I smell troll.
This is extremely hard to believe on several levels.
A (apparently) 37yr old pilot claiming not to know this is illegal? If that's the case what other very basic regulations is the employer going to wonder haven't been absorbed?
So naive that they blab that colleagues are doing this too? Good luck in the crew-room in future whoever you are. You've evidently upset someone already and this revelation isn't going to win any popularity stakes.
So dim they actually admit to this on a public forum and then ask advice on how to mitigate it?
And if not a troll then criminal fraud in the course of duty is a showstopper whether cabin crew or flight deck imo, how can the company have confidence and trust in anyone who either does this at all and/or is so naive/stupid they bleat about it on a public forum?
As for the disgracefully unprofessional, cowardly and dishonest advice given by some others, also purprtedly 'professional' pilots here....
Last edited by meleagertoo; 10th May 2026 at 11:47.