Redbull Cheesedick Awards 2006
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So when I duck in to Gloria Jeans to grab a coffee for the drive into work, I should take off my name badge, wings and bars, then put them back on once I get back in my car.
Well I suppose I could do that, but I probably won't, firstly because it's too much stuffing around, and secondly, because I couldn't care less what a bunch of knobs on PPRUNE think I should do !!!!!
BW
Well I suppose I could do that, but I probably won't, firstly because it's too much stuffing around, and secondly, because I couldn't care less what a bunch of knobs on PPRUNE think I should do !!!!!
BW
Especially for some of these more sensitive Pprooners, I'm gonna wear a latex rubber flying suit next year, with gaboodles of gold stripes draping over my shoulders. And a leather hat.
Feel free to come and insult me if you want - I'll be easy to spot - I'm 6ft 5in
Feel free to come and insult me if you want - I'll be easy to spot - I'm 6ft 5in
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For the likes of NOTAM and co,
So by your logic, if you walk around with your uniform on people will immediately drop to their knees and worship you for the god that you are because you fly aeroplanes. Ahhh....sorry to burst your bubble son but thats not the case. People dont give a rats...its only people like yourself who think that. The general public wouldnt notice whether your took your epps off, wings off or on, wore red shoes or basically wore a clown suit. Its only YOUR ego that thinks that they would notice and want to ask you "are you a real pilot"
Get it
More importantly, GO AUSSIES!! Great start to the ashes 06/07!!! Flintoff is Englands only hope!!
So by your logic, if you walk around with your uniform on people will immediately drop to their knees and worship you for the god that you are because you fly aeroplanes. Ahhh....sorry to burst your bubble son but thats not the case. People dont give a rats...its only people like yourself who think that. The general public wouldnt notice whether your took your epps off, wings off or on, wore red shoes or basically wore a clown suit. Its only YOUR ego that thinks that they would notice and want to ask you "are you a real pilot"
Get it
More importantly, GO AUSSIES!! Great start to the ashes 06/07!!! Flintoff is Englands only hope!!
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manamana hit it on the head. 90% of the public wouldn't know what uniform you are wearing anyway. You / We may think it is an achievement to be a pilot, but I most of the population don't care. [I like the point someone made about other trades. Anyone care to walk up to the builders in the local pub after work wearing the "XYZ Building Company" fluoro shirt and tell them they are tools? I offer two case examples of public not even knowing:
1> Driving to work I realise I need petrol (Should I strip to my underwear?!). I'm wearing a flying suit. Fill up. Petrol man with smile on face : "Are you a race car driver?"
2> Walking to meeting in CBD in RAAF uniform (blues). Bunch of school kids walking past say "Oooooooohhhh... Mr Security guard... you should have tried harder at school" .. haha That made me pi$$ myself laughing!
My point is
1> If you need to do something (like pick up milk / fill up from a servo) on the way home, are you really suggesting "Do your best to ensure no-one [especially another pilot!] knows your a pilot.
2> I think a few of you are a little of the mark (and probably arrogant yourself!) thinking Joe Public either will recognise you are wearing a pilot uniform or actually give a ****.
3> If you are actually dressing up for no reason other than to dress up and be seen by others - then THAT is probably what people here are attacking. The thing is, you need to know whether they were dressing up or were wearing that stuff for a reason (as someone said, a static display at an airshow)
So to extend it should military people change before heading out for a beer after the ANZAC day dawn service? (after their military duty of attending a dawn service has finished)
Actually I believe the manual of dress states that wearing the "Flying Badge" (if entitled) is optional. Should RAAF pilots take their wings off when walking around the base?
haha! classic.
1> Driving to work I realise I need petrol (Should I strip to my underwear?!). I'm wearing a flying suit. Fill up. Petrol man with smile on face : "Are you a race car driver?"
2> Walking to meeting in CBD in RAAF uniform (blues). Bunch of school kids walking past say "Oooooooohhhh... Mr Security guard... you should have tried harder at school" .. haha That made me pi$$ myself laughing!
My point is
1> If you need to do something (like pick up milk / fill up from a servo) on the way home, are you really suggesting "Do your best to ensure no-one [especially another pilot!] knows your a pilot.
2> I think a few of you are a little of the mark (and probably arrogant yourself!) thinking Joe Public either will recognise you are wearing a pilot uniform or actually give a ****.
3> If you are actually dressing up for no reason other than to dress up and be seen by others - then THAT is probably what people here are attacking. The thing is, you need to know whether they were dressing up or were wearing that stuff for a reason (as someone said, a static display at an airshow)
So to extend it should military people change before heading out for a beer after the ANZAC day dawn service? (after their military duty of attending a dawn service has finished)
Actually I believe the manual of dress states that wearing the "Flying Badge" (if entitled) is optional. Should RAAF pilots take their wings off when walking around the base?
haha! classic.
I ran into Coles in uniform once and an old lady asked me if I work there and if I knew where the isle with the cereal was!!
To get to the point though, I do feel sorry for the guys that dress up in full uniform to go out shopping...
