Reading in the cruise and a lack of personal hygiene?
Hi All,
Unfortunately for some I fall into the 'German' category wrt reading in the cruise. I believe we are paid money to do a job and to do it to the best of our ability (hence it being a profession). There are enough hours in the day to read newspapers/magazines etc. when you are NOT in an operating seat of a fast-moving vehicle carrying fare-paying pax.
Here's my dilemma. In times past, F/Os customised their behaviour to whichever captain they were flying with. If s/he was happy to have the F/O read then so be it. Now it seems to be a given that newspaper reading is the norm (making me the quarefellah!!). My point being how do you ensure that your colleague is aware of your feelings on the subject and therefore at least for that day's flying will have to forego his sudoku, crossword etc?