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08-11-2014, 02:01 PM
#2211
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: CRJ CA
Posts: 180
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
Do or do not. Competence outweighs body image. Pun intended.
08-11-2014, 02:31 PM
#2212
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Joined APC: May 2014
Posts: 584
Yeah breezy beat me to it again.
What's your point? I don't think anyone disagrees that someone with a fitted clean uniform looks better than the alternate.
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
All it takes is a little ingenuity on overnights to stay in shape. Walk to a gym near by or if you don't want to do that, go for a jog and throw in some push ups and sit ups.
I don't care if your uniform is fitted and pressed. If you are fat it still looks unprofessional.
What's your point? I don't think anyone disagrees that someone with a fitted clean uniform looks better than the alternate.
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
All it takes is a little ingenuity on overnights to stay in shape. Walk to a gym near by or if you don't want to do that, go for a jog and throw in some push ups and sit ups.
I don't care if your uniform is fitted and pressed. If you are fat it still looks unprofessional.
Haha don't be mad there GQ! At least you'll still look cool in your little pilot uniform.... Let me guess you like to where yours around town so people can see how awesome you are?!...
08-11-2014, 03:10 PM
#2213
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: men without hats
Posts: 374
08-11-2014, 03:14 PM
#2214
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Joined APC: Mar 2013
Position: 175 Left
Posts: 1,539
Quote:
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
I'd rather fly with an overweight CA that's good than a skinny one who can't fly/make decisions or is an a$$. I really don't know what the issue is with this.
Do or do not. Competence outweighs body image. Pun intended.
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
I'd rather fly with an overweight CA that's good than a skinny one who can't fly/make decisions or is an a$$. I really don't know what the issue is with this.
Do or do not. Competence outweighs body image. Pun intended.
You must be a fat guy trying to mentally justify the 6 donuts at breakfast.
"I may die of a heart attack at 40 but at least I can grease it on!"
Last edited by prior121; 08-11-2014 at 03:30 PM.
08-11-2014, 03:19 PM
#2215
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Joined APC: Mar 2013
Position: 175 Left
Posts: 1,539
Quote:
Originally Posted by prior121
Yeah breezy beat me to it again.
What's your point? I don't think anyone disagrees that someone with a fitted clean uniform looks better than the alternate.
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
All it takes is a little ingenuity on overnights to stay in shape. Walk to a gym near by or if you don't want to do that, go for a jog and throw in some push ups and sit ups.
I don't care if your uniform is fitted and pressed. If you are fat it still looks unprofessional.
Haha don't be mad there GQ! At least you'll still look cool in your little pilot uniform.... Let me guess you like to where yours around town so people can see how awesome you are?!...
Originally Posted by prior121
Yeah breezy beat me to it again.
What's your point? I don't think anyone disagrees that someone with a fitted clean uniform looks better than the alternate.
What ticks me off is all these overweight pilots. Especially the young overweight ones. I don't buy this whole "this airline lifestyle keeps me from being in shape/healthy."
All it takes is a little ingenuity on overnights to stay in shape. Walk to a gym near by or if you don't want to do that, go for a jog and throw in some push ups and sit ups.
I don't care if your uniform is fitted and pressed. If you are fat it still looks unprofessional.
Haha don't be mad there GQ! At least you'll still look cool in your little pilot uniform.... Let me guess you like to where yours around town so people can see how awesome you are?!...
Where - an adjective, conjunction, noun or adverb. At, in, to or what some place. Which is not the correct usage when referring to what one has on.
And no I don't. But, I did go to college.
08-11-2014, 03:25 PM
#2216
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
So the military should drop all BMI/physical fitness requirements for all aviators and flight crew, is what you're saying.
08-11-2014, 03:36 PM
#2217
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 977
2) Obese people have an elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke--diabetic shock, heart failure, and strokes are all things that can and do happen unexpectedly to obese individuals.
In short, it doesn't matter how great an obese person's Captain skills or personality is--your weight is a liability and it costs me money because I'm paying the same as you into our health plan, and you're pulling more out of our pool of premiums than I am.
I don't mean to come off as insensitive or cruel--I understand it's easy to fall out of shape in this job, and there are certainly genetic factors and bad eating habits instilled in some communities/families which contribute to our nation's obesity epidemic (ahem, the South).
It does not matter how competent or hard-working you are as an aviator--your weight is a safety issue, and the US is essentially the only country on Earth that allows people with high BMIs to fly airliners.
08-11-2014, 04:02 PM
#2218
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Joined APC: Jun 2014
Position: Mannin' deez blenps
Posts: 193
Okay thanks for all that. (See Above^^^)
Any of you tw*nks go to the roadshows last week? Any rumors out of that jazz?
Any of you tw*nks go to the roadshows last week? Any rumors out of that jazz?
08-11-2014, 04:52 PM
#2219
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Joined APC: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,291
1) Obese people have much higher lifetime health costs than in-shape people--I don't want to pay for someone else's laziness and poor eating habits
2) Obese people have an elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke--diabetic shock, heart failure, and strokes are all things that can and do happen unexpectedly to obese individuals.
In short, it doesn't matter how great an obese person's Captain skills or personality is--your weight is a liability and it costs me money because I'm paying the same as you into our health plan, and you're pulling more out of our pool of premiums than I am.
I don't mean to come off as insensitive or cruel--I understand it's easy to fall out of shape in this job, and there are certainly genetic factors and bad eating habits instilled in some communities/families which contribute to our nation's obesity epidemic (ahem, the South).
It does not matter how competent or hard-working you are as an aviator--your weight is a safety issue, and the US is essentially the only country on Earth that allows people with high BMIs to fly airliners.
2) Obese people have an elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke--diabetic shock, heart failure, and strokes are all things that can and do happen unexpectedly to obese individuals.
In short, it doesn't matter how great an obese person's Captain skills or personality is--your weight is a liability and it costs me money because I'm paying the same as you into our health plan, and you're pulling more out of our pool of premiums than I am.
I don't mean to come off as insensitive or cruel--I understand it's easy to fall out of shape in this job, and there are certainly genetic factors and bad eating habits instilled in some communities/families which contribute to our nation's obesity epidemic (ahem, the South).
It does not matter how competent or hard-working you are as an aviator--your weight is a safety issue, and the US is essentially the only country on Earth that allows people with high BMIs to fly airliners.
So much more to life my man, so much more.
08-11-2014, 05:07 PM
#2220
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Joined APC: Dec 2013
Position: men without hats
Posts: 374
Yeah fat people suck. Moving on... 
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