A professional pilot is...........
Our friend here has probably never had to squint into the setting sun in search of the PAPI whilst on final for RW28 at Broome.
When it comes to protection from the sun, bear in mind that when the sun is low (near the horizon) it has only a tiny fraction of the destructive power it has when higher up.
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If your profile is to believed, you're arguing from a position of enthusiastic ignorance.
Whilst I hate baseball caps on a personal level, having squinted into the rising,setting and other suns, along with ITCZ, for many many years, I can understand why some pilots choose to use them. The sun streaming through the eyebrow window onto my balding pate, I'm sure does me no good.
Further, have you considered that whilst a baseball cap doesn't protect the ears, as say an Akubra would, it does protect the eyes and bulk of the head?
If your profile is to believed, you're arguing from a position of enthusiastic ignorance.
Whilst I hate baseball caps on a personal level, having squinted into the rising,setting and other suns, along with ITCZ, for many many years, I can understand why some pilots choose to use them. The sun streaming through the eyebrow window onto my balding pate, I'm sure does me no good.
Further, have you considered that whilst a baseball cap doesn't protect the ears, as say an Akubra would, it does protect the eyes and bulk of the head?
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I cannot see how baseball caps could offer any significant sun protection. If airline aircraft were like fighter jets with glass canopies then I could believe the cap would give some protection to the face, but that limited protection would be dependent on the head/sun geometry being just right.
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A professional pilot always shows professional courtesy and airmanship to other pilots even if from companies that dont quite see eye to eye.
Does airmanship even exist anymore????? hard to find if it does.
Does airmanship even exist anymore????? hard to find if it does.
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A professional pilot is the one looking up at the sky- be it at a funeral / BBQ / footy / beach / wedding / while driving.....
How many of us have almost had a road prang while watching an aircraft overhead!
How many of us have almost had a road prang while watching an aircraft overhead!
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A professional pilot is...........
...getting cheaper and cheaper these days.
=professional!! 
Speaking of ball-caps, on the "faggot-maggot" fleet there are a number of drivers who do tend to wear their caps backwards. Apparently it's so that the brim doesn't get in the way.....
How many of us have almost had a road prang while watching an aircraft overhead
Speaking of ball-caps, on the "faggot-maggot" fleet there are a number of drivers who do tend to wear their caps backwards. Apparently it's so that the brim doesn't get in the way.....
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Originally Posted by Capt Claret
A professional pilot is able to disagree with some one on PPRuNe without using words like:
to name a few.
- scab.
to name a few.
I know plenty of pilots that frequently use the word "scab" and by far they are the most professional, LOYAL, unselfish, dedicated pilots that you can meet. They sacrificed a lot for the good of the company/s only to have it shat back in their face by these "scabs". And you think it is unprofessional if you call someone a scab? In my opnion, scab is letting the
`s off lightly.
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Actually the harmful UV rays that cause skin cancer and sunburn cannot pass through glass. So the glass cockpit windows in airliners (or glass canopies) naturally protects our skin from the sun. Personally I wear a baseball cap to cut down glare, and because the full fighter helmet is a bit heavy. I can do this because like most airlines in this part of the world, the airline that I work for issued it.
Sorry Psychojoe, that's another myth. Pilots have the highest rate of skin cancers on face and hands of any professional group. This comes from my Dermatologist who is quite senior in his professional group. From personal experience, if I don't wear sunscreen I will burn on any exposed skin whilst in the aircraft.
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here we go.........
A BROFESSIONAL pilot is one who stays out of trouble,by using his/her BROFESSIONAL judgement to avoid situations which might require the use of his/her BROFESSIONAL skills................(rangi mate,grab me another tinnie please,will ya)
notice I used the his/her thing...now thats BROfessional...kapai!!!
A BROFESSIONAL pilot is one who stays out of trouble,by using his/her BROFESSIONAL judgement to avoid situations which might require the use of his/her BROFESSIONAL skills................(rangi mate,grab me another tinnie please,will ya)
notice I used the his/her thing...now thats BROfessional...kapai!!!
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Originally Posted by Capt Claret
Well ballsdeep, I guess if one has got to resort to calling others names, it just proves there's little or no substance to one's argument. 
Dinnnnnng!
