Originally Posted by redblueskies

The only time I've ever had a passenger comment on my uniform is when I was deadheading and she was ****ed about how much space all my Delta required uniform garbage was taking up in her overhead bin. I said sorry ma'am, I wish that none of it was up there but Delta requires us to tote around all these non functional uniform pieces and I'm not carrying them on my lap for the entire flight.

I suggested Delta should provide one simple Northface type jacket that we could easily pack or even sit with comfortably while deadheading. Hat & trench & blazer gone like they should have been decades ago. We could hire some clowns to dress up and walk around the terimal in the traditional pilot garb from last century, for those who just can't live without seeing it. Then the pilots that actually like dressing up like a civil war reenactment soldier can come do that on the weekends for some extra pay, the rest of us can more comfortably work to FAA duty limits and everyone is a little but happier.

But that won't happen at Delta because that's not how they've always done it. One more little thing to add the the growing list of reasons for people to go work elsewhere. Working 16 hour days is better if you're comfortable.