Funny thing about the backpacks.

First off, I don't wear a backpack. Remarkably, I can get 6 days worth of socks, T-shirts, underwear, overnight clothes, spare uniforms, workout clothing, resistance bands, tennis shoes, toiletry bag, phone charger, netbook and charger, phone charger, umbrella, and other miscellaneous crap into my PNS bag without having to carry a man purse around. Granted, I don't bring food except for Cliff bars with me.

In 10 years, I've been in 10 different domiciles, never been based at home. Which has 1 legacy carrier with a large pilot domicile, 1 LCC, and the typical mish mash of express carriers. Of the 10 I've been based in, only 2 had a single carrier with a legacy pilot domicile there. The other 8 had multiple legacy pilot domiclies.

Strange enough, I saw plenty of legacy pilots wearing backpacks, ipods, and believe it or not, baseball hats in the terminal while in uniform at the 10 different domiciles. As well as the place I commute out of. Ain't that some sh1t?