What are pockets on the flight suit for?

[FrankTheTank]

Old School

Pocket Underneath pen on left shoulder-- Medicine Cabinet: Aspirin (for boozing); sudafed (for Cold); Afrin (Just in Case); Motrin (for when asked what you got in there by the flight docs) and a couple of misc as prescribed by Flt Surg... of course..

 

[Fly Navy]

Pen Holder- Government issue pen (love em), Mechanical pencil
Pocket behind- Loose change
Chest pockets- (Left) Wallet, (Right) cellphone and keys
Left thigh- Nothing
Right thigh- Nothing
Shroud cutter pocket-Nothing
Left Ankle-Sudoku... never know when you'll get bored
Right Ankle- Cover

Everything but the pen and pencil get moved to my helmet bag when going flying. Oh, and I don't take loose change flying either, that stays at base.

 

[skidkid]

penholder: pen and pointer
Pocket behind a pack of gum and (condom at airshows and crosscountries)
chest pocket: phone + keys-I dont have a chick key chain so no issues there
thigh pockets: nothing
shroudcutter: nothing
left ankle: old smartpacks so I can write ATFs assuming they dont go through the wash
right ankle: cover wallet sometimes sunglass case

 

[gregsivers]

Having stuff in your pockets under the survival gear can be a pain in helos. With the new vest I just got the first aid kit is on the inside, having that dig into your side for an entire flight is bad enough. The way the gear in the vest sits prevents me from having stuff underneath.

 

[BigIron]

Pen holder: 2 pens
Pocket behind: ID card, 2 foamies, random crap
Left Chest: nada
Right chest: nothing
Shroud cutter pocket: nothing.
Thighs: nothing.
Lower right: cover, wallet
Lower left: nothing

 

[squorch2]

Having stuff in your pockets under the survival gear can be a pain in helos. With the new vest I just got the first aid kit is on the inside, having that dig into your side for an entire flight is bad enough. The way the gear in the vest sits prevents me from having stuff underneath.

Dude talk to the PRs - they can move everything on the vest around, assuming you're flying with airsaves and not SV-2s.

 

[A4sForever]

Pen Holder: cheap govt. pen, pen light, right temple of RayBan Aviator shades
Pocket behind: pack cigarettes, zippo lighter, .25 cal Beretta
Chest pockets: (Left) spare pack cigarettes, dirty pictures, (Right) dirty pictures
Left thigh: Playboy or Penthouse
Right thigh: nylons and prophilactics
Shroud cutter pocket: shroud cutter
Left Ankle: flask of brandy
Right Ankle: flask of gin, olives

... di rigueur back-in-the-day