Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Cargo
ID  to cabin crew on Commercial deadhead >

ID to cabin crew on Commercial deadhead

Notices
Cargo Part 121 cargo airlines

ID to cabin crew on Commercial deadhead

Old 04-01-2019, 10:52 AM
  #21  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: retired
Posts: 560
Default

Originally Posted by navigatro View Post
put it away, nobody cares.
I agree but I have run into that one guy although I did put him in his place so to speak.
filejw is offline  
Old 04-01-2019, 11:25 AM
  #22  
Gets Weekends Off
 
WhipWhitaker's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Apr 2017
Posts: 465
Default

White new balance, jean shorts, Harley Davidson Hawaiian shirt with the lanyard swingin’ is the only way to travel. Comfort and style.
WhipWhitaker is offline  
Old 04-01-2019, 11:49 AM
  #23  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jul 2012
Position: B-757/767 Left Right Left, aww, who can keep up...
Posts: 243
Default

Originally Posted by WhipWhitaker View Post
White new balance, jean shorts, Harley Davidson Hawaiian shirt with the lanyard swingin’ is the only way to travel. Comfort and style.

Or maybe a pair of relatively sand free, old-style Tevas. That's the stuff, yeah!


Seriously, though, the good folk at the KCM station actually want the ID visible as you approach. Pocketed after that except for discount time. Chat up the nearby FAs a bit and that's all they need to decide whether you'll get the extra glug of coke or the like.
b707guy is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 05:22 AM
  #24  
VHR-very happily retired
 
maxjet's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Position: Retired
Posts: 1,406
Default

From a professional standpoint I think it is important that the FA’s know you are there if they need you as an able body. I just say hello to them, make eye contact and expect that they notice my flight deck bag I am carrying when I check bags. They always seem to know without me telling them on mainline. On the regionals I am not so sure they know.
maxjet is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 11:58 AM
  #25  
All is fine at .79
Thread Starter
 
TiredSoul's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,046
Default

I have depilotized my luggage so I don’t stand out like a secret service agent.
TiredSoul is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 12:42 PM
  #26  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Adlerdriver's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: 767 Captain
Posts: 3,987
Default

Originally Posted by aviatorhi View Post
But if you want to guarantee yourself a nightmare be sure to wear civvies going to KWI on a paid ticket. ME, South America, South Asian, and ASEAN countries definitely treat you much better in uniform. Other Asian countries do a little, but not much.
All this I don't understand. Paid ticket routinely in and out of DXB, BAH, SIN, PEN, KUL, TPE, HKG, CAN, PVG, NRT, KIX and once even KWI (no nightmare). All in civvies, crew ID never even left my bag unless I needed to explain to the ticket agent my follow on travel plans. Never a problem - not one. How are you treated "better" for the few minutes you're going through security or immigration that makes the hassle of a wearing a uniform worthwhile? All wearing a uniform does on a paid ticket internationally does is potentially confuse the locals and make it difficult to get into the first class lounge.

Incognito is the way to go, IMO. Board the plan, act like a normal passenger, get your drink on and don't plan on answering any calls for help after you've tossed back a few. That would be a huge mistake.
Adlerdriver is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 12:56 PM
  #27  
Nice lookin' tree, there!
 
frozenboxhauler's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2006
Position: MD-11, old man
Posts: 2,193
Default

Originally Posted by tomgoodman View Post
No disguise will work. F/As can detect a pilot like polar bears can sniff out a seal.
Now, THAT'S Funny!!
fbh
frozenboxhauler is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 01:12 PM
  #28  
Banned
 
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 894
Default

Present the ID in civvies to get a free bottle of water. Then you can put it away.
123494 is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 01:15 PM
  #29  
Banned
 
Joined APC: Oct 2008
Position: Window Seat
Posts: 1,430
Default

Originally Posted by Adlerdriver View Post
All this I don't understand. Paid ticket routinely in and out of DXB, BAH, SIN, PEN, KUL, TPE, HKG, CAN, PVG, NRT, KIX and once even KWI (no nightmare). All in civvies, crew ID never even left my bag unless I needed to explain to the ticket agent my follow on travel plans. Never a problem - not one. How are you treated "better" for the few minutes you're going through security or immigration that makes the hassle of a wearing a uniform worthwhile? All wearing a uniform does on a paid ticket internationally does is potentially confuse the locals and make it difficult to get into the first class lounge.

Incognito is the way to go, IMO. Board the plan, act like a normal passenger, get your drink on and don't plan on answering any calls for help after you've tossed back a few. That would be a huge mistake.
Nah, you're right I imagined all of it. I'm not going to bother trying to prove to you with anecdotal evidence of my personal experience of getting hassled in civvies and being left to do as I please in uniform. All I know is it works for me and most of everyone else who is commuting in and out of the places I go to. First/Biz Class ticket trumps the uniform though if you're on one of those.

Oh, and KWI these days guarantees you waiting in the 2 hour immigration line and buying a visa if you're not in uniform.
aviatorhi is offline  
Old 04-02-2019, 01:28 PM
  #30  
All is fine at .79
Thread Starter
 
TiredSoul's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Position: Paahlot
Posts: 4,046
Default



On topic, notify FA’s was the question not prodding around foreign airports.
TiredSoul is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Poeman
FedEx
1140
02-22-2022 03:37 PM
PasserOGas
JetBlue
196
07-03-2018 05:17 PM
gzsg
Delta
102
08-29-2017 05:12 PM
FlyAstarJets
Major
1
08-24-2012 07:36 AM
Buzzard
Cargo
13
02-05-2007 06:22 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices