old jet going?
 
climbhappy said:
i wore a sweater so i could wear a conventional button down since all my other shirts were dirty. that way i wouldn't have to wear bars. sometimes i didn't wear underwear either. once i fixed my worn out shoes with us air packing tape since the sole delaminated with two out n backs to go.

got a pair at walmart for five dollars.

this is pretty much where we're at.

flying an airliner.......so easy a caveman could do it.
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So Sad, but so true....
 

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