Pilots wearing uniforms at airports
It bothers me none whom does what re uniforms but every now & then, but not often wearing ones work clobber gives me a smile by way of a funny comment.
Last one was a classic............Scene: Me in my Emerg Service suit grabbing some food for dinner that night while on my way to the 'office' Young mum with kid in tow oh about 5 years old. Kid says to mum out loud as mum & kid passes me in the isle look mummy there's a policeman
Bloody coppers impersonating us Aero Med drivers
I love it one of the perks of the job
I think it's nice to see a pilot in his 'suit' being proud of whom/what he iseven if it is in public
Wmk2
Last one was a classic............Scene: Me in my Emerg Service suit grabbing some food for dinner that night while on my way to the 'office' Young mum with kid in tow oh about 5 years old. Kid says to mum out loud as mum & kid passes me in the isle look mummy there's a policeman
Bloody coppers impersonating us Aero Med drivers
I love it one of the perks of the jobI think it's nice to see a pilot in his 'suit' being proud of whom/what he iseven if it is in public
Wmk2
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Laughing my arse off, Keg. I remember getting "BE SAFE'd" over at the Evil Empire for jay-walking a couple of years ago. And I was in civvies....
I remember a few years before you got your command, and when young 'Jarsephine' was of a more innocent age. And you know how kids repeat things they hear from adults
I know I've told this story before, but it's entirely appropriate. We were up at Macquarie Centre doing a bit of shopping on an RDO. Well, we walk past Cordony Bros (chicks) hairdressers, when this brand new QF captain walks out in full regalia after a (an?) haircut into the centre. He looks left, looks right, puts his cap on and walks off into the carpark with a really spiffy swagger (a truly cringeworthy event).
Young 'Jarsephine' looks at me innocently, and says "Ooh, they really are wankers, daddy".
I had nothing to do with THAT one. I had words with Mrs. Jarse that evening
I put my crap on my uniform before I go to work, and take it off when I get home. Mostly because my memory is failing fast, and if I get to work and go "****, I left my name tag at home" 2 things spring to mind:
1. How am I going to remember my name if I don't have my name tag, and;
2. It's too far to drive home and to try to remember where I put it when I took it off last time....
So I just try to remember to put it on my shirt before I jump in the car.
Now, if only I can remember where I left my Jepps.........
I remember a few years before you got your command, and when young 'Jarsephine' was of a more innocent age. And you know how kids repeat things they hear from adults
I know I've told this story before, but it's entirely appropriate. We were up at Macquarie Centre doing a bit of shopping on an RDO. Well, we walk past Cordony Bros (chicks) hairdressers, when this brand new QF captain walks out in full regalia after a (an?) haircut into the centre. He looks left, looks right, puts his cap on and walks off into the carpark with a really spiffy swagger (a truly cringeworthy event).
Young 'Jarsephine' looks at me innocently, and says "Ooh, they really are wankers, daddy".
I had nothing to do with THAT one. I had words with Mrs. Jarse that evening
I put my crap on my uniform before I go to work, and take it off when I get home. Mostly because my memory is failing fast, and if I get to work and go "****, I left my name tag at home" 2 things spring to mind:
1. How am I going to remember my name if I don't have my name tag, and;
2. It's too far to drive home and to try to remember where I put it when I took it off last time....
So I just try to remember to put it on my shirt before I jump in the car.
Now, if only I can remember where I left my Jepps.........
I see nothing wrong with stopping in to grab dinner on the way home, but what about if in the course of picking up ones tucker on the way home an opportunity to pickup presents itself?
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ENOUGH............... of wearing my bling to and from work coz I just grabbed some motion lotion from the servo and a member of the same sex just handed me his phone number. Never will I do it again.
I am sorry it will never happen again
I am sorry it will never happen again
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what about if in the course of picking up ones tucker on the way home an opportunity to pickup presents itself?
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Nope no latex!! and I have a head like a deep sea racing turtle as well
But I did look up tosser in the dictionary as I have been a little concerned about the way poeple have been branding others on this thread and it read:
TOSSER- one who parks in the staff parking at an airport brandishing a JeT PILOT sticker and AVI8TOR sticker on the back window.
Seriously some are aerosexuals.
