Ktachiya From Japan, joined Sep 2004, 1618 posts, RR: 2 Posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1174 times:
This has always been somewhat puzzling to me. The only pilots that I have seen wearing gloves were JL and NH. But again with my limited knowledge, I can be off on that.
Are there any other airline pilots that are obligated to wear gloves during the duration of the flight? I can see some cleansy issues brought by this, but what is the true purpose of wearing gloves?
ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 4999 posts, RR: 41 Reply 1, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 1114 times:
I have never seen such weird thing. Why do they do that? I think this must be very uncomfortable on long-haul flights. I only know that when I use gloves in cold weather, I am always glad to take them of.
Sabena332 From Germany, joined May 2001, 14294 posts, RR: 100 Reply 3, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1093 times:
I only saw pilots which are wearing gloves at Japanese airlines. Maybe it is kind of tradition in Japan and that the gloves are a part of a pilot's uniform.
Nudelhirsch From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 1437 posts, RR: 27 Reply 4, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1065 times:
That is the replacement for the sidestick. These are cybergloves like we know from movies...
The pilots grab a virtual yoke and fly the airplane.
Looks funny in reality.
Some trouble during test phase though, because one pilot would not take the cyberglove off when scratching his head. They blamed in on turbulence, but the internal report is pretty clear about what happened.
ZRH From Switzerland, joined Nov 1999, 4999 posts, RR: 41 Reply 5, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 1062 times:
Quoting Sabena332 (Reply 3): Maybe it is kind of tradition in Japan and that the gloves are a part of a pilot's uniform
Yes, it must be a Japanese tradition. You won't find it in Europe or the US. Here in Switzerland I only know one situation when a person has to wear gloves: it's in the army when the flag sergeant holds the flag
Yukimizake From Japan, joined Mar 2004, 528 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 555 times:
Train drivers and most taxi drivers too. I always figured it was some sort of display of professionalism, wanting to show that they take their job seriously.
'Opfer müssen gebracht werden (Sacrifices must be made)' - Otto Lilienthal
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 27809 posts, RR: 61 Reply 11, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 351 times:
Out here There is one pilot that Flies with White Cotton Gloves after he has Cleaned all the Equipment he would be touching during his flight with Eudicologne.
Its amazing how white his gloves stay.
regds
MEL
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