Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
Captain Sully and his trusty FO Rusty carefully donned their hats and jackets. Taking time to insure that every button was fixed and that their hats were straight before opening the flight deck door to begin an orderly evacuation of their ditched Airbus.
The sight of our proud captain wearing his best, standing with immaculate rigid posture and in perfect emotional control commanded the attention of everyone on board. Though the passengers might not understand the symbols of rank that adorned his perfect gold (or silver) encrusted uniform everyone instantly was able to recognize who was in charge and who they could invest their faith into during their trying situation.
Under the Captains benevolent oversight the passengers were able to withhold thoughts of panic, listened to direction and accomplished a near perfect evacuation and rescue. Order was maintained due to the fact that everyone could recognize that there was a strong leader in place due to the silly costume that he was wearing.
Imagine what the outcome would have been if Sully were to be trying to scream above the pandemonium while wearing a polo and dockers. He could be just another business traveler. How would a passenger know who the boss is?
Dress for success.
Skyhigh
I NEVER said that pilots should wear a polo and dockers, did I? Please find where I DID.
Do you think that if they didn't put their hats and jackets on that people would have completely disregarded them? Do you think that in that moment people looked at NOTHING but his hat and blazer adorned with 4 stripes and said "Forget what the flight attendants are saying, we MUST follow him"? Do you think that if there was a USMC drill instructor in his uniform telling people what to do that he would have been less effective?
Point I'm getting at is what I mentioned in my previous post, people have NO clue what 4 stripes mean. If you've ever been a CA, and commuted/DH'd in uniform, you'd know what I was getting at.