ShyTorque

I was wearing epaulettes, but to no consequence. I fly for a living, have done so for 32 years now; it's my present company uniform and I was on duty. No-one objected or even mentioned it. If they had, as a paying visitor I would have told them where to stick the club's unwritten rules, as any reasonable person would, especially in the circumstances.

I repeat again - the issue on the day was that my passenger strongly objected to the way he was treated on arrival. He didn't go to use the club or its facilities (nor did I), merely to get to a further destination.

Edit: I didn't steal the telly and I didn't bring any children along.

percy prentice

Suggest you and your pax are more suited for the VIP area at EGLL or maybe EGWU, you pay a little more but they give you large amounts of respect & are used to people arriving in all sorts of uniform, from Crowns & even down to orange boiler suits

wsmempson

I still don't understand the mystery that surrounds the scandelous way your paying passenger was treated. What happened - spill the beans please? Otherwise we'll just have to assume that your SLF was caught dogging in the carpark....

Zulu Alpha

Probably blocked Eds view of the specials menu.

ZA

ShyTorque

PP,

Thanks; we do go to EGLL too. Quite a bit cheaper than EGLW. Strangely enough, a previous uniform was an orange flying coverall with a crown on it. That is, when we weren't wearing the dark blue ones.

There's no mystery about anything and no scandal.

Wessex Boy

Thanks for the Character reference ZA, and good to see you at Conington Aeros Comp today!

We decided not to risk going to WW and had our lunch at a Pub by the Thames in Windsor instead. I will try flying in at some point as I have long wanted to visit

Oh, almost forgot, if you are an Aero-ist and want Flying clothing sans eppoulettes I may know someone who can help

BEagle

I do wish you dim civvies would learn that an 'epaulette' is the loop of cloth on uniform shirts or flying overalls upon which rank slides - the things (often with various gold bars) which seem to cause you so much angst - are worn.

Either one wears a uniform or one does not. Removal of uniform rank slides in order to avoid causing alleged offence to a few Golf Alfa Good Morning poseurs in a flying club bar is plain daft - far better to change into off-duty clothes altogether, surely?

eharding

Beagle, pictured earlier, along with the horse he rode in on.



I rest my case. He could have someone's eye out with that sword, if they hadn't already been blinded by the sunlight reflecting from the bling.

cockney steve

^^^ that's a cunning stunt ,but he's far too young to have 15K + posts, so obviously it's not BEAgle

Keygrip

Not according to the dictionary, it isn't. I agree with your "rank slides", however.

Human Factor

... because, as was pointed out earlier, you were flying a commercial operation into White Waltham.

If you were a passing Nigel (or Walter Mitty), who wandered in wearing full regalia, the round would follow as surely as night follows day.

ShyTorque

It wasn't me who brought that subject up, I merely responded to the implied criticism.

TheGorrilla

[quote]I do wish you dim civvies would learn that an 'epaulette' is the loop of cloth on uniform shirts or flying overalls [quote]

Great one! Nice.... Well done BEagle.

Being a thick civvy I feel too inferior to mention that the word "epaulets" simply means "shoulders".

Won't be taking it too literally when I walk into the bar, I'm not so tight as to go lopping off both arms to avoid buying a round.

Saab Dastard

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