Originally Posted by adiosmikefox

right, because to do the least one can possibly do is to show how cool one is. People would come to work in ripped jeans and a stained t-shirt if they could make fun of the guy wearing the intact pants and a polo. The same guys that are late to show, playing with their phone when they should be doing a flow, drinking a dunkin' and hardly looking at a plane during preflight, or even can't be bothered to push a couple buttons before they come to work and ensure their efb is updated. Maybe they're unhappy about the hat-wearer suggesting they do their job right?

The uniform has a cachet that goes with it, and i guarantee the vast majority of the people who have always wanted to be an airline pilot thought that getting to wear that uniform would be pretty badass. I'm sure many of you tried your first uniform on as soon as it was issued before you even got out of ground school. How quickly the shine wears off, because only the rookies and company men wear their full kit, right? Pity. A well-dressed pilot looks sharp, respectable, professional and worth every penny. The reason people feel safe aboard our planes. Some people would prefer to look otherwise.