Where is the weirdest place you've seen an airline pilot in full uniform???
09-18-2008, 07:07 AM
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I fly charter and have worn my monkey suit into some strange places before.
If we fly into some little airport somewhere and want to go get some food, we never really bother to change clothes. I've strolled into a waffle house in Harnett County, North Carolina at six in the morning wearing my full uniform. No one seemed to mind.
My favorite response about it was the one time I was in Bardstown, Kentucky and went out for lunch. The hostess looked confused and asked very bluntly, "Y'all fly planes or somethin'?"
Occasionally we'll have to restock the airplane's liquor supply when we're on the road, so I'll borrow the FBO's crew car and head to the closest liquor store. I've gotten some strange looks before.
One of the other crews at my company went out to a Fudruckers for lunch and when they got the receipt they found out the cashier had given them the 10% police officer discount.
If we fly into some little airport somewhere and want to go get some food, we never really bother to change clothes. I've strolled into a waffle house in Harnett County, North Carolina at six in the morning wearing my full uniform. No one seemed to mind.
My favorite response about it was the one time I was in Bardstown, Kentucky and went out for lunch. The hostess looked confused and asked very bluntly, "Y'all fly planes or somethin'?"
Occasionally we'll have to restock the airplane's liquor supply when we're on the road, so I'll borrow the FBO's crew car and head to the closest liquor store. I've gotten some strange looks before.
One of the other crews at my company went out to a Fudruckers for lunch and when they got the receipt they found out the cashier had given them the 10% police officer discount.
09-18-2008, 05:32 PM
#43
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Hey - you took mine! Saw a CAL pilot in full garb getting his DMV photo also. "Live through your vocation" anyone? He was probably wondering why I kept giving him the stink eye.
09-18-2008, 07:57 PM
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I've done that!!! My instructor just laughed.
09-18-2008, 08:02 PM
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09-18-2008, 08:04 PM
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09-19-2008, 05:14 AM
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Since I've worked two, sometimes three jobs, most of my life I'm guilty of being caught have in and half out of uniform on a couple of occassions. The secretaries at Fortune 500 companies go nuts over the uniform and it makes it about impossible to Peter Gibbons your way in 15 minutes late.
I warn my passengers not to drink out of the "canteen" in my personal airplane as well. Sometimes you gotta do, what you gotta do. Of course, that's a whole 'nother thread.
I warn my passengers not to drink out of the "canteen" in my personal airplane as well. Sometimes you gotta do, what you gotta do. Of course, that's a whole 'nother thread.
09-19-2008, 05:34 AM
#49
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I fly charter and have worn my monkey suit into some strange places before.
If we fly into some little airport somewhere and want to go get some food, we never really bother to change clothes. I've strolled into a waffle house in Harnett County, North Carolina at six in the morning wearing my full uniform. No one seemed to mind.
My favorite response about it was the one time I was in Bardstown, Kentucky and went out for lunch. The hostess looked confused and asked very bluntly, "Y'all fly planes or somethin'?"
Occasionally we'll have to restock the airplane's liquor supply when we're on the road, so I'll borrow the FBO's crew car and head to the closest liquor store. I've gotten some strange looks before.
One of the other crews at my company went out to a Fudruckers for lunch and when they got the receipt they found out the cashier had given them the 10% police officer discount.
If we fly into some little airport somewhere and want to go get some food, we never really bother to change clothes. I've strolled into a waffle house in Harnett County, North Carolina at six in the morning wearing my full uniform. No one seemed to mind.
My favorite response about it was the one time I was in Bardstown, Kentucky and went out for lunch. The hostess looked confused and asked very bluntly, "Y'all fly planes or somethin'?"
Occasionally we'll have to restock the airplane's liquor supply when we're on the road, so I'll borrow the FBO's crew car and head to the closest liquor store. I've gotten some strange looks before.
One of the other crews at my company went out to a Fudruckers for lunch and when they got the receipt they found out the cashier had given them the 10% police officer discount.
I used to get the "military discount" when I live in Norfolk whenever I went to Starbucks. The first time I tried to explain to them I wasn't in the military and it was more than confusing for them, so I let the issue go.
09-19-2008, 07:17 AM
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Sticky Fingers in Hong Kong. (Bar)
There's a Cathay pilot (or someone dressed like one) that goes in there in full uniform and with a FLIGHT CASE; has one beer and leaves. I've seen him do it twice and I've been so stunned (sober) each time that I haven't chatted with him. Everyone in Sticky's is either a pilot or a Philipina looking to meet a pilot, so you don't exactly need a uniform.
There's a Cathay pilot (or someone dressed like one) that goes in there in full uniform and with a FLIGHT CASE; has one beer and leaves. I've seen him do it twice and I've been so stunned (sober) each time that I haven't chatted with him. Everyone in Sticky's is either a pilot or a Philipina looking to meet a pilot, so you don't exactly need a uniform.
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