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International trips require the coat and hat in summer. Its hot AF wearing that…
Delta doesn’t…. After a 8+ hour flight… the Deltoids look like crap.. the “I slept in my clothes and haven’t been home in 24h” look.
United pilots look professional. So there is that.
The other reason is …. If a crew gets sideways with a foreign government, looking professional is highly advantageous.
This has been happening for 100 years, there is nothing new here.
I have yet to see a pilot wear a leather jacket to Europe so I guess for some of us this isn’t an issue.
If you’re going to that sweet overnight in Lincoln NE and want to look cool in your leather jacket, then go for it bro. Whatever you think makes you look cool. I won’t get in trouble for wearing what I’m paid a lot of money to wear. If it’s the hill you die on, I fare thee well.
most of the leather pilot jackets look like a Hefty bag full of trash. I have never once thought someone wearing one looks like a true aviator/sky god/cool guy.