Originally Posted by Dave Fitzgerald

You might guess that was the case, but it wasn't. I know the guy that was on the uniform committee. He constantly apologized for the new uniform an council meetings. ALPA has approval or disapproval of any new uniforms or new vendors. Let's call him George, vetoed every low ball low cost vendor the company came up with--and they were absolutely horrible, yes worse than what we got.

However, if he company kept the same vendor, the way the contract was written, ALPA had no say. They found a loop hole. So, once again, Jeff went cheap and now we live with the results.

I also grew up in San Mateo, and regularly am able to go the Murphy and Hartilius shop. They said they had no idea any one would ever buy the crap they offered UAL at bargain prices. They also apologize every time I'm there.

So, the point of this story is, ALPA and the uniform committee did not have any input to our current uniform. It wasn't for lack of trying. Thanks Jeff! All Jeffed up again.