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Whoopsmybad 03-07-2022 12:45 PM
Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 3384689)
Maybe you haven't hurt anyone, but you do leave with Nutella (and other items for the $100 minimum exit receipt). Mission complete!!

The term "mission" is a subtle suggestion that completing the flight is more important that it really is. It is also leftover military nomenclature used by people in FltOps who still wear callsign nametags on Fridays.
I call bull crap here. Never seen anyone wearing with anything other than their name.

cantflylist 03-07-2022 12:52 PM
Originally Posted by Gunfighter (Post 3384689)
Maybe you haven't hurt anyone, but you do leave with Nutella (and other items for the $100 minimum exit receipt). Mission complete!!

The term "mission" is a subtle suggestion that completing the flight is more important that it really is. It is also leftover military nomenclature used by people in FltOps who still wear callsign nametags on Fridays.
Well - depends how you define the mission. 121 mission is to deliver on time comfortable and efficient transport from A to B, without ever compromising safety.
That is a mission I signed up for. (no military history)

20Fathoms 03-07-2022 01:38 PM
Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad (Post 3384759)
I call bull crap here. Never seen anyone wearing with anything other than their name.
I have. Very rarely but definitely on more than one occasion.

Gunfighter 03-07-2022 01:39 PM
Originally Posted by cantflylist (Post 3384763)
Well - depends how you define the mission. 121 mission is to deliver on time comfortable and efficient transport from A to B, without ever compromising safety.
That is a mission I signed up for. (no military history)
In the interest of corporate harmony, I chose the definition penned by our executives.

Delta Air Lines Mission Statement

We—Delta's employees, customers, and community partners together form a force for positive local and global change, dedicated to bettering standards of living and the environment where we and our customers live and work.

That is our mission. Pilots conduct flights.


I rode in a cab from JFK-LGA with a driver on a "mission" to get us there. It was the scariest ride of my life. Please don't do that to air line passengers.

Klondike Bear 03-07-2022 06:20 PM
Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad (Post 3384759)
I call bull crap here. Never seen anyone wearing with anything other than their name.
I saw it one time. I asked the guy about what he flew in the military. Turned out he was a civilian only guy who just wanted a call sign.

Gone Flying 03-07-2022 06:26 PM
Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad (Post 3384759)
I call bull crap here. Never seen anyone wearing with anything other than their name.
seen it once, but it was not an obvious call sign and was a (albeit uncommon) first name, just not his. I’ve yet to see anything like “maverick” or “slider”

Originally Posted by Klondike Bear (Post 3384953)
I saw it one time. I asked the guy about what he flew in the military. Turned out he was a civilian only guy who just wanted a call sign.
sounds like a tool.

Bergman 03-08-2022 12:32 AM
Originally Posted by bluejuice71 (Post 3383418)
When I was in the service and you didn’t wear your uniform as required your ass was toast! Why should it be any different here? Leaving uniform decisions up to individual pilots is a terrible decision because I’ve seen what pilots wear when they choose what they are going to wear. There’s a reason there are uniform standards. We’d look like a bunch of clowns in the circus. Now wear your uniform as specified in FOM and stop whining like the babies you all are acting like.
What year did you graduate from the Air Force Academy?

JustNarced 03-08-2022 03:33 AM
Originally Posted by Bergman (Post 3385035)
What year did you graduate from the Air Force Academy?
C17

filler

DWC CAP10 USAF 03-08-2022 10:59 AM
Originally Posted by Whoopsmybad (Post 3384759)
I call bull crap here. Never seen anyone wearing with anything other than their name.
Used to be LCP in NYC had callsign and last name on his name tag on his white shirt.

20Fathoms 03-08-2022 11:08 AM
Originally Posted by DWC CAP10 USAF (Post 3385266)
Used to be LCP in NYC had callsign and last name on his name tag on his white shirt.
That’s rookie level stuff. I have my APC username on mine.


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