Originally Posted by
esa17
Again, that all seems like a for-naught answer. The examiners don't care what you look like, really. How many of them show up in a tie? In fact, every examiner I've ever had showed up in jeans. My experience is that most people who champion the wearing of button downs and ties went to a flight academy and took very little time getting to know the person they were taking the ride with or who they were sending their students to.
The examiner knows just from talking to the student for 15 minutes how the ride is going to go. If your examiner is sitting on the john reading GQ then I'd probably find another one.
Just for clarification when I refered to not knowing the examiner, that was in reference to the applicant not knowing the examiner. I do try to spend some time chatting with the examiners that I use and have a good sense of their likes/dislikes. Especially because I've taken a few rides personally with them myself.