Cringe-worthy!
My two cents worth...
Before work the tie and bars remain off, and once in the car after work it's bars and tie off straight away - wings stay on only cause i'm s*it scared of losing the little b*ggers on the underside that keep them on! If I have to stop off somewhere on the way home then the wings are carefully removed!
As for GFPT/PPLs wearing the full get-up - the organisation I trained at made the wearing of "Wings" a very serious thing, and bars weren't of the 'gold' variety but have the company name on them. Wings were only awarded once u had completed CPL, MECIR and ATPL theory, nothing less. Of course they aren't for general wearing, simply a symbol of 3 years of hard work. We were quite dismayed when we found out the place down the road handed them out upon reaching GFPT "status".
The guy in question is no doubt a tosser, and if he thinks it's gonna get him chicks, he's wrong! Telling them he's a dolphin trainer is bound to be much more successful!
TL
Before work the tie and bars remain off, and once in the car after work it's bars and tie off straight away - wings stay on only cause i'm s*it scared of losing the little b*ggers on the underside that keep them on! If I have to stop off somewhere on the way home then the wings are carefully removed!
As for GFPT/PPLs wearing the full get-up - the organisation I trained at made the wearing of "Wings" a very serious thing, and bars weren't of the 'gold' variety but have the company name on them. Wings were only awarded once u had completed CPL, MECIR and ATPL theory, nothing less. Of course they aren't for general wearing, simply a symbol of 3 years of hard work. We were quite dismayed when we found out the place down the road handed them out upon reaching GFPT "status".
The guy in question is no doubt a tosser, and if he thinks it's gonna get him chicks, he's wrong! Telling them he's a dolphin trainer is bound to be much more successful!
TL
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Its quite simple YIPYIO, someone who deliberately wears their pilots unifrom to a nightclub is a ****wit.
Someone who gets around in their pilots uniform while they are shopping or strolling down the main street is also a ****wit
Proud or not, it's no excuse.
Getting around in full regalia highlights serious shortcomings and head up the arse misguided delusions of fantasy.
Someone who gets around in their pilots uniform while they are shopping or strolling down the main street is also a ****wit
Proud or not, it's no excuse.
Getting around in full regalia highlights serious shortcomings and head up the arse misguided delusions of fantasy.
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Yipi,Old mate you are the bloke in question,arnt you!!!!Do you wear your uniform at the bus stop?????I wouldnt even wear my kit when i was doing my IF training,Because i wasnt at work!!!I spose the worst thing about wearing your uniform everywhere is people Probaly think you work for GREYHOUND!!!
A uniform is normally worn by professionals,Mate you arnt there yet,But by the sounds of it your EGO is right on track,Well done.See you up in the territory when you get your CPL.
Happy Flying!!!
A uniform is normally worn by professionals,Mate you arnt there yet,But by the sounds of it your EGO is right on track,Well done.See you up in the territory when you get your CPL.
Happy Flying!!!
Someone who gets around in their pilots uniform while they are shopping or strolling down the main street is also a ****wit
Proud or not, it's no excuse.
Getting around in full regalia highlights serious shortcomings and head up the arse misguided delusions of fantasy.
Proud or not, it's no excuse.
Getting around in full regalia highlights serious shortcomings and head up the arse misguided delusions of fantasy.
You might appear to have a 'thing' for arses by the sound of things P_H_F. Been stuck in your own for too long?
I'm with Sand Dune here....
I'm proud of what I do as well, however I don't see the need to advertise it. I wear my uniform whilst driving to and from work only, and will only in public when it's unavoidable.
I certainly don't have a 'thing' for wearing it out in public, but if I am either doing something before or after work and I couldn't be stuffed going home just to get changed to go to the shop again, the I'll damned-well wear whatever the hell I want, where I want.
But then again, I very rarely wear the bars when I fly anyway, so what is the point.
I've even read here someone having a go at someone else for wearing all the gear, when I know for a fact the person in question wears faded and torn khaki King Gees for his day to day flying. 'Twas a bit silly to see the lack of comprehension of the tounge in cheek nature of the post, but then again the internet doesn't carry with it the nuances of everyday one on one conversation.
