Unfreakingbelievable

[enigma]

A few of you wrote that we should be proud enough of our career to wear the uniform, or you wrote that to ditch the shoulder boards, etc, showed shame in our job. I would quote so as to get the correct wording, but after two pages of reading a bunch of "who can pee the furtherest" posts I don't have the patience to find the exact quotes.

To those who think that getting the boards, ID, wings, and tie off before one mingles with the general public in an off airport setting shows shame for our job; I must disagree. I'm not ashamed of being a pilot and I don't know any pilot who is ashamed of his job. I don't wear my uniform in public for the same reason I don't wear my speedo to the mall, and the reason has nothing to do with shame, quite simply I just don't like to draw attention. I do wear full uniform to work. If I am in the public view representing my employer and fellow employees, I wear it all. I never wear the tie over an unbuttoned collar. I polish my shoes. I regularly send my hat and coat to the cleaners.

If one were truly ashamed of the job, he would hide the uniform while at work. I do know of a couple of pilots who manage to remain incognito for most of the year by constantly wearing a lightweight trenchcoat and no hat. I know pilots who never wear their hats, etc. There are numerous ways to show shame for your profession, ditching the shoulder boards before you buy groceries is not one of them.

regards,
enigma

 

[VADriver]

in front of his big house
in a Corvette
in his Piper Cub
He owned a restaurant in Wisconsin

what a dork this guy was.

Bottom line, if you wear your uniform to the mall, you're a dork. Buy a $20 fleece pullover, or a $10 polo.

Hag

I wish I had a gimmick that allowed me to have my own business (translation, I fly jets cause I want to, not cause I need to), a Cub, a corvette and a big house.

Maybe this guy wasn't a dork, but proud that he created something for himself and his family. If my customers want to me to show up at my restaraunt in a airline hat, I'll do it, to put food on my table, a corvette in my garage and a Cub at the 'port....

Naw...what am I thinking...he must be a dork..I can't see it any other way....

The message boards...it is LORD of the FLIES baby!!!

 

[Hagar17]

VADriver:

You should work for the Washington Post with the way you diced up my post and made it sound like I said this captain was a dork because he had all these pictures of his toys and how he should be proud for making a good living for his family.

I was just adding to a thread about wearing your airline uniform to places like the mall. I thought it would be funny to tell a story about a guy that carries around pictures of HIMSELF (note: with no family to speak of, in the pictures anyway) in various poses, wearing his full uniform.

Sure, I'd love to have a big house, Corvette, and an airplane. I'm sure this guy was proud. Who wouldn't? I was just adding to the fun, man.

Chill out.

Hag (why do I waste my time on this board?)

 

[VADriver]

VADriver:

You should work for the Washington Post with the way you diced up my post and made it sound like I said this captain was a dork because he had all these pictures of his toys and how he should be proud for making a good living for his family.

I was just adding to a thread about wearing your airline uniform to places like the mall. I thought it would be funny to tell a story about a guy that carries around pictures of HIMSELF (note: with no family to speak of, in the pictures anyway) in various poses, wearing his full uniform.

Sure, I'd love to have a big house, Corvette, and an airplane. I'm sure this guy was proud. Who wouldn't? I was just adding to the fun, man.

Chill out.

Hag (why do I waste my time on this board?)

That is the whole point Hag...get it?

What you think is dorky, arrogant or weird...necessarily isn't... Did you say something to Mr Captains Table? What about Mr "Uniform in the Mall" was something said to him by the original thread poster? maybe..probably not.....

But yet you find it appropriate to throw the guy under the bus on the 'net....looking for others to validate your position...

I think that says more about you than dorky pilots driving Corvettes to the mall in thier uniform...

 

[House_X]

You guy's still talking about this uniform $#it...let's talk about girls or football...or something....jeeeeeeeze...

 

[Capn Mike]

I can't believe I just wasted 20 minutes reading this entire thread.

Now back to lurking,

Mike

 

[badog]

weirdos

In HNL or where ever, we always took off the eps and wings and stuff no need to look like a freaking idiot all day long. Yes, I'm proud of what I do but PLEASE take it easy on my brain I don't want to see that outside the airport. If I stop to pump gas I take the crap off.

BD

 

[Steeler Fan]

I'm not alone

Just saw the Army/Navy game...All those uniforms...

Wish I could have been there...in my old US Airways uniform...that would have been cool.

 

[thesource]

You want ego? Does anyon get sick of seeing John Travolta wearing the whole uniform including 4 stripes.

Oh yeh, and saluting everyone every time he gets off an airplane.

I guess when you'r rich and an actor you can pretend to be anything you want but I get offended by his mocking my chosen profession!

 

[flyhi92]

Originally posted by AlbieF15

By the way...I love to tell folks when I got out of active duty I got hired by FedEx, JetBlue, and the Air National Guard. What is the common thread?

ok,,ok,ok.....I give up (or did I miss the answer?)........what's the common thread?

 

[SammyG]

You want ego? Does anyon get sick of seeing John Travolta wearing the whole uniform including 4 stripes.

Oh yeh, and saluting everyone every time he gets off an airplane.

I guess when you'r rich and an actor you can pretend to be anything you want but I get offended by his mocking my chosen profession!

Why shouldn't he be allowed to wear the uniform? He's been through the training.

Saluting people...yeah. I see your point there. But as for the uni, I'm pretty sure he's earned it.

 

[ponder]

He was wearing his uniform because of something with a school group.

Southwest Airlines has the adopt-a-pilot program with the schools and there was probably some sort of function that day in the mall.

It's not that weird.