Originally Posted by RyanP

Before your time here.. We shared the AA training center with AA pilots on the south side of the Airport. Half of them wore the same jeans and tennis shoes as our pilots do and you couldn't tell the difference between who was working where without checking an ID badge. Imagine that..

It's hours of classroom time and a dark simulator completely out of site of the public. Nobody here cares if your pants are denim or Khaki. They care if you put forth the effort to succeed or not.