alright, let's say that i, uh... hypothetically, um... lost my red pass...
anyone done this before? what kind of nonsense am i going to have to go through now? i left my previous employer, so i don't need the old one for the time being, and i don't need a new one for a while yet so time is not an issue... but am i going to be dealing with a bunch and angry, self-important airport authority folks?
I lost mine before. All I had to do was go to the pass office, declare it missing, they give you a form to fill out, and then you get a new one. I didn't get any attitude from the airport people, but you never know. All this took place before 9/11 too so it might be more difficult now.
I heard that to about the VIP at the Pal. If anybody has used it and it worked let us know. I really hate waiting in line there to get a little coug action. You sometimes have to pay for the key card that is with your pass if you lost that to. First time is free but second time it's 50 bucks.
I lost my pass once and it was returned to the pass office, I picked it up, no problem. got a lecture. I lost it again and it cost $50 to get a new one. Returned if I found it again. Best is to laminate a piece of red paper and send it through the washing machine two or three times. (Good pass office employee said "It went through the washer - Right") Replacement is free. just don't find it again. Change employers and or loose your job, turn the pass in immediatly. Heavy fines and/or jail time if you don't.
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The average pilot, despite the somewhat swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring.
These feelings just don't involve anyone else.
Yes its true my friends, no longer do you have to stand in line around the corner at the Palamino on monday nights. Go to the back door with the red pass, talk nice to the bouncer... give the girls lined up the "wink and gun" on the way in. Ah the superstar life of a pilot.
in case anyone is curious or plans on also losing their red pass...
it's $26 (a fine, i suppose?) for the misplaced pass. just the pass, i still had the proxy card. and of course you end up on the national list of boneheads you see the security guards rifle through every time you pass through a secured door.
and to take it all a step further, i just found my red pass, so i get to be an uber-bonehead and try to reverse it all now...
I laminated my dogs picture over mine and he wears it with pride.
He also is very proud of his Captain bars that he wears velcroed to his front legs, however he does have problems with his Ray Bans as a Sheltie has trouble keeping them on.
By the way his name is Wilbur Wrong and he is way, way brighter than most pilots.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no
After over a half a century of flying no one ever died because of my decision not to fly.
