Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Presentation IS important, outgoing friendly personality is what you need to present. They're looking for people who can interact well with other crew, customers, and employees while wearing a standard uniform. Work the crowd the entire time.
They will be a bit leery of a pilot who needs personal attire props to set the tone for their social interactions. Too often that's a master caution for "prima dona" or "tool".
You can probably get away with reasonable sideburns. Still professional, but fun when appropriate.
Originally Posted by
JUNEBUG82
I had not thought of it like this, but it makes sense. Thanks for the response.
What Rick said. To put it bluntly, they're looking for the clones/drones that fit their profile and culture, BY PERSONALITY. You're looking to fit in appearance wise, you're not interviewing to be a marketing/advertising/sales/graphic design type.
Seriously, go to (insert men's suit store here) and when they ask "what are are you looking for?" just say "a standard conservative looking interview suit", they'll usually be able fix you up pretty well. Everyone has an opinion on what color of suit/shirt/tie to wear, and what they wore. I've interviewed for 7 pilot jobs in 20 years, you WON'T go wrong with a blue suit/white shirt, and maroon/burgundy tie combo, EVER. Some of those interviews, 90% of us looked the SAME.
On a side note, I did the Men's Warehouse 2 for 1, with tailoring and a few extras. Suit looked great, been able to use both multiple times at formal events, etc.
However, I have seen "suit separates" at various retailers that fit pretty good off the rack and look almost identical to my MW, for what would have been less than half the price, YMMV.