Beards
11-28-2016, 09:38 PM
#111
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Posts: 155
Originally Posted by f10a
You must be a real joy to fly with. People who sound like you make this job miserable.
You sound like whiny little hands Donald!
11-29-2016, 04:57 AM
#112
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Joined APC: Jan 2007
Posts: 610
Ha! Ah.. No. I replied to your comment on my phone and was not able to scroll up to reference your choice in airports. I'm well aware that HKG is not PVG. I flew in the region for several years and made a typo. You have issues. Get help.
Now I'm going to grow a beard just to annoy people like you with a superiority complex.
Now I'm going to grow a beard just to annoy people like you with a superiority complex.
11-29-2016, 05:16 PM
#113
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Posts: 155
Originally Posted by f10a
Ha! Ah.. No. I replied to your comment on my phone and was not able to scroll up to reference your choice in airports. I'm well aware that HKG is not PVG. I flew in the region for several years and made a typo. You have issues. Get help.
Now I'm going to grow a beard just to annoy people like you with a superiority complex.
Now I'm going to grow a beard just to annoy people like you with a superiority complex.
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11-29-2016, 07:05 PM
#114
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Joined APC: Jan 2011
Posts: 713
Dang. Some of you people need help... And while I haven't been to PVG, or lowered any runways in HKG, I've flown to every continent besides the ice shelf on the bottom of the world, and I'm a stud because I was even taxiing from the left seat with my bigly hands on the tiller. Big Jet VIP, with a beautiful, luscious beard.
And I yelled at my FO's for good order and discipline, and made sure the FA's all fit nicely into their size 4 dresses.
America!!!
Yeah.
Sheesh.
Beer anyone?
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11-30-2016, 06:17 AM
#115
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Position: Bus
Posts: 109
Folks in this thread have some serious emotional attachments to a clean shaven pilot. Trying to attribute any objective quality that a beard has which could affect professionalism is absurd. As to a passenger's discomfort with beards, speaking with confidence about a matter of personal preference for a very large and diverse group of people isn't that convincing of an argument. Actually, in many other industries we see that beards often are completely acceptable at the professional level.
I'd prefer to hear honesty, and have some of these guys just say "I don't like to see pilots with beards." Tolerance for facial hair has been cyclical for millennia, and as others have said, many foreign airlines employ very sharp-looking bearded pilots.
I just think facial hair is of trivial importance when assessing pride in one's appearance-- in any profession. The loss of perspective is analogous to the wrinkled untucked shirt slob preaching the professional merits of hat wearing.
But, if a company doesn't want bearded pilots then I'm glad they are free to set the standard. Should be the same for any garb/piercing etc...
I'd prefer to hear honesty, and have some of these guys just say "I don't like to see pilots with beards." Tolerance for facial hair has been cyclical for millennia, and as others have said, many foreign airlines employ very sharp-looking bearded pilots.
I just think facial hair is of trivial importance when assessing pride in one's appearance-- in any profession. The loss of perspective is analogous to the wrinkled untucked shirt slob preaching the professional merits of hat wearing.
But, if a company doesn't want bearded pilots then I'm glad they are free to set the standard. Should be the same for any garb/piercing etc...
11-30-2016, 06:53 AM
#116
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Joined APC: Aug 2012
Posts: 1,026
Originally Posted by CAVOK84
Folks in this thread have some serious emotional attachments to a clean shaven pilot. Trying to attribute any objective quality that a beard has which could affect professionalism is absurd. As to a passenger's discomfort with beards, speaking with confidence about a matter of personal preference for a very large and diverse group of people isn't that convincing of an argument. Actually, in many other industries we see that beards often are completely acceptable at the professional level.
I'd prefer to hear honesty, and have some of these guys just say "I don't like to see pilots with beards." Tolerance for facial hair has been cyclical for millennia, and as others have said, many foreign airlines employ very sharp-looking bearded pilots.
I just think facial hair is of trivial importance when assessing pride in one's appearance-- in any profession. The loss of perspective is analogous to the wrinkled untucked shirt slob preaching the professional merits of hat wearing.
But, if a company doesn't want bearded pilots then I'm glad they are free to set the standard. Should be the same for any garb/piercing etc...
I'd prefer to hear honesty, and have some of these guys just say "I don't like to see pilots with beards." Tolerance for facial hair has been cyclical for millennia, and as others have said, many foreign airlines employ very sharp-looking bearded pilots.
I just think facial hair is of trivial importance when assessing pride in one's appearance-- in any profession. The loss of perspective is analogous to the wrinkled untucked shirt slob preaching the professional merits of hat wearing.
But, if a company doesn't want bearded pilots then I'm glad they are free to set the standard. Should be the same for any garb/piercing etc...
Someone makes a posting. Someone responds. Usually by the 4th posting (at most), name calling begins, personal degradation kicks in, politics is inevitably inserted by the usual APC cast of curmudgeons spreading their malarkey for both extreme sides of the political spectrum, and then off we go down the yellow brick road. Eventually someone with juice decides this isn’t fun anymore and then all of a sudden, the thread usually gets closed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
11-30-2016, 07:14 AM
#117
ULTP-Ultra Low Tier Pilot
Joined APC: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,228
Originally Posted by RhinoPherret
Nah. Now see, here is how it all really goes here in APC land:
Someone makes a posting. Someone responds. Usually by the 4th posting (at most), name calling begins, personal degradation kicks in, politics is inevitably inserted by the usual APC cast of curmudgeons spreading their malarkey for both extreme sides of the political spectrum, and then off we go down the yellow brick road. Eventually someone with juice decides this isn’t fun anymore and then all of a sudden, the thread usually gets closed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Someone makes a posting. Someone responds. Usually by the 4th posting (at most), name calling begins, personal degradation kicks in, politics is inevitably inserted by the usual APC cast of curmudgeons spreading their malarkey for both extreme sides of the political spectrum, and then off we go down the yellow brick road. Eventually someone with juice decides this isn’t fun anymore and then all of a sudden, the thread usually gets closed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
11-30-2016, 07:31 AM
#118
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Joined APC: Oct 2014
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Posts: 1,537
11-30-2016, 07:54 AM
#119
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Joined APC: May 2006
Position: C-172
Posts: 8,024
Originally Posted by RhinoPherret
Nah. Now see, here is how it all really goes here in APC land:
Someone makes a posting. Someone responds. Usually by the 4th posting (at most), name calling begins, personal degradation kicks in, politics is inevitably inserted by the usual APC cast of curmudgeons spreading their malarkey for both extreme sides of the political spectrum, and then off we go down the yellow brick road. Eventually someone with juice decides this isn’t fun anymore and then all of a sudden, the thread usually gets closed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Someone makes a posting. Someone responds. Usually by the 4th posting (at most), name calling begins, personal degradation kicks in, politics is inevitably inserted by the usual APC cast of curmudgeons spreading their malarkey for both extreme sides of the political spectrum, and then off we go down the yellow brick road. Eventually someone with juice decides this isn’t fun anymore and then all of a sudden, the thread usually gets closed. Lather, rinse, repeat.
As for the rest of you, I'm going to check on my arsenal of disciplinary actions to see if any apply to you. I must first tear myself away from storm watching. It's crazy out here on the beach.
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