Originally Posted by
Sleeve Wing
That’s a questionable comment, bafanguy.
Were you ever a military pilot ? During my career, watch companies would have arrangements with forces purchasing departments in order to provide reliable timepieces to crews, as well as the added bonus of maybe promoting their wares. Omega used to do it and Seiko still do. Quite legit. and nothing to do with promoting jealousy. Obviously the same applies to the past SAS deal.
Perhaps if you removed your union sunglasses for a moment ?
Uuum, ok. It was just a tongue-in-cheek comment about managements' historic attitudes toward pilots...not buying watches for pilots. I was just goofin' and bein' a wiseguy.
My employer gave us watches too...and the union was complicit in seeing to it I lost a huge chunk of my pension. So...