Originally Posted by
SPDBOILER
Or perhaps they expect you to act like a professional?
SPDBOILER, thats half of it, the other half is the lawsuits. The lawsuits that came from places like Continental, came from maintenance departments and in management.
The lawsuits were such that anyone in the airlines long enough to remember porn in the O2 mask will also remember when you as the pilot that had nothing to do with it could become liable for porn in the cockpit. The rule at Continental's redheaded stepchild of an airline Coex (post Tammy Blakely) was that if a porn was found in a
conspicuous place in the cockpit then the previous pilot was liable and could be terminated even if they didn't put it there.
Therefore, since you didn't know who (and it didn't have to be a pilot mind you) was going to be in the cockpit next you just needed to destroy it if you found it. In many cases it was flight ops and maintenance management, thanks to the threat of lawsuits, that was looking in the cockpit to ensure there was none. It wasn't so much about ruining the fun as it was preventing someone from having evidence for either a legitimate or get-rich-quick lawsuit.
Originally Posted by
Silver2Gold
Thanks for defining professionalism in aviation there Mr Morality. Let me guess, you just turned 22 and you've got the pilot thing all figured out. Or, your actually old and never did catch on. Let me direct your attention to some of the most professional, golden-handed, pilots to grace the skies - and, to whom the existence of this profession is owed: The army air corps pilots of World War II. They didn't have to hide the pictures in the cockpit - because they painted it on the nose - outside, for the world to see.
Here's the deal Jimmy Swaggert: the same people who are attracted to flying jets (and determined to fly them better than anyone else - ie, professionally) and seeing the world while doing it, just so happen to be the same who are not always concerned with your easily hurt feelings. So, if you don't like it, don't look. Stay in your room and watch PBS. But, don't think you can define professionalism in driving airplanes the same way you do in jobs at zero knots and zero feet - ie, management.
For those who don't know this, porn is free on the internet, just google it and you'll find it. You don't need it in the cockpit, just wait a couple of hours it ain't worth losing your job over.