But I did look up tosser in the dictionary as I have been a little concerned about the way poeple have been branding others on this thread and it read:
TOSSER- one who parks in the staff parking at an airport brandishing a JeT PILOT sticker and AVI8TOR sticker on the back window.
Seriously some are aerosexuals.
There used to be a Holden ute at directair with Pil8t as the number plate.
It gave me a chuckle every time I saw it.
Or the Vincint guys sipping lattes at the coffee club in Casuarina shopping centre donning the full uniform discussing varying idiosyncrasies of CAO 20.7.1b. If I didn't know 'em and know they were decent blokes, the camera would have been out for a happy snap.
Got to love it
It gave me a chuckle every time I saw it.
Or the Vincint guys sipping lattes at the coffee club in Casuarina shopping centre donning the full uniform discussing varying idiosyncrasies of CAO 20.7.1b. If I didn't know 'em and know they were decent blokes, the camera would have been out for a happy snap.
Got to love it
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This must seriously be the only industry where people can crap on about the pros and cons of uniform in and out of work endlessly! I was talking to housemates about this earlier and they didn't even care, let alone would even give a second glance to someone in blue slacks, white shirt and some gold stuff on their shoulders. The only people it seems to concern is bloody pilots!!!
I'm not advocating running around in your bling outside work at all and i personally couldn't think of anything worse, but if little bloggsy wants to then good on him. I didn't realise this industry had so many moral crusaders / fashion police!
No wonder people think we're w ankers if this is the sort of rubbish that we debate and get so tied up in knots about. Surely there's bigger problems out there guys.........guys?
Sheesh
I'm not advocating running around in your bling outside work at all and i personally couldn't think of anything worse, but if little bloggsy wants to then good on him. I didn't realise this industry had so many moral crusaders / fashion police!
No wonder people think we're w ankers if this is the sort of rubbish that we debate and get so tied up in knots about. Surely there's bigger problems out there guys.........guys?
Sheesh
Thread drift...
Theres a few cars driving around with VH-xxx number plates. I guess it's OK if the driver also owns the aircraft with the matching rego, but if its your three initials..
Mind you, my initials are the rego of a little homebuilt taildragger...
Have also seen the number plate JET A1, and on the safety car at Avalon, NOTAM.
Theres a few cars driving around with VH-xxx number plates. I guess it's OK if the driver also owns the aircraft with the matching rego, but if its your three initials..
Mind you, my initials are the rego of a little homebuilt taildragger...
Have also seen the number plate JET A1, and on the safety car at Avalon, NOTAM.
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Surely there's bigger problems out there guys.........guys?
WHICH cafe or shopping centre does one go to in order to pick up whilst wearing the bling?????
No point trying to show off in uniform if it aint going to work!
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There was a LAME at YBBN with 747FIX, which I thought was kind of cute. He also bought 747FLY (and I think 737,767 and 777) early in the days of personalised regos and made a very tidy profit onselling them.
To and from work seems to be the acceptable level of uniform wearing outside of actually working (with allowances for fuel and small grocery shopping).
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Gotta love private plates at airports - fave is deffinately "CMEFLY", owned by a very proud chap down south.
On a serious note, had the pleasure of a visit to Katherine last week. Must be some red light special for pilots at the moment at woolies - 3 very blinged dudes in the space of 20 minutes, complete with ASICs. Just wanted to rush back to get my uniform on so I could hang out with them. No wonder the general public think we are all over paid, under worked Wayne Kerrs. Lets keep it real!
On a serious note, had the pleasure of a visit to Katherine last week. Must be some red light special for pilots at the moment at woolies - 3 very blinged dudes in the space of 20 minutes, complete with ASICs. Just wanted to rush back to get my uniform on so I could hang out with them. No wonder the general public think we are all over paid, under worked Wayne Kerrs. Lets keep it real!
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Excellent thread drift there, Vanity plates,
best one i saw, while driving ex boss's wife's red Kompressor coupe, and pushing it a bit was a white 911 that rocketted past,
Plate IDGAF
Ha Ha, I just let him go, cos i do give one
HD
best one i saw, while driving ex boss's wife's red Kompressor coupe, and pushing it a bit was a white 911 that rocketted past,
Plate IDGAF
Ha Ha, I just let him go, cos i do give one
HD
