wondering
 

can pilot hav tattoo ?

sorry if such wondering makes no sense to u people...
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No they can't. For some reason the ink smudges.

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No they can't. For some reason the ink smudges. Today 15:54


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Well i guess it depends where . If nobody can see it when you wear the uniform i think it may be ok but I think it will be a problem if you have some on your face or neck or arm http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/...eck-tattoo.jpg :}

simply don't that to yourself , it's the best way to be sure

regards

As long as its not visible its not a problem, although they can show through some cheap/summer pilot shirts so be aware of that.

I can understand why the airlines are unhappy with visible tattoos because passengers want to see clean cut, tidy, healthy looking men/woman with whom their lives are entrusted too. As an airline pilot, one of the things in your contract is to maintain this image to the general public and it is part of the job.

Most tattoo artist's will not apply ink in visible areas (unless the customers is already heavily tattooed) because it does affect peoples perception.

I can see why people like them, I watch Miami Ink and think some of the tatoos are great when done properly. But it 'working class' and Airline Pilots are not really seen as working class are they?

On the other hand if you were 22st and 5ft10 the airline may take the chance and employ the 6ft2 15st pilot with a small chinese symbol at the bottom of his back over you.

Well with the current T+C's and pay scales you can hardly say most of us are leading a 'white collar' lifestyle. Seriously though, I find that remark quite derogatory, one of the great thing about being a professional pilot is flying with people from all walks of life.

I've found that the guys who consider themselves 'upper class' are the same ones who never make it and just sit around the local flying club telling everyone how great they are and that it's the airlines loss that their not employed. :rolleyes:

Well do you think this guy works as a Captain for BA?

http://www.coolopticalillusions.com/...eck-tattoo.jpg

Maybe it's my perception :bored: Maybe I'm judging a book by it's cover here? While studying at Uni I didn't see any Proffs/Doc with tatoos or piercings?

After looking through THIS thread I wouldn't exactly say the pay is all that bad either :confused:

E.g.

Now I work in IT and that sounds pretty good to me. My sisters boyfriend is a newly qualified carpenter and earns £15k pa I earn just over £20k pa :rolleyes: so unless you work as an experienced engeneering in contractor and earning £80k+ per year you can't compare Trade v Pilot ... I wouldn't say the average airline pilot works for peanuts :hmm:

Saying that I have been told of contractor brick layers in London earning £100k+ so twice as much as an IT contractor?!? ... Does make me wonder why I went to Uni for 4 years :*

At the end of the day if you want a tatoo nothing should stand in your way, but you can't really blame anybody if goes against you.

My best mate has just had his second tatoo and he's an IT proffesional and I am not one to judge but his wife (optician) thinks it's a mistake.

You will find that a first officers average first 3 year wage packet is less then £30,000 per annum. Take into account that they will have spent the preceding 2+ years training and studying without a wage and paying between £50-100k for flight training. Then you will start to see pilots are not very well paid.

The figures you quote I'm guessing are from the standard industrial joke known as "The high pay airline". Ryanair expect their pilots to pay around £20,000 upon joining to pay for their 737 training, they then force most of them to become contract pilots through Brookfield. Do a search but if I can remember correctly, the net pay for your 1st year in Ryanair is approx £4000!

Probably because they covered them up. :)