So in indoc, someone from professional standards comes and spends a whole day talking about various policies, and harps on uniform/grooming compliance. Then in the middle of his presentation, one of the guys in charge of CRJ training walked into the room to make an announcement. He had just finished a flight, was still in full pilot uniform, and wearing a Cut Above shirt and pants that were egregiously non-compliant.

A lot of the obvious things would be tough to pull off: earrings on men, non-approved coats, facial hair, etc. But when it comes to pilot shirts and pants, no one seems to care. I wear cut aboves, and some golf-style performance slacks I got at Macy's. A lot of guys I fly with also wear Cut Above. Every once in a while I'll see someone wearing the standard issue M&H, and lately I've seen a shirt that's similar to A Cut Above, except it has a white padded collar lining (perhaps from jetseam?). Shirts and pants seem to be where most deviate from the PPM, and as long as they're clean and look good, your're fine. The only time I could see an issue is if you get your own black trousers and then get the blazer. I think it would be hard to match the pilot blazer to anything from the store. But I didn't get the jacket.