Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
They're all pretty crappy. Abbott's, M and H, crew outiftter's in order from most expensive to least expensive. Abbott's and M and H both good. I have Abbotts jacket. After 5 years it's fraying on bottom. I had Abott's pants until they fell apart. I replaced them with M and H because they're cheaper price wise. I heard a lot of pilots buy pants from Kohl's and JC Penny. Those are not approved though.
Actually, unless things have changed, call your CPO or CPO support line and they will tell you that they have to be black. If you look in FOM chapter 11 it says what material they have to be made of and the such. I've seen everything spanning black dockers made of canvas, definitely not authorized, to the stuff you buy at Abbott's for 3 times the price.