Originally Posted by
scambo1
You don't need a bag before you show up. Personally, I've used the Pretty Neat Things suitcase. Its pricey, but bulletproof and payroll deductible.
You don't need to buy a headset either. Every plane has David Clarks. The rule is you wear the headset from pushback to 18k feet then from 18K feet to the end of the shutdown checklist. I don't own a headset.
From personal experience, those single cup DC's are downright awful!
Fork out the 150 bucks or so for a Telex 750, and that'll last you forever. If you get the airbus, the airplane comes with the telex 750s (different plug adapter on fifi, but of course).
Seconded on the PNT suitcase, and I'll strongly vouch for Abbots for the uniform. The 3 sets of pants I got lasted me a good 6 years (now I go for Kohls- way more cost effective), and my shirts and jacket and tie are still going strong after over 7. Well, except one shirt that got mauled by a 737 nose gear door. Stupid non-retracting doors and a plane that sits a foot off the ground...