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I hope yall go with leather jackets.

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 1384398)

I hope yall go with leather jackets.

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How the heck does he keep his ring finger straight while curling his pinky? My hand doesn't work that way.

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Originally Posted by AZFlyer (Post 1384507)

How the heck does he keep his ring finger straight while curling his pinky? My hand doesn't work that way.

Theres a reason why he's famous and completely awesome and you're on an internet message board.

I like different uniforms because I like to know if I'm about to get bumped off the Jumpseat.

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Originally Posted by jackie moon (Post 1384515)

I like different uniforms because I like to know if I'm about to get bumped off the Jumpseat.

I like different uniforms so that when I'm standing in line for crappy airport food next to another pilot, I know if I should look down upon them like the scum of the earth, beg and plead for their business card and hand them my resume, or just start complaining about various schedulers by name.

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Originally Posted by MayDaze (Post 1383706)

The regional guys can look like slobs in their own uniform.

DB much???

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Originally Posted by Red Forman (Post 1384750)

DB much???

Ha, he just said what the rest of us were thinking. I think it comes from the lack of military background. Don't get me wrong, mainline has some slobs as well, but a little part of me dies every time I walk through the commuter gates.

Black sneakers, Dockers, no undershirt, 2 day beard growth, dirty tie/pants/everything... it breaks my heart what they're doing to our profession.

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Originally Posted by KillingMeSmalls (Post 1384773)

Because every mainline pilot came from the military and no regional guys have a military background? Can you paint with a broader brush? There are plenty of slobs in the regionals and an equal amount in mainline. And not a single mainline pilot or group hasn't contributed to the demise of the profession? Grow up and pull your head out of the sand. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Red Forman (Post 1384782)

I cant confirm this but Im pretty sure there are more pilots with military backgrounds at the majors.

If I come to work unkempt I'll definately hear about from the senior pilots. That culture is just not there at some regionals at their uniforms reflect that.

Hopefully one day all jet jobs will be at mainline like it used to be. Most of the flying public doesn't even know when they're not on US Airways (much to management's delight). Different uniforms is just a very small step towards the goal of saving these 10 year F/Os that are making 30k a year.

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Originally Posted by KillingMeSmalls (Post 1384208)

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Originally Posted by nwa757 (Post 1384055)

This should work for you.
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I mean seriously. This we vs us stuff is what creates b-scales, 50% outsourcing, you name it. Are you proud to be a part of a profession where half the pilots can barely afford to raise a family, just because you are in the "upper" half?

If everyone had that attitude, eventually you won't work for any company at all... you'll end up beating your chest about some shell-game company.

Here at JetBlue if they bought a regional and put them in our exact same uniforms, I'm sure people would be a bit ****ed.

One airline wearing different a uniform from another airline does not create "b-scales, 50% outsourcing, you name it". Most of the flying you guys are doing used to be mainline anyways.

All I see here is regional guys that want to be mistaken for mainline guys and mainline guys that don't like to be mistaken for regional guys. I hate to say it, but there is a huge difference.

If you could please leave your inferiority complex on the regional forum that would be great.

If you could leave your superiority complex out of this you would see the big picture. When you put regional pilots in a different uniform you create a us vs them situation. Exactly what management wants, disunity. "Oh his stripes are different, I'm better than him" "Those guys TOOK our flying" No on took anyones flying, it was outsourced when the unions were broken down in bankruptcy.

Get it? The more dis-unity this profession has the more management will take advantage. Either play into it or realize it and act accordingly.

You assumed I fly for a regional. My point exactly.