Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I missed the part where shirt cutting became a politically INcorrect acitivity. What started this? Did someone object to having their shirt tail cut off and was forced too, or was a law suit leveled against a flight school or CFI for sexual harrassment?
USMCFLYR
Well........
....... When I was in CAP we were doing the National Flight Academy.. basically a program to take kids (cadets) and get them from 0 hours to solo for a very reasonable amount of money (it was like $500 when I did it!). Well, CAP is generally very conservative about what could and couldn't be considered sexual harassment.... well, the class the year after mine had a girl who was "talked into" claiming she was violated by the shirt tail cutting exposing her "back" to the flight mates (later she said she really didn't care, but was "convinced" that she should care). Don't ask me what the skin coverage difference is in having a pool party and this. Anyways..... some of the instructors, who instructed at normal part 61 and 141 schools relayed the message.... it spread like wildfire to the other schools and CAP squadrons: don't touch a shirt tail - if they want they can bring a shirt to have "cut". The End.