Originally Posted by bassslayer

That is a completely valid opinion. If you would like to wear a hat, by all means you can continue to do so whether or not they become mandatory. However, many of us are not Marines, do not want to wear hats, or be forced to wear them because a very small group of pilots feel that the hat defines professionalism. This isn't the military, its time to move on.

Personally, hats make my head itch and I dont feel like walking around scratching my forehead for the next 30 years. Not all of us are bald or choose to have a tightly shaved military style haircut so looking like I just crawled out of bed everytime I take the hat off is also not appealing to me. Not to mention, unless you have a larger head and neck, they make most pilots look like twelve year olds playing dressup in daddys work clothes. I see lots of new hires in the regionals wearing them. Lots of them dont even shave yet wearing this big goofy hat. They seriously look twelve.