Originally Posted by
rickair7777
No. Not at any US airline that I'm aware of today. Maybe just maybe DL or AA would call you on something like that.
True statement. It’s not uncommon, for overseas carriers, that flight crewmembers report for training in a shirt and tie. A bit over the top... true. But it’s their train set.
Back in the late 70’s, in the U.S. we wore shirts and ties on day one for the ID Pictures. Then, on instruction from the instructors... business casual.... Button down shirt, or collared short sleeve shirts.
It's not the military, pilots are pretty relaxed when out the public view. But they do want to be confident that you'll behave appropriately when you are in the public, and not supervised. Don't give them any reason to think you would embarrass them.
Whilst in class, with overseas carriers, crews were observed from day one though line training. It was far from Gestapo tactics. Problem children would be counseled on their transgressions, but only once.
Never witnessed anyone being asked to resign, nor kicked out of the club.
At the end of the day, it’s not rocket science. It’t not a question of corporate and graduate. It’s the first lesson of following the policies in the company’s GOM, FOM, COM, (operations manual) and training packet. One should have the maturity to not to test the waters on company policies.