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04-03-2013 | 02:24 PM
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04-03-2013 | 02:36 PM
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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.
04-04-2013 | 05:03 AM
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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.
Black sneakers, Dockers, no undershirt, 2 day beard growth, dirty tie/pants/everything... it breaks my heart what they're doing to our profession.
04-04-2013 | 05:19 AM
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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.
Black sneakers, Dockers, no undershirt, 2 day beard growth, dirty tie/pants/everything... it breaks my heart what they're doing to our profession.
04-04-2013 | 07:32 AM
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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.
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.
04-04-2013 | 09:22 AM
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This should work for you.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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