Originally Posted by
Right Engine
If you were to offload a colleague for not bringing a hat, you would probably (in this age of instant messaging) find that would be the last time someone wore a hat when they were rostered with you.
Hats make you look like a security guard. So each to their own, old fart.
Yes I know that many airlines do not even issue a hat these days. The message was that standards are important in in aviation and in my opinion looking the part (keeping the mystery) is just as important. Scruffy individuals in the terminal will not do any of you any good. The public are all too ready to call pilots greedy, overpaid, lazy etc. Aeroplanes are totally automated and you do nothing. Just sit there drinking coffee. As I said I feel you should look your best in the terminal, working or positioning. You may think times have changed but the public will still judge you.
"Love" from an old fart!!