Having worn both styles, I'll take UALs thin stripes over Central American Dictator or Soviet Union General gigantic brim hat fat any day of the week.

Effeminate, really? Sounds like you may have some other issues!

I think we ought to wear Khakis and a decent shirt. For what they pay us now, shorts and flops. If the pay stub looks good, I don't care what the uniform looks like.

Why don't we all resolve to DO SOMETHING each and every time we can to give our union some HP and balls so we can carp about what to do with our retro checks instead?

This isn't rocket science. No waivers, no favors. No contract, no benevolence.