From the beautifully laid out, expensively laminated flyer "The Emirates Pilot Uniform; The image of professionalism";
Quote;
"Hat; It may be removed on board the aircraft, or whilst seated"
"Tie; May be removed once in the flight deck, but must be replaced whenever leaving the fight deck"
So, if a Capt tells you to put the tie back on..tell him to GF!! I think for FOs, this is the only reason to keep this marvelous document in your flight bag..shove it under the nose of the tosser Capt that comes up with that sort of crap.
And by the way..."the image of professionalism??????" At the end of my last far east flight that had started off at 0300, and where the flight was full so therefore no "soft blocked" seats for my crew, I looked at my crew waiting for the train to the other side of the terminal. They had had no reasonable rest, and they were looking ABSOLUTELY shattered..bags under their eyes, sitting on their suitcases, yawning etc. So, our company focuses on wearing a friggin hat "so it looks good", but our crew look like something dragged out of the rubbish bin because EK is too stingy to provide adequate rest either on flights, or for that matter between flights.
A firm grip of the non-essentials!
And no comments about me keeping the uniform flyer please..I keep it for amusement purposes when I'm by myself..keeps me off the porn sites for another three minutes.
