Interesting times. Passenger aircraft fly cargo and cargo aircraft fly passengers.

Welcome to the Freight Dawg world fellow pax brothas. You may get your own coffee/meals, but no reason to shut the door, deal with Pax or Pax handlers and you can fly in your pajamas. And for those former Masters of the Freight - Welcome Back!

Yeah. Please, just don't. Change your uniform shirt if you like, but keep the jammies and slippers out of the cockpit. Be professional. Evac on the runway with the evening news cameras on ya, looking like a big doofus. Just don't.

No way you're a freight dawg. My GOM states that the uniform will be worn properly until at least top of climb and until above 10,000 ft MSL for non-operating pilots. Worn again prior to top of descent. If you wear your uniform for 10 hours in the dark on a freighter.....I just can't trust you.

Yup many do, you can fly in pajamas and when has the news really cared about true freight dawgs unless landing at the wrong airport which several have done, including mil (daylight hours.) Try to do it at night so you can sneak out and look for “those pilots” like everyone else will be, do your best crew chief/Mx guy impressions. I do like your “CP” vs Flight Deck reference as a true professional. I’ll have you know my crew comfort and plane come first, yup I crack myself up. Uniform looks great and snappy just like you during departure or decent, well maybe no tie. But then above 10,000 it’s time for bibs, and chill wear, galley works, dozing for a dollar or 2, etc. in true crew dawg fashion. Maybe a ball cap instead of a wheel cap as many do as well, but wait - my O2 mask... Been to chamber several times so I know I won’t pass out in mere seconds. No apologies for being comfortable.

Goinaround, if you don’t get your RIO on your next flight. Call me, I’d rather fly with you! Ahhh Hell, I do fly a plane full of rubber dog sh*t out of Hong Kong.

Posted on the “Delta to furlough” thread if I recall, man that thread is moving. Thought Delta was getting rid of their 6 or so 350s, could be totally wrong on that, but this below was interesting. Someone is thinking, good for them. I mean hell, “We went to the moooon!” Or as some say “Did we?” Prefer that we did.

“Just flew an A 350 LAX-ICN with zero pax, 17K below deck. Going back will have cargo funneled from PVG. I don’t think we’re doing it just for fun. AC pulled some seats from a few 777-300s to carry some cargo load on the main deck as well. There is some creative thinking in play around the industry.”

My United 777 bud texted me how it was phenomenal flying just cargo over the pond, door open in his dream wear. He didn’t mention any configuration changes, probably just belly freight.

Dude, lay off the crack.

Interesting, you quoted “Dirtypurple” on the “China testing FCIF”. Don’t know if you even read what you quote/post, but it’s good advice from DP. Here’s a specific recap for you “I try to keep snarky responses to a minimum, block trolls, and only contribute constructively the discussion.”

It’s free speech; therefore, your welcome in exercising your right. Your welcome for that. Any good thoughts/contributions/insight would be appreciated, but if it’s trying to be funny then I’ll go with that everlasting always funny for decades old answer. Good stuff too.

As Nando says... “It’s better to look good than fly good.”

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Hahaha! True for many and that was Great. Just remember, a Costanza will always be a Constanza! Now that’s a funny pic!