What's wrong with flying in the nude?

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Gives a whole new meaning to the term "cockpit"...

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Nudity on Southwest pilots' flight course

DALLAS (Reuters) - Where does a pilot pin his wings if he is flying in the nude?

Two pilots, both men, at Southwest Airlines may have the answer to this question after they were fired for apparently taking off their uniforms in the cockpit and flying a plane virtually naked.

"We did conduct a thorough investigation and terminated the two pilots for inappropriate conduct," said Southwest spokeswoman Ginger Hardage, who said she could not comment on any of the details of the incident.

According to sources at the company, a flight attendant saw the pilots in their almost completely undressed state when summoned into the cockpit on a flight several months ago.

The pilots, who were terminated earlier this month, have appealed, saying they had spilled coffee on their uniforms. The airline did not buy the excuse and sees this as a prank gone awry that cannot be tolerated, the source said.

The names of the pilots or the flight on which the incident occurred have not been released.

Southwest started out as an airline that asked some of its in-flight crew to show a little skin.

When the airline first took to the skies about 30 years ago, its flight attendants dressed in hot pants -- and its pilots wore uniforms.