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08-20-2013 | 10:11 AM

#4451

badflaps

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From: retired 767(dl)

Musings at TYS: If they do wear hats, why do DCI guys get'em two sizes large?

08-20-2013 | 10:14 AM

#4452

80ktsClamp

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From: Poodle Whisperer

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Originally Posted by captjns

Guess I don't know the secret handshake for that tradition. But hey being overseas for 22 years, what do I know what's going on at home these days.

I rarely see the pre-merger DL guys do it, but it is reasonably common among the pre-merger NW guys.

08-20-2013 | 11:45 AM

#4453

cards5

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badflaps

Musings at TYS: If they do wear hats, why do DCI guys get'em two sizes large?

They're still growing?

08-20-2013 | 12:20 PM

#4454

Al Czervik

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Quote:

Originally Posted by badflaps

Musings at TYS: If they do wear hats, why do DCI guys get'em two sizes large?

Only heads put into mainline DL hats inflate?

08-20-2013 | 02:34 PM

#4455

johnso29

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From: B757/767

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Originally Posted by frmrdashtrash

I've seen more than one guy put a handkerchief over his crotch before putting on the lap belt. What is that all about? (please one honest answer before someone starts talking about covering up a woodrow).

The DC9 seatbelt used to leave a metallic residue on your pants if you didn't do as described above. We on the Diesel 9-osaur called it "shiny crotch."

08-20-2013 | 02:47 PM

#4456

CanoePilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by captjns

Flew with a chap who would take a linen of the galley cart. He put the linen on his lap before fastening his seat belt. He said it prevents lap belt stripes being imprinted on his polyester pants.

if you keep pants that long where that is an issue then some people need to not be so cheap and buy a new pair every 6 months.

08-20-2013 | 02:56 PM

#4457

80ktsClamp

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From: Poodle Whisperer

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Originally Posted by CanoePilot

if you keep pants that long where that is an issue then some people need to not be so cheap and buy a new pair every 6 months.

Every 6 months?? Talk about throwing money away. I retired my initial 3 pairs of pants I got as a newhire this summer. They lasted me 6 years...

08-20-2013 | 02:56 PM

#4458

CanoePilot

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

Every 6 months?? Talk about throwing money away. I retired my initial 3 pairs of pants I got as a newhire this summer. They lasted me 6 years...

well uniform allowances.

08-20-2013 | 02:59 PM

#4459

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CanoePilot

well uniform allowances.

Not at Delta. You're on your own.

08-20-2013 | 03:28 PM

#4460

Jughead

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From: ATL717A

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Originally Posted by DeadHead

The next person who turns the tool of the day thread into a spelling/grammar nazi competition is officially the tool of the day.

I'm mean 3+ fracking pages of this crap, enough already.

There should be a period after the word, crap. A comma isn't strong enough alone to support those two clauses.