Why wear uniforms
07-30-2007, 04:48 PM
#44
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07-30-2007, 05:15 PM
#45
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: B777 Left
Posts: 736
Hey, we all ***** and moan about the way the a/c look. Peeling paint, different panels from different paint jobs, etc. etc. Does it give you a warm fuzzy to be in an airplane that looks like crap. But it flies fine. I have flown with very few pilots that looked like crap but were outstanding and vice versa. Generalization, I know and probably many examples to the contrary. One very small reason United's strike was successful way back yonder was the professionalism and looks of the picket line. It was a model that everyone seems to follow these days. You want to be taken seriously, act and look serious. Simple, really.
OH and BTW, just show up for your interview in jeans and a tshirt. "But I can really fly really good, and have lots of quality time. What difference does it make what I look like?" That'll get you the job, for sure. Just remember this little gem, "It doesn't matter how good or bad you do a job, it's how good you look doing it. (unless of course metal or people are bent)".
OH and BTW, just show up for your interview in jeans and a tshirt. "But I can really fly really good, and have lots of quality time. What difference does it make what I look like?" That'll get you the job, for sure. Just remember this little gem, "It doesn't matter how good or bad you do a job, it's how good you look doing it. (unless of course metal or people are bent)".
07-30-2007, 05:21 PM
#46
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: RC-3 Seabee. Skipper of the A21 cutter.
Posts: 897
Hey, we all ***** and moan about the way the a/c look. Peeling paint, different panels from different paint jobs, etc. etc. Does it give you a warm fuzzy to be in an airplane that looks like crap. But it flies fine. I have flown with very few pilots that looked like crap but were outstanding and vice versa. Generalization, I know and probably many examples to the contrary. One very small reason United's strike was successful way back yonder was the professionalism and looks of the picket line. It was a model that everyone seems to follow these days. You want to be taken seriously, act and look serious. Simple, really.
I actually like the chipping paint and dirty engines. Gives the planes character. Especially the old DC-3 freighters in LGB. Loud roaring radials, blowing smoke, oil skidmarks on the cowling, chipping paint!! Haugh Haugh Haugh!! Same with those dirty old 747-100/200s and greasy DC-10Fs!!! MANS' AIRPLANES!! Oil, grease, noise and CHIPPING PAINT!!!! Haaarr!!
07-30-2007, 11:09 PM
#47
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Joined APC: Dec 2006
Position: I was acquired, Not Hired
Posts: 1,784
You guys at FedEx wear sneakers when you fly.....Major Wardrobe Malfunction...how many times have you been told..."slippers only" at altitude.
Last edited by FliFast; 07-30-2007 at 11:41 PM.
07-31-2007, 03:28 AM
#48
...Whatever It Is!
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 4,680
). I'll be in propoer wardrobe from TPE to ANC later this week!
08-04-2007, 05:25 PM
#50
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 68
jeez guys...
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