Originally Posted by
Cloudee
Only in some airport owners condition of use of the airfield. I try and make a point of forgetting mine, still haven’t been hit by an aircraft!
I recall when we were first required to wear high vis vests (as if a white shirt with epaulettes wasn’t a give away that someone was there) and on day 1 we had a bloke hit by the honey cart, managed for years without anyone being flattened by anything let alone the dunny truck.
then on another occasion one of our old and bold 737 captains was bailed up in the terminal by a very indignant ground Ops person “you were seen on the tarmac without your yellow vest on.” His response was “I rest my case” and walked off.
sometimes there are so many yellow vests flashing yellow lights and other “safety” crap that you can’t pick the wood from the trees, they all blend in together making them effectively useless.