Guys, if someone wants to be different to you, then maybe it isn't him/her with the problem. Maybe some of you should start acting your age instead, and just accept that some are different to you, or at least different things have different meanings to other people.
Tolerance and understanding make the world a nicer place, eh?
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I think what people are trying to say are that peoples actions should speak for them - not them for their actions.
The confident pilots I know don't brag/advertise what they do, they simply fly well, display professionalism and good airmanship -and the rest takes care of itself.
I think what people are trying to say are that peoples actions should speak for them - not them for their actions.
The confident pilots I know don't brag/advertise what they do, they simply fly well, display professionalism and good airmanship -and the rest takes care of itself.
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Dawnie, you're obviously referring to me there big fella.
I'm right behind this misunderstood chap. And if the music at this particular establishment was typically too loud then I would be wearing my Dave Clarks as well!
I'm right behind this misunderstood chap. And if the music at this particular establishment was typically too loud then I would be wearing my Dave Clarks as well!
Now now taresa_green,
best not to start picking on the west australians. They have enough of a problem with us people in the "eastern states" (read anything east of the WA border) as it is without giving them anymore of an inferiority complex!
best not to start picking on the west australians. They have enough of a problem with us people in the "eastern states" (read anything east of the WA border) as it is without giving them anymore of an inferiority complex!
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Two of us stuck in Maryborough (Vic) for the day once. Went into town and definately took aff all the bars etc. I had a small backpack with me.
Even still, walking into the pub for lunch, passed a bloke muttering "@#$&ing Mormans..". Evidently my backpack was full of bibles.
Even still, walking into the pub for lunch, passed a bloke muttering "@#$&ing Mormans..". Evidently my backpack was full of bibles.
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dream on, Towering Q, you know he was talking about me 
Actually, so was Ops normal . ( and my ass does look good in the khaki King gee's)
Actually, so was Ops normal . ( and my ass does look good in the khaki King gee's)
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OPS abnormal, why are you so excited about arses?
What connection arses do have with the subject is that you are one if you get around in bars and wings anywhere outside of an airport.
OK then, so you are telling me i'm a ******** for what exactly? Because in the very next sentence you seem to be agreeing with me.
Fool.
What connection arses do have with the subject is that you are one if you get around in bars and wings anywhere outside of an airport.
Now that is what I and many others would call an intellectual response..... You might appear to have a 'thing' for arses by the sound of things P_H_F. Been stuck in your own for too long?
I'm with Sand Dune here....
I'm proud of what I do as well, however I don't see the need to advertise it. I wear my uniform whilst driving to and from work only, and will only in public when it's unavoidable.
I'm proud of what I do as well, however I don't see the need to advertise it. I wear my uniform whilst driving to and from work only, and will only in public when it's unavoidable.
Fool.
I never called you a ******** P_H_F, that word was and is yours entirely.
I never agreed with you, and if your depth of understanding of very simple language is so small, then I guess the....
And the....
Went sailing right on over your obtuse narrow-minded little brain. Now what do you have to say about that?
My remark....
...Still remains to actually be challenged. If you don't like it, then the problem is YOURS, and nobody elses!!!!!
You are getting your all too self important opnion mixed up with what you seem to percieve as reality. If you don't have the intellectual capability to actually mix it in this world then give it a miss, you're out of your depth.
As I said, I very rarely wear the bars, and I have no wings to speak of.
Thrill me. Now bring it on...
Ops.
I never agreed with you, and if your depth of understanding of very simple language is so small, then I guess the....
Big deal if I have to stop at the shop and grab a bottle of milk or loaf of bread something on the way home.
Guys, if someone wants to be different to you, then maybe it isn't him/her with the problem. Maybe some of you should start acting your age instead, and just accept that some are different to you, or at least different things have different meanings to other people.
My remark....
I certainly don't have a 'thing' for wearing it out in public, but if I am either doing something before or after work and I couldn't be stuffed going home just to get changed to go to the shop again, the I'll damned-well wear whatever the hell I want, where I want....
