Female Aircrew Hair

[pwwuk]

With so many 'serious' issues on PPRUNE just now I wanted to use the forum to answer a question that's been bouncing between me an a WO for a while .

The regs don't seem clear .. (RAF) ..

If a female in uniform has long hair it has to be in a bun net or pinned.

Aircrew cant use either due to the FOD risk ?

Thus a ponytail dangling down from a bone dome is OK ?

What about when no helmet is being worn ?

Any AP quotes appreciated, could even win me a beer

P.

[Arty Fufkin]

Oh that hair. Thank God.

[Roadster280]

What do the Brazilian Air Force do?

[Seldomfitforpurpose]

Brings a new meaning to low level waxing

[pwwuk]

Now this is just silly ..

but keep it coming ..

[Seldomfitforpurpose]

You started it

[Wensleydale]

And are you still allowed to call it a "cockpit"? Perhaps it should also be a "Box Office".....

[funflier44]

See you haven't lost your touch with words CJ.

[wahwah64]

A woman's hair has to be kept within the helmet as to have a pony tail is deemed a snag issue...

[drustsonoferp]

Perhaps the more pertinent question is that given women in the Service are allowed long hair, and that doing so cannot be contrary to military effectiveness, why can men not do the same?

[Sloppy Link]

If you want to look like a girl then crack on and go the whole hog. If you want to look like a hippy then go and join some other outfit.

[6Z3]

A woman's hair has to be kept within the helmet

I always believed it was the other way round

[pwwuk]

Naughty

[BEagle]

You bad bugger, Weasel!

Here's a nice female aircrew hair-do:

Not forgetting:

or even:

Luvverlyyyyyyyy....

[pwwuk]

& there is me hoping for AP and JSP refs galore !

Note sure my female (and sometimes DFC honoured) colleges will be certain the above are representitive of this century's women military aviators

[Dengue_Dude]

pwwuk

Now THAT is just plain naive . . . expecting anything sensible on this site.



GREAT ISN'T IT ?

[alwayslookingup]

Cheers guys & gals, BANTER at its BEST. The art is alive and well and living on pprune (and in many other places no doubt).

Have just arrived in to work for night shift, got some real sh***y jobs lined up that just have to be done and heard about Andy Murray on the way here, so needed some cheering up.

This thread's achieved the purpose admirably. Long may it continue, and long live the proone, gets me through many a long shift.

ALU.

[pwwuk]

ALU,

at work ? got the AP/JSP handy then ?

Swanwick ?

Anyhow .. any input from our fairer brethren ... ?

I'doubt I'll ever get this back on track .. but no harm trying .. in the meanwhile

[minigundiplomat]

With so many 'serious' issues on PPRUNE just now I wanted to use the forum to answer a question that's been bouncing between me an a WO for a while .

The regs don't seem clear .. (RAF) ..

If a female in uniform has long hair it has to be in a bun net or pinned.

Aircrew cant use either due to the FOD risk ?

Thus a ponytail dangling down from a bone dome is OK ?

What about when no helmet is being worn ?

Any AP quotes appreciated, could even win me a beer

Try getting a proper job. Then you wouldn't have too much time on your hands and could worry about real issues such as manning, equipment, life and death etc.

[Arty Fufkin]

Well said MGD. The last thing we need at this present time is frivolity. Shame on you all for not taking this seriously. Don't you know there's a war on?