Originally Posted by
Frank K
The whole uniform thing is truly asinine. This faux military garb has its roots in early commercial aviation when they were attempting to calm pax by making them think they were being taken care of by military "type" folks.
And the hat looks absolutely foolish on some. It reminds me of Ralph Kramden and his bus driver uniform.
We could all wear prom dresses and it would make no difference to anyone.
You certainly wont see a bunch of hat wearing L-UAL guys whenever "hat season" begins. In my view, that's more than a fair trade off for the ten year beating we took until Delta gave us a contract.
Not completely true. There was an era in which the airlines competed with ocean liners. Passengers were concerned with this "new" way to cross the oceans as opposed to what was considered the norm. So, in addition to inspiration from Naval uniforms, it was very much on the mind of airline execs to also model uniforms after civil maritime ocean liner crews.