Where are all the hats?!
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Where are all the hats?!
Evening
Silly question really, but why most pilots don’t wear hats anymore?!
Is it perhaps, due to the increase in a 'hair-style', as apposed to a ‘hair-cut’ today; and the associated risk of the ‘hair style’ being damaged beyond repair by a hat? Or is it because the managers can’t be arsed to pay for them.
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PS I also fear that my 'hair-style' could be damaged.
Silly question really, but why most pilots don’t wear hats anymore?!
Is it perhaps, due to the increase in a 'hair-style', as apposed to a ‘hair-cut’ today; and the associated risk of the ‘hair style’ being damaged beyond repair by a hat? Or is it because the managers can’t be arsed to pay for them.
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PS I also fear that my 'hair-style' could be damaged.
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Hi there,
I had this conversation with a friend of mine who is a long time serving flight crew member.
He said that the hats had been taken out of the uniform in some companies due to a hairloss worry!
Don't know if theres any research on the matter, but it seems that when it gets warm problems with the scalp can occur if under a hat all day.
Though I must say, I feel they added an extra zest to the uniform especially the Captain's with the fried egg on top!
WB
I had this conversation with a friend of mine who is a long time serving flight crew member.
He said that the hats had been taken out of the uniform in some companies due to a hairloss worry!
Don't know if theres any research on the matter, but it seems that when it gets warm problems with the scalp can occur if under a hat all day.
Though I must say, I feel they added an extra zest to the uniform especially the Captain's with the fried egg on top!
WB
They cost about £60 each and last about 3 years. So over a 30yr career thats £600 spent on hats. A company such as easyJet doesn't have hats and with 1100 pilots thats an annual hat purchase saving of 1100/3 * £60 = £22,000.
Which probably pays for the rent of all of easyLand...
Such are the knifedge economics of this bizzare industry.
Cheers
WWW
Which probably pays for the rent of all of easyLand...
Such are the knifedge economics of this bizzare industry.
Cheers
WWW
