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Old 01-12-2020 | 01:39 PM
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Quick question. I heard the pants from HPI direct are really poor quality ( too big or small cant remember ) and $$$. Is there another brand from somwhere else that people are using?


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Old 01-12-2020 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by korg128
Quick question. I heard the pants from HPI direct are really poor quality ( too big or small cant remember ) and $$$. Is there another brand from somwhere else that people are using?





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https://acutaboveuniforms.com


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Old 01-12-2020 | 01:52 PM
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Is that the same navy that spirit wants and also I guess matches the Tie?
66 $ aint cheap either.

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Old 01-12-2020 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by korg128
Is that the same navy that spirit wants and also I guess matches the Tie?
66 $ aint cheap either.

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Spirit doesn’t have much of an interest in what they “want” for uniform compliance, you’ll learn that soon enough. But yes, the navy will match.

And in my opinion, $66 is not a bad price for pants that fit well and are not 100% polyester. You can tell the guys who rock the 100% poly pants, their pant shine will blind you 100 yards away.

You’ll also have some try and convince you that their Dockers or golf Haggar pants look “exactly the same”. No they don’t.

And only pilots will scoff at a $66 pair of anything that they spend their entire working life in. Thankfully we aren’t lawyers and need to buy suits. Can you imagine if we had to really dress like grownups??
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Old 01-12-2020 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Omniscient
Spirit doesn’t have much of an interest in what they “want” for uniform compliance, you’ll learn that soon enough. But yes, the navy will match.



And in my opinion, $66 is not a bad price for pants that fit well and are not 100% polyester. You can tell the guys who rock the 100% poly pants, their pant shine will blind you 100 yards away.



You’ll also have some try and convince you that their Dockers or golf Haggar pants look “exactly the same”. No they don’t.



And only pilots will scoff at a $66 pair of anything that they spend their entire working life in. Thankfully we aren’t lawyers and need to buy suits. Can you imagine if we had to really dress like grownups??


So true.

I bought three pairs of pants from Acutabove and 5 shirts. I look at it as a cost of doing business.




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Old 01-13-2020 | 06:44 AM
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So training pay is straight pay, no housing/per diem, just like F9?
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Old 01-13-2020 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by korg128
Quick question. I heard the pants from HPI direct are really poor quality ( too big or small cant remember ) and $$$. Is there another brand from somwhere else that people are using?


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The Navy option in this JC Penny pair are an identical match to Spirit’s color. Probably the cheapest way to go and they’re decent quality.

https://m.jcpenney.com/p/stafford-tr...plType=regular
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Old 01-13-2020 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by jt130
So training pay is straight pay, no housing/per diem, just like F9?
It is a combination of both, hotel is paid for.
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Old 01-13-2020 | 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by DFWEMB
It is a combination of both, hotel is paid for.


And you get per diem. Check comes out to around $1500 a month depending on where you live and tax deductions.


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Old 01-13-2020 | 07:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Deathwish
The Navy option in this JC Penny pair are an identical match to Spirit’s color. Probably the cheapest way to go and they’re decent quality.

https://m.jcpenney.com/p/stafford-tr...plType=regular
Haha. And there we go, JC Penney Stanford pants.
79% Polyester, 21% Viscose. More shiny pants without a stitch of natural fiber for comfort. Pilot cheapness amazes me. You don’t have to spend $100 on a pair of nice pants, and you sure as heck should buy something a little nicer and better quality than casual wear Stafford from JC Penney.

Shiny pants man, we salute you.
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