What is with the HAT argument?

[Jack Mehoff]

ok what is the big deal with the pilot hat really? Why do some guys live and die to wear the airline hat? Seems like a outdated thing. Plus I always thought they made the pilots look more like the skycap guys. My airlines didnt have them so I have never had to deal with it. Just curious.

 

[Jonny Sacko]

The skycaps stole the idea to try to look like pilots. In Miami these idiots also wear epaulets to confuse the passengers even more. The hat is and was a very quick way to find a person in charge, IE. The pilot. Management has and will continue to pull all authority from the flight deck to have no one in charge. Hence the gate agents with the horrific attitude explaining they are in charge, and the pilots will be allowed to make decisions only "under way". It's just a quick and easy way for the public to be more confused, and ask if you're there to get their luggage plane side.

 

[Lowrider717]

I get a kick out of walking down the concourse with mine on, hearing "hey Mommy, look a Policeman".

 

[BenderGonzales]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

6 months later you are showing what a rebel you are by failing to abide by the uniform policy?

Worse are those folks who will CARRY their hat around with them for a four day trip. If you ask them why they tell you that it is in case the chief pilot shows up.

Oh. I see. You have balls, but your balls are the kind that only descend after you are out of the chief pilot's line of sight.

 

[BenderGonzales]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

6 months later you are showing what a rebel you are by failing to abide by the uniform policy?

Worse are those folks who will CARRY their hat around with them for a four day trip. If you ask them why they tell you that it is in case the chief pilot shows up.

Oh. I see. You have balls, but your balls are the kind that only descend after you are out of the chief pilot's line of sight.

 

[instructordude]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

6 months later you are showing what a rebel you are by failing to abide by the uniform policy?

Worse are those folks who will CARRY their hat around with them for a four day trip. If you ask them why they tell you that it is in case the chief pilot shows up.

Oh. I see. You have balls, but your balls are the kind that only descend after you are out of the chief pilot's line of sight.

I can't agree more! I am and always will be proud to wear my hat!

 

[Deerkiller]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

6 months later you are showing what a rebel you are by failing to abide by the uniform policy?

Worse are those folks who will CARRY their hat around with them for a four day trip. If you ask them why they tell you that it is in case the chief pilot shows up.

Oh. I see. You have balls, but your balls are the kind that only descend after you are out of the chief pilot's line of sight.

I dont mind wearing mine. I visibly scowl and shake my head at the fools that carry theirs around(wanna be treated like a pro...act like one). However, as soon as tax day rolls around, my hat is in the top of my closet collecting dust.

 

[sabreliner]

Iron your shirt, button your jacket and wear your hat. You agreed to do it when you got hired, remember? You want to be treated like a professional, then take the first step, and have some professional pride in your appearance. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does make a difference to the people getting on your jet.

Makes me cringe when I see some dope walking around the terminal with his jacket unbuttoned or with a nasty shirt on.

 

[Megalops]

I cannot agree more also, you look like an inept fool walking around carrying your hat, have some pride. What the hell is wrong with tradition anyway?

 

[swaforme]

Worn long enough, hat's will rub your hair off. So if you want to go bald wear it.

 

[Bako Cap]

Actually, being bald almost requires hat usage. It keeps me warm in the Winter, not sunburnt in the Summer, and keeps the rain and weather out of my eyes.

 

[stupidpilot]

I'm so glad we don't have hats. I don't wanna look like no freakin busdriver!

 

[MD11Drvr]

Iron your shirt, button your jacket and wear your hat. You agreed to do it when you got hired, remember? You want to be treated like a professional, then take the first step, and have some professional pride in your appearance. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does make a difference to the people getting on your jet.

Makes me cringe when I see some dope walking around the terminal with his jacket unbuttoned or with a nasty shirt on.

And a little shoe polish! I see thse guys that look like they rubbed a hershey bar all over thier shoes or worse have brown leather showing. Five bucks plus a tip to the shoe shine stand would go a long way...

 

[800Dog]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

And management told many of us they would fund our retirement. Times change. No hat here. It is a matter of control and they look very unprofessional in my view. Simply rude to wear a hat indoors.

 

[800Dog]

Iron your shirt, button your jacket and wear your hat. You agreed to do it when you got hired, remember? You want to be treated like a professional, then take the first step, and have some professional pride in your appearance. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does make a difference to the people getting on your jet.

Passengers do notice how the uniform looks but could care less if you are wearing a hat. They want a pilot with a pressed shirt, shined shoes, physically fit and a cheap ticket!

 

[MD11Drvr]

I see your point about the hat, but with that said as long as it is expected of me to wear it and I agree to take thier paycheck I should wear it with pride. No matter how much I wish it would go away.

 

[Occam's Razor]

It's a simple matter of integrity. You wore your blue suit and red tie to the interview... you told them that you would follow the rules if they would give you the opportunity.

And management told many of us they would fund our retirement. Times change. No hat here. It is a matter of control and they look very unprofessional in my view. Simply rude to wear a hat indoors.

That's what I teach my kids: Integrity is merely a responsive mechanism. You're allowed to abandon it if someone you know abandons theirs. "Situational Ethics" I think the term is. It's ok to discard ethics in the pursuit of self-actualization.

 

[800Dog]

That's what I teach my kids: Integrity is merely a responsive mechanism. You're allowed to abandon it if someone you know abandons theirs. "Situational Ethics" I think the term is. It's ok to discard ethics in the pursuit of self-actualization.

So its unethical to leave the hat at home? Some of you guys take this hat wearing thing very seriously. Must have receeding hairlines! My favorites are the guys who even wear the hat on the employee bus. Very ethical guys.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

At "my house" we made the hat optional. I choose not to wear one.

I thought of throwing it in the trash....but changed my mind. It's collecting dust somewhere around here...maybe the kids misplaced it while playing with it.

 

[Occam's Razor]

So its unethical to leave the hat at home? Some of you guys take this hat wearing thing very seriously.

Not at all. I don't care if someone wears their hat. I think it presents an enhanced image of professionalism...but I don't really care if anyone else agrees with me.

What I think is lame is adopting the position that you should alter your personal integrity because someone else alters theirs.

You opening comment on the hat issue was, "And management told many of us they would fund our retirement."

That's an attempt to rationalize your adherence to a rule you agreed to abide based on someone else's status as a weasel.

It might be trivial when applied to the issue of hats, but I hope you see the broader impact.

My boss, or his booger-eating surrogates, acting like indifferent scumbags does not justify me acting like one. That's not an "image" issue...it's personal integrity.