Leather Jackets
12-06-2010, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyboy8784
For what its worth, Air Force and Navy Pilots also wear leather jackets. Does that make them look unprofessional too?
There is no practical need for a leather jacket for today's aviators. They are just for nostalgic show. As long as you know that, fine. Just don't try to come across like leather has some sort of practical purpose.
12-07-2010, 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by LeftWing
Yes it does. The original reason that aviators wore leather was when they were flying open cockpits and there was much more insulation under their leathers. Unlike today's aviators, they didn't wear leather to try to look cool.
There is no practical need for a leather jacket for today's aviators. They are just for nostalgic show. As long as you know that, fine. Just don't try to come across like leather has some sort of practical purpose.
There is no practical need for a leather jacket for today's aviators. They are just for nostalgic show. As long as you know that, fine. Just don't try to come across like leather has some sort of practical purpose.
Keeps me warm
12-07-2010, 03:56 AM
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My leather jacket definitely has a purpose when I am doing a walk around at freakin' Detroit when it is really, really cold and windy. Or when I'm waiting for the hotel van in ... well, just about anyplace when it is cold.
Regardless, it is a foolish point to debate. If your company FOM allows the wear of a leather jacket, and your leather jacket fits well and is in good repair, then ... what's the problem?
Regardless, it is a foolish point to debate. If your company FOM allows the wear of a leather jacket, and your leather jacket fits well and is in good repair, then ... what's the problem?
12-07-2010, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by LeftWing
Just don't try to come across like leather has some sort of practical purpose.
12-08-2010, 01:40 PM
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Overcoat
While the overcoat may look more professional in some opinions, I like the blazer/suit coat look for medium temps and the leather coat for cold temps. When it's -20 and blowing 30kts out of the north east and your in the mountains there is nothing that stops the bitter cold like a leather jacket!
Plus, I'm not a big fan of the long coats that are fabric/poly style as they tend to be high maintenance to keep nice looking and collect a lot of lint,crumbs, etc.
Plus, I'm not a big fan of the long coats that are fabric/poly style as they tend to be high maintenance to keep nice looking and collect a lot of lint,crumbs, etc.
12-09-2010, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by usmc-sgt
Besides being 10X warmer than a polyester blazer and being more water repellent I suppose there is no practical purpose.
Originally Posted by aviationbill
While the overcoat may look more professional in some opinions, I like the blazer/suit coat look for medium temps and the leather coat for cold temps. When it's -20 and blowing 30kts out of the north east and your in the mountains there is nothing that stops the bitter cold like a leather jacket!
Originally Posted by aviationbill
Plus, I'm not a big fan of the long coats that are fabric/poly style as they tend to be high maintenance to keep nice looking and collect a lot of lint,crumbs, etc.
12-09-2010, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LeftWing
I thought this discussion was about leather vs the overcoat, not vs the blazer.....sort of goes without saying. Anyway, a good lined overcoat offers much better protection from the elements than leather....IMHO.
Synthetic materials wear poorly and just don't have the animal hide panache.
What's not to like?
12-09-2010, 06:28 PM
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At my last carrier, a fellow classmate, an ex-Eastern check airman and direct-hire captain, seeing the proferred leather jacket, said "I'm not gonna wear that thing, look like a damn motorcycle thug". He wore the blazer.
But later that winter, out on the line (cargo...no jetways), he was wearing it, too.
But later that winter, out on the line (cargo...no jetways), he was wearing it, too.
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