GBan From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (6 years 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 4673 times:
Anybody knows if this story is true or urban legend? In any case a well written statement
Ebay recently pulled a listing that a Delta Air Lines Captain had placed on the auction site. Up for sale? Captain Wendall Lewis's Captain's uniform. After Lewis saw his monthly pension of $6500 slashed by 73%, he decided to make a statement.
And here was his statement:
AUTHENTIC Delta Air Lines Captain Pilot Uniform This uniform was worn by a dedicated Delta Pilot for many years. Now retired and robbed of part, or all, of promised pension, uniform is now offered for sale to supplement income. Suit is worn and empty but filled with memories and honor. Suit has been across many miles and many experiences. Suit was once filled with pride and service getting thousands of passengers to their destination safely. Suit has been through rain, snow, ice, and wind without a single tear or scratch. Suit once controlled multi-million dollar assets, flown throughout the world, with billions of dollars of liability to the company.
Suit has never cost company one (1) cent in accident or injury. Although the suit is worn and has been discarded by the company, it can be yours. Suit is clean but used. Coat may be soiled from hydraulic fluid or grease as plane was inspected. Shirt may be soiled from mad dashes through the airport in a rush to the next plane in an effort to get back on schedule. Tie may have stains from fast food meals that were hurriedly eaten while at the controls. Tie comes with your choice of pins, Air Line Pilots Association, Air Force, or Airplane. Pants may show signs of wear from many hours spent strapped into a seat, hip shows some signs of wear from firearm used to protect you and your passengers from harm. Shoes are shiny but worn. Suit comes with choice of Old Delta or New Delta emblems. Many prefer the Old Delta.
Suit is thought by many to have APHRODISIAC qualities, although this cannot be confirmed or denied. BEWARE putting on this suit can have adverse effects on your life. It can cause you to miss your children's birth. It can cause you to miss holiday reunions, family times, and weekends. You may miss your Daughter's prom and your Son's graduation. Your family may think Christmas is not always on December 25th. Your wife will have to learn to be a single parent when you are gone for days. The suit can cause you to miss entire nights of sleep or get up at 3 AM to meet your next schedule. Your neighbors may be jealous of you and think you do not deserve to wear the uniform or be compensated for your work.
Originally suit required a four year college degree and an internship of 5-10 years in the military, and another 10-15 years for the fourth stripe. Suit comes with a promise of a pension if you provide years of dedication and service. THE PROMISE MAY BE AS EMPTY AS THE SUIT. Now it can be had for the highest bid. Good Luck bidding.
Bidding started at $1.00. Before Ebay pulled the plug on the auction, Lewis apparently received hundreds of emails from other airline employees.
eBay has a policy against selling "transit-related items", including "[a]ny article of clothing or identification related to transportation security or employment with any transportation related industry, including but not limited to, articles of commercial airline pilots’ uniforms, flight attendants’ uniforms, baggage or airport service personnel uniforms, mass transit train or subway related uniforms."
OttoPylit From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 2 days ago) and read 4164 times:
And most airlines, or at least Delta, encourage that if you leave the company or when new uniforms come out, for the old uniforms to be damaged in a way that is non-repairable or cannot be re-used. For instance, when Delta changed from the old blue and grey uniforms to the Richard Tyler ones, it was encouraged not to just toss the others in the garbage, but to cut them up, bleach them, rip them, anything that would not make them "re-wearable." Otherwise, I could just go dumpster diving and possibly come out with an entire airline uniform to use if wanted to try to impersonate airline personnel in a place like an airport.
It was just a few years ago that an AA crew had their uniforms and company ID's robbed from their hotel rooms in FCO. If used the right way, that can be very dangerous.
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