Originally Posted by
CBreezy
In my opinion, I think it looks ridiculous on airline pilots. I'm not an USAF/USN pilot nor do I want to look like one. There is a lot of heritage and history surrounding those and I PERSONALLY don't think it's appropriate for us to wear them.
I also think it is ridiculous to spend that kind of money on a jacket at the regional airlines. Get the suit jacket or the overcoat.
Funny to see a disagreement over a leather jacket (read: functional piece of clothing for cold weather) when so many pilots wear shirts that don't fit and/or are wrinkled, pants that don't fit (bunch up around the shoes) and/or haven't been dry cleaned in the last several months and scuffed shoes (or tennis shoes) that have never been polished.
Yep, the leather jacket is the reason you look bad walking through the terminal.
If everyone cared half as much about keeping their shirts and pants clean and pressed as you guys do about leather jackets vs. a blazer, it would be a good thing.