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Old 28th Dec 2017, 05:24
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DirectAnywhere
 
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Some of it was pretty off colour but frankly, some of these guys, and it’s largely guys, bring it upon themselves.

Some of them have very active Instagram and Facebook accounts, generating significant traffic and engaged in commercial deals with a significant number of suppliers.

At that point, their profile is no longer personal, they are an influencer and their social media persona reflects a business.

It’s not unreasonable then that self-aggrandising, self-indulgent, self-promoting social media posts, including some I’ve seen which could only be described as semi-naked, while trading off their supposed reputation and social standing as a pilot, to earn money, are called out for what they are.

Once upon a time being a pilot was relatively respectable line of work. What is it now?
Some of these guys would also do well to remember that.

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