Originally Posted by
HandFlyorDie
Tags say 69% wool / 29% Cordura / 2% Spandex or something. Neither pants or jacket are machine washable…but I bet you could get away with the pants on gentle, cold, with woolite detergent and air dry. The fabric actually feels pretty nice, I just can’t understand why we needed a new style of double breasted….it’s 99% the same just has two ghost buttons now.
The button change is for efficiency on quick turns with a plane swap. 16000+ pilots saving precious seconds over 3 plane swaps per day should provide enough time to squeeze a 5th leg into every 717 pilot’s duty period. Extensions only required 69% of the time.