Yes. You're dragging the rest of us down with you. Just because your company doesn't prohibit looking unprofessional doesn't mean it's a good idea.

It's supposed to be buttoned with the top button only. Unless it's double-breasted, then all buttons.

Hmmmmm, normally I agree with you, but on this one I still object.

Clearly there are some ruffled feathers, so I will put this thought out there. Blazers can be worn open or closed in many other applications (read non airline). Lawyers, business men, salesmen, etc. Very few actually button their blazers. Unprofessional?

Which of course brings me to my comment earlier. Define professional. I have yet to find a guiding document that truely defines the meaning of professional. Because of a lack of such documentation I am forced to rely on the governing documentation of my company (the one who pays me for my professional services).

Since buttoned or unbottoned is approved, I do not see how it is possible to call it unprofessional to have a blazer unbuttoned. Rather it sounds like a few overly opinionated individuals pushing their own ideas on others. Maybe not but sure sounds that way. Hence the idea of the governing document that defines professional.

And on a last note. Its amazing we would even be griping on a public forum about a blazer jacket buttoned or not. As a regional guy I find it rather disappointing to hear mainline pilots complain about uniform standards when I see a very large portion of them wearing black tennishoes, northface jackets, backpacks on their blazers, unshaven, long hair (I could go on here). How many mainlines approve of any of the mentioned? So basically what I am saying is lead by example. Thats not to say that anybody on this forum is not holding themselves to the highest of standards.

Food for thought, now let the bombs fly :rolleyes:

Always (unless seated)
Sometimes
Never

If you're going to be wearing a decent suit, slim fit, nice cut, button the thing up. Should that cut not be your style anything goes. But. Should you prefer a certain style ie cut of a suit you need to have that bish buttoned.

Ya dig?

Is it a coincidence that I am typing about suits and I have adds for suits on the bottom of this screen?

That's odd, the ads on the bottom of my screen says there's "single Russian MILF's in my area" :confused:

It knows your browser history.

Mine has an ad for a laxitve.

Does your company manual tell you how to tie and wear your tie? You should tie it like a shoelace and wrap it around your head like a sweatband for those hot airports then.

They can't hold your hand for everything man. Don't look like a hot bag of garbage.

Funny, maybe I'm a tool for even wading into this discussion, but I've always wondered about this.

I know a men's suit jacket should always have the bottom button unbuttoned. That's the way they are cut, to allow for that.

But we're not wearing a "traditional suit jacket," we're wearing a uniform coat, and something from my former Air Force days says to me that all my buttons on my uniform jacket should be buttoned.

Having said that, I usually wear my airline jacket with the bottom button unbuttoned.