I spent most of the day in San Antonio today. I'm working on a project within site of the Alamo.
Before leaving the office, I grabbed my Flag tie. On the plane I noticed the pilot had one as well. The stewardess even commented on it. Cool so far.
On the flight back, I had taken it off, and had it in my jacket pocket. Coming down the jetway, I see the pilot, different guy, wearing a Flag tie. Hmmm. I said nothing , but pulled mine out and show it to him. Big smiles ensued. He then asked if I was going to fly (as in the plane) that leg, since I obviously was qualified by the tie.
I hadn't noticed this, but it turns out a Flag tie is one of only 5 styles the pilots can wear. They have done so for about 4 years. BTW, this was Southwest.
Huh, I thought they could only wear black ties.
Cool. Wearing that on flights might just get you better service, too.