tomcash
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I started a thread a while back about the United Express "C" concourse at O'Hare-- more to the point, how unprofessional some of the pilots looked. My point was simply that professional appearence is important and passengers notice!!
Well, anyway, yesterday I was passing through the US Express terminal at PHL... and I saw an FO (the airline for which they work will remain anonymous) who looked like an utter disgrace. I mean, bad...
Drumroll please... this FO wore combat boots with a huge red backpack saddled on over their ratty blazer. As if the backpack isn't enough, the thing had two full bottles of watter hanging out of the side pockets. It reminded me of that redneck fan from the movie "The Waterboy" who wore a hat that fed water to him in the form of two water tubes. The FO looked like a boy scout going on a camping trip with their special blankie stuffed into their very special backpack that they probably bought at Walmart for $1.69. The only thing missing was a G.I. Joe decal sewn in next to the LL Bean logo.
Passengers were looking at this pilot like, "THIS PERSON is going to be flying my airplane??? I better go pray now. Where's the airport chapel?"
So, again, I ask, WHY? Please tell me why! You backpack pilots who wear your classy combat boots aren't doing any of us any favors. You should be embarassed and confine yourselves to your desktop Microsoft Flight Simulators where you skillfully land C-182s on some ficticious aircraft carrier.
Thanks for reading this venting session.
Tom C.
Well, anyway, yesterday I was passing through the US Express terminal at PHL... and I saw an FO (the airline for which they work will remain anonymous) who looked like an utter disgrace. I mean, bad...
Drumroll please... this FO wore combat boots with a huge red backpack saddled on over their ratty blazer. As if the backpack isn't enough, the thing had two full bottles of watter hanging out of the side pockets. It reminded me of that redneck fan from the movie "The Waterboy" who wore a hat that fed water to him in the form of two water tubes. The FO looked like a boy scout going on a camping trip with their special blankie stuffed into their very special backpack that they probably bought at Walmart for $1.69. The only thing missing was a G.I. Joe decal sewn in next to the LL Bean logo.
Passengers were looking at this pilot like, "THIS PERSON is going to be flying my airplane??? I better go pray now. Where's the airport chapel?"
So, again, I ask, WHY? Please tell me why! You backpack pilots who wear your classy combat boots aren't doing any of us any favors. You should be embarassed and confine yourselves to your desktop Microsoft Flight Simulators where you skillfully land C-182s on some ficticious aircraft carrier.
Thanks for reading this venting session.
Tom C.
