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Originally Posted by DashAlmighty (Post 717102)

Leather coats are for military pilots, stick with the blazer the passengers respect it more. :)

The blazer won't keep me nearly warm enough in the winter. I have Raynaud's Disease and need to keep all the body heat I can. Good gloves are incredibly important for me too.

I find it very amusing that everyone gets so worked up about uniforms. If your company says its ok, then do whatever you want. I've got the blazer and the leather coat. When I go to my son's show and tell in kindergarten I'll where the blazer, otherwise its the leather coat. The leather coat is so much more durable, warmer, and I don't have to worry about it getting dirty or wrinkled.

so if military pilots can only wear them - i guess Alaskan bush pilots shouldnt have them either or night freight dogs hmmmmmmm

Pop's produces great jackets. I bought an A-2 style jacket some years ago when I was TDY to Incerlik, Turkey...still looks great!

Buddy it's really simple if you buy the jacket w/o thinsulate, it's not gonna work as a jacket. It's doesn't warm you up!!!

The thinsulate will only cost you a couple more bucks. It's worth it. If you only buy the jacket will be a waste of money and not will be for the purpose you will freeze!!!!:(

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Originally Posted by nigelcobalt (Post 717193)

Seriously! Wear what works for ya. If I didn't know most of us here are airline pilots, I'd SWEAR this would be a high school girls thread on uniform etiquet in their school! lol. Man, wear what you want in the scope of your company's policy.

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Originally Posted by DashAlmighty (Post 717102)

Leather coats are for military pilots, stick with the blazer the passengers respect it more. :)

Totally Agree, Leather Jackets at the airlines look terrible. Especially when your coworkers are not sporting one. Pop's is a military tradition, not Airline, so stop posing. Sorry but my .02

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Originally Posted by Copperhed51 (Post 715930)

I've held out long enough and I'm about to break down and buy one of these jackets that I can't afford. Just curious, is the Calf Skin worth the $95 over the Goat Skin? Anybody with one of these jackets recommend the thinsulate liner also or is the jacket itself warm enough? The company approved jacket is the Pop's Leather one, but I like to show the company the same respect they show me so I am considering Perrone or any other good brand also. Anybody have a preference?

At new hire I went with the Perrone Leather at Skyw because I didn't want to buy a dinner jacket and a rain slicker. I also got the zip liner but rarely use it...occasionally in CA in the winter I'll bring it along. For cold weather we were just approved to wear scarfs and beanie caps while outside (although I think everyone was already doing that when it’s really cold out.) Since I got hired I've bought the blazer but never wear it on trips. I've been very happy with the leather jacket. I'm not sure if it is goat or cow (probably the cheaper of the two) but I did get it sized based on my arm length and 2 pack. Hope this helps!

I have Pop's. Is there a difference between Pop's and Perrone in both quality and look?

I'm not coming here with any links or references to back this up, just experience from growing up in the airline and working for them. My dad was a captain for three golden era majors, mother and sisters worked for them as well. I have one sister that still works for ALPA at the higher tier. From my understanding leather jackets were part of the airline after WWII when a majority of the pilots were military vets. It's part of a tradition. It seems to me that most of the guys, well kids, here that are b%$&ing about them don't really have any clue about where they come from or why. You can have your opinion about if you like them or not. You can choose to wear them or not. Just be sure you have a more educated opinion about them when you comment on whether or not they should or should not be part of the uniform. Remember why they were/are part of the uniform at some airlines. It's about tradition and I'm afraid that a lot of you are serverly misinformed, if informed at all, on the subject.