Originally Posted by
Hacker15e
Guess some folks are cut from a different cloth.
I've never had a problem with someone cursing or yelling in the training environment, and I've seen plenty of that in the AF fighter community.
Professionalism is not defined by weather or not someone curses. It isn't about "what's acceptable", because as a new guy you are joining the company, it isn't joining you. It isn't up to you for the company's actions to meet your standards, it is the other way around (so long as you actually want the job you are training for), otherwise the airline would be knocking on your door and submitting an application to you.
There's a difference between colorful language (especially in the military where it's embedded in our culture) and abuse and derision. Well-placed profanity can be useful to reinforce a very important point...especially where lives are stake. Not acceptable in a typical civilian workplace, but then the entire office building is not going to spin in either.
In the past I've seen too many loser tools gravitate towards the schoolhouse because they think they can let their inner a-hole run free with impunity. Fortunately both the military and the airlines have reigned those guys in...I've even fired a couple once I figured out what they were all about.