You are getting your all too self important opnion mixed up with what you seem to percieve as reality. If you don't have the intellectual capability to actually mix it in this world then give it a miss, you're out of your depth.
As I said, I very rarely wear the bars, and I have no wings to speak of.
Thrill me. Now bring it on...
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Woe back!!!OpS,
I wish you did wear or the **** soo on a friday night drink at work i can get a carton out of ya!!!
Drinking Beer at work with eppys and wings=FINE=case of beer!!!!
I dont have a prob with wearing my Blue pants and white shirt at the pub ,but be Farked if ive got frilly gold **** on my shirt.
I wish you did wear or the **** soo on a friday night drink at work i can get a carton out of ya!!!
Drinking Beer at work with eppys and wings=FINE=case of beer!!!!
I dont have a prob with wearing my Blue pants and white shirt at the pub ,but be Farked if ive got frilly gold **** on my shirt.
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I LOVVVVE these comments. A real crack up! Me personally.....couldn't give a rats bum what uniform an individual wears or when.
Must admit though, after wearing a uniform in some way shape or form over the years....coudn't have cared less what I looked like when I left the airport. In fact the only time that I took off the glitterey bits ( though after max hours...they weren't glittering no more!) was when after ducking down to the shopping centre to cash the pay check, I realised that I was constantly being asked where are the toliets or where the hell was Best and Less!!!
I'm all for cargo pants, comfortable top, no tie and shoes that don't look like you've worked out of the board room!!
Have to add.... the funniest thing I ever saw was in the late eighties when an individual was spotted at an airport jumping into a tomahawk with a full on helmut and flight suit!!!!. Even funnier was the reaction of the instructor when he got down to the tarmac!!!!!!!!. (the student actually put them on after the briefing outside!!)
Poor little ****** was roared at and made to remove his stuff next to the aircraft and carry it back to the club house!!!!
I'd love to see that again!!
Myself and the mates I was with were rolling around on the grass for 4-5 mins before we could compose ourselves!!!
Now guys....beat that one!
Must admit though, after wearing a uniform in some way shape or form over the years....coudn't have cared less what I looked like when I left the airport. In fact the only time that I took off the glitterey bits ( though after max hours...they weren't glittering no more!) was when after ducking down to the shopping centre to cash the pay check, I realised that I was constantly being asked where are the toliets or where the hell was Best and Less!!!
I'm all for cargo pants, comfortable top, no tie and shoes that don't look like you've worked out of the board room!!
Have to add.... the funniest thing I ever saw was in the late eighties when an individual was spotted at an airport jumping into a tomahawk with a full on helmut and flight suit!!!!. Even funnier was the reaction of the instructor when he got down to the tarmac!!!!!!!!. (the student actually put them on after the briefing outside!!)
Poor little ****** was roared at and made to remove his stuff next to the aircraft and carry it back to the club house!!!!
I'd love to see that again!!
Myself and the mates I was with were rolling around on the grass for 4-5 mins before we could compose ourselves!!!
Now guys....beat that one!
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I dunno about the helmet but Air Force Cadets normally do their flying training in flight suits. Funnily enough, so did the RAAF when they were using CT-4s and I think they still do now during BFS at Tamworth.
One of the good reasons is that it is fire resistant. Our bloke in charge of AAFC flying ops in NSW is a bit of a fan of flying gloves as well for the same reason. I haven't work a flying suit for years (about '97 from memory) but found them comfortable, workable and they had enough pockets to carry EVERYTHING!
One of the good reasons is that it is fire resistant. Our bloke in charge of AAFC flying ops in NSW is a bit of a fan of flying gloves as well for the same reason. I haven't work a flying suit for years (about '97 from memory) but found them comfortable, workable and they had enough pockets to carry EVERYTHING!
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Flight Suit & Helmet
Sadly, this story is true. It was at YSBK several years after Top Gun came out, and we used to stir the fellow concerned and his mate. We used to call them Tom & Nicole... they were always seen together.
We were all young and dumb once, so please forgive this fellow, as he has grown up and would probably look back at the past and laugh with you about it!
We were all young and dumb once, so please forgive this fellow, as he has grown up and would probably look back at the past and laugh with you about it!