And I know at least one of them!I have also heard these words come out of a pilots mouth once too: "If only all these people here knew we are pilots.."
On the other hand, I wish I had met more pilots when I was a kid, I would have definitely asked a couple of questions..The only problem is that the only way to recognise a pilot is from his uniform!
I guess any young kid is better off without the advice and inspiration of a pilot who is ashamed to walk around in his uniform though..
Hooroo.
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This thread reminds me again about the situation with long-haul QF crew and their jackets!!! The skipper is meant to decide whether it's "jackets on" or "jackets off", and the whole crew is meant to follow suit (hey, how about that for a pun). For what? Appearances to the public?
The ONLY people who notice whether some crews are wearing jackets while some aren't are......yep... the crew themself. The passengers, if the thought even crossed their minds, don't give a TOSS! All they care about is A to B safely, for crying out loud.....
Ah yes, Australian aviation.....
The ONLY people who notice whether some crews are wearing jackets while some aren't are......yep... the crew themself. The passengers, if the thought even crossed their minds, don't give a TOSS! All they care about is A to B safely, for crying out loud.....
Ah yes, Australian aviation.....
Haha...I gotta admit that is really funny!!
Thanks Sandy. Next time the police pull me up for speeding, I'll throw on my zoom-bag and protest "But I'm a race car driver..."
And if I was a woman I'd bat my eyelids a little.
And if I was a woman I'd bat my eyelids a little.
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if I was a woman I'd bat my eyelids a little
However, years and years and years ago, a woman used the normal bodily function of each month
as a reason for speeding! Talk about embarrassment when it was read in open court!! 
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On my way home the other day I stoped at the servo to fill up, went into pay and got a discount because he thought I was a taxi driver. so I wear my uniform everytime I go now.
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Personally I don't see the problem, clothes are clothes and you'd have to be pretty shallow to judge someone on something so materialistic. I don't take my work uniform off when I go to get lunch or go home, that would just be stupid. (Though I take my name badge off....It annoys me when people I don't know say hi will, and I have to try and remember if I know them form somwhere or not...)
Its a bit rich to chuck your uniform on for no reason, but I dont see the point in taking off epaullettes and such the minute you sign off on the roster... Taxi drivers don't seem to have this porblem...
I dunno, but I think some people need to chillax... so much aggression about something so silly...
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Arh yes... good to see the "cheesedick factor" and "wally meter" being maxed out again... but NO ONE, no matter how much OF a Cheesedick they are... will ever take my title away!
good to see the "cheesedick factor" and "wally meter" being maxed out again... but NO ONE, no matter how much OF a Cheesedick they are... will ever take my title away!
You don’t have to be in uniform to be noticed
It was reported that just the other day a young lady walked into the local police station claiming that she had been sexually assaulted by a Qantas Pilot,
The desk Sergeant, whilst taking the details down, asked how could she be so sure that the naked assailant was a Qantas Pilot
She was adamant.
The Sergeant than asked her how could she be so sure that he was a Qantas Pilot, to which she replied,
He had a big watch
Little Dick
And never stopped talking about himself !!
It was reported that just the other day a young lady walked into the local police station claiming that she had been sexually assaulted by a Qantas Pilot,
The desk Sergeant, whilst taking the details down, asked how could she be so sure that the naked assailant was a Qantas Pilot
She was adamant.
The Sergeant than asked her how could she be so sure that he was a Qantas Pilot, to which she replied,
He had a big watch
Little Dick
And never stopped talking about himself !!
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just my 8 cents worth (inflation plus gst incl 
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.. if you've been awarded those stripes you wear on your shoulders by the airline you work for, then wear them proudly coz you've done the hard yards and earnt them!
.. but if you've just bought w@nker bars from the local pilot supply shop, then, as they say down in bay 13 at the G, .. u are a w@nker...
) .. if you've been awarded those stripes you wear on your shoulders by the airline you work for, then wear them proudly coz you've done the hard yards and earnt them!
.. but if you've just bought w@nker bars from the local pilot supply shop, then, as they say down in bay 13 at the G, .. u are a w@nker...
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training wheels - spot on mate! 
Capt_Cheesedick - better watch out. Looks like there are a few looking to take your title!
The "wally meter" seems to be going off the scale!
- spot on mate! Capt_Cheesedick - better watch out. Looks like there are a few looking to take your title!
The "wally meter" seems to be going off the scale!
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Amen brother! (NOTAM).
One thing has been forgotten in all this... when in uniform (wearing bars/wings etc) you are reflecting and representing the company who employs you... or the industry as a whole if not employed.
You are to reflect a responsible, level-headed, educated (both socially and technically) mature attitude...one which puts the public at ease with you at the controls, not quivering in fear wondering about your "wally" or "cheesedick" meter reading!
...let us pray...
One thing has been forgotten in all this... when in uniform (wearing bars/wings etc) you are reflecting and representing the company who employs you... or the industry as a whole if not employed.
You are to reflect a responsible, level-headed, educated (both socially and technically) mature attitude...one which puts the public at ease with you at the controls, not quivering in fear wondering about your "wally" or "cheesedick" meter reading!
...let us pray...