Changing the Beard Rule
07-06-2019, 10:16 AM
#191
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
The military has to roll over on stuff like that because they work for congress.
The airlines don't, there's no sign of religious exemptions for beards. I also don't recall ever seeing any religious headgear on US airline pilots, although you might have better luck with that than beards.
Quite frankly US airlines don't WANT their pilots to appear outwardly religious, too many people would be offended one way or another (or scared in some cases). Not about right or wrong, it's about creating an atmosphere that keeps the customers happy... ie, business.
The airlines don't, there's no sign of religious exemptions for beards. I also don't recall ever seeing any religious headgear on US airline pilots, although you might have better luck with that than beards.
Quite frankly US airlines don't WANT their pilots to appear outwardly religious, too many people would be offended one way or another (or scared in some cases). Not about right or wrong, it's about creating an atmosphere that keeps the customers happy... ie, business.
07-06-2019, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Valiant
Aren't airlines also answerable to government cuz they falls under DoT laws??
07-07-2019, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Valiant
Aren't airlines also answerable to government cuz they falls under DoT laws??
07-08-2019, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Valiant
The no beards allowed rule is utterly stupid and comes from military wannabe macho chauvanists 
07-08-2019, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by FollowMe
I suppose it’s that time of year again to rehash the painfully obvious. The requirement to shave has nothing, zero, zip, nada, zilch to do with appearance. It has to do with the safety of your passengers, in a smoke event your mask had better have a good seal. As a former firefighter I would not want to put my life at risk for sake of having a “neatly trimmed beard”, as a pilot I refuse to gamble the lives in the back on it.
07-08-2019, 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
So they must have much better O2 masks in Europe then?
07-08-2019, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by FollowMe
No they don’t, and when a pilot goes unconscious from smoke inhalation and slumps over the controls forcing an unrecoverable dive they will have to answer for why they chose to expose their pax to that risk. I suppose the grieving families will be comforted to hear that the pilot looked very handsome prior to the crash.
07-09-2019, 01:52 AM
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Originally Posted by FollowMe
I suppose it’s that time of year again to rehash the painfully obvious. The requirement to shave has nothing, zero, zip, nada, zilch to do with appearance. It has to do with the safety of your passengers, in a smoke event your mask had better have a good seal. As a former firefighter I would not want to put my life at risk for sake of having a “neatly trimmed beard”, as a pilot I refuse to gamble the lives in the back on it.
So.....explain to me how we can fly with eyeglasses.
07-09-2019, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SonicFlyer
Me thinks you don't know what you're talking about.
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