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Old 07-25-2021 | 02:00 AM
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I’d rather see neckties go. Hate em.
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Old 07-25-2021 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackwing
I’d rather see neckties go. Hate em.
Yeah, that would be much, much higher on my list of priorities.
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Old 07-31-2021 | 07:26 PM
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My airline tolerated them until last year. We had a recently retired Air Force new hire that stopped shaving in ground school and didn’t pick up a razor, trimmer or clipper since. The last time I saw him, I was embarrassed to be seen near the guy. He had a bald head and a beard that looked like he belonged on a set of Lord of the Rings. He was spoken to by several check airmen and still refused to shave or trim. We are no longer allowed beards. It’s always “that guy” that ruins it.
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Old 07-31-2021 | 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 4runner
My airline tolerated them until last year. We had a recently retired Air Force new hire that stopped shaving in ground school and didn’t pick up a razor, trimmer or clipper since. The last time I saw him, I was embarrassed to be seen near the guy. He had a bald head and a beard that looked like he belonged on a set of Lord of the Rings. He was spoken to by several check airmen and still refused to shave or trim. We are no longer allowed beards. It’s always “that guy” that ruins it.
Why not require beards with no longer than X inches? Yes, a pain to measure, but I have a feeling only a handful would try to push the envelope. And he would be way out of bounds.
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Old 07-31-2021 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
Why not require beards with no longer than X inches? Yes, a pain to measure, but I have a feeling only a handful would try to push the envelope. And he would be way out of bounds.
Would that be nautical or statute inches?
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Old 07-31-2021 | 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
Would that be nautical or statute inches?
And calculate the rate of growth between cuttings in furlongs per fortnight.
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Old 08-05-2021 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
Why not require beards with no longer than X inches? Yes, a pain to measure, but I have a feeling only a handful would try to push the envelope. And he would be way out of bounds.
ours was an unofficial policy. Unfortunately, “that guy” enacted an official policy so that no one looks a war dwarf anymore.
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Old 08-06-2021 | 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Broccoli Rob
I know several people who legitimately have sensitive skin, and for whom shaving daily is a real pain. I don't think making a career decision based on something that contributes to your comfort and happiness is vanity. That may be the case with some people, but I wouldn't paint everyone with the same brush.
Once they turn eighteen and have been shaving for a couple of years, that should go away.

It's actually a standard interview response.

"Sir, can you tell us why you showed up today looking like Grizzly Adams?

"I'm very sensitive."

"You're hired. Please see HR on the way out for your poetry anthology, coonskin cap, and musket. Send in the next man."
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Old 08-07-2021 | 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Once they turn eighteen and have been shaving for a couple of years, that should go away.

It's actually a standard interview response.

"Sir, can you tell us why you showed up today looking like Grizzly Adams?

"I'm very sensitive."

"You're hired. Please see HR on the way out for your poetry anthology, coonskin cap, and musket. Send in the next man."
Well I think Grizzly Adams would've made a damn fine pilot, I don't care what anybody says. And the people I was referring to are all in their 40's and 50's and have been shaving for decades. In their case it's not just the necessity for repeated exposure, they legitimately have sensitive skin.
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Old 08-08-2021 | 04:16 AM
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They're all pilots?

Sensitive pilots?

With the exception of classified operations and poet-pilots, sensitive pilot seems an oxymoron, not that your sensitive snowflake pilot friends are morons. Or oxy's. Or moronic poets who do classified things, because if so, we couldn't really talk about it.

"I'm sorry, sir, that's classified. I could tell you, but then I'd have to shave you. And write a stanza about it."
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