pwwuk

With so many 'serious' issues on PPRuNe just now I wanted to use the forum to answer a question that's been bouncing between me an a WO for a while .

The regs don't seem clear .. (RAF) ..

If a female in uniform has long hair it has to be in a bun net or pinned.

Aircrew cant use either due to the FOD risk ?

Thus a ponytail dangling down from a bone dome is OK ?

What about when no helmet is being worn ?

Any AP quotes appreciated, could even win me a beer

P.

Arty Fufkin

Oh that hair. Thank God.

Roadster280

What do the Brazilian Air Force do?

Seldomfitforpurpose

Brings a new meaning to low level waxing

pwwuk

Now this is just silly ..

Seldomfitforpurpose

You started it

Wensleydale

And are you still allowed to call it a "cockpit"? Perhaps it should also be a "Box Office".....

funflier44

See you haven't lost your touch with words CJ.

wahwah64

A woman's hair has to be kept within the helmet as to have a pony tail is deemed a snag issue...

Shippers

What!! How can hair be more of a snagging hazard then the two leads that come out of the back of the helmet in the same place? I know a couple of girls who put their hair into a pony tail to fly.

drustsonoferp

Perhaps the more pertinent question is that given women in the Service are allowed long hair, and that doing so cannot be contrary to military effectiveness, why can men not do the same?

Sloppy Link

If you want to look like a girl then crack on and go the whole hog. If you want to look like a hippy then go and join some other outfit.

Unchecked

If a woman's going flying with a helmet on, the hair's goes into a ponytail, purely because a bun won't fit into the helmet ! When back on the ground and the helmet's removed, said hair returns to a bun, as per normal dress regs.

6Z3

I always believed it was the other way round

pwwuk

Naughty

BEagle

You bad bugger, Weasel!

Here's a nice female aircrew hair-do:


Not forgetting:


or even:

Luvverlyyyyyyyy....

pwwuk

& there is me hoping for AP and JSP refs galore !

Dengue_Dude

Now THAT is just plain naive . . . expecting anything sensible on this site.



GREAT ISN'T IT ?

alwayslookingup

Cheers guys & gals, BANTER at its BEST. The art is alive and well and living on PPRuNe (and in many other places no doubt).

Have just arrived in to work for night shift, got some real sh***y jobs lined up that just have to be done and heard about Andy Murray on the way here, so needed some cheering up.

This thread's achieved the purpose admirably. Long may it continue, and long live the PPRuNe, gets me through many a long shift.

ALU.

pwwuk

ALU,

at work ? got the AP/JSP handy then ?

Swanwick ?

Anyhow .. any input from our fairer brethren ... ?

I'doubt I'll ever get this back on track .. but no harm trying .. in the meanwhile