What’s with the sweaters?
#11
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In the cockpit with the door closed, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt or a blanket. In public, approved uniform. Btw those down puffer jackets that you see everywhere are awesome for the overnights. Warm and they stuff into a sack the size of my toiletry kit. My leather jacket stays in the hotel closet
#12
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I have a north face style jacket and fleece vest in addition to long Johns available for the overnight. My leather jacket only gets worn on duty. WTH are some of you packing that you can’t carry both easily?
Or here’s a thought. Carry a vest to go under the blazer for all three minutes of your walk around.
Or here’s a thought. Carry a vest to go under the blazer for all three minutes of your walk around.
#13
I’ve been wearing a black with no branding “north face” style jacket around. My leather jacket has been at Perrone getting tailored for the better part of the winter. New uniform is supposed to have a north face style option so hopefully they get the ball rolling on that soon. As for everyone else, if you want to wear a tactical looking sweater then have at it, doesn’t really bother me. As for it not being “approved” neither is taking a snack box from the galley.
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#14
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This is all great but on my last overnight in ATL, the van driver didn't even recognize my FO as a pilot being dressed in his Northface jacket with his bright Blue " Dickies" pants. Seems so many pilots have no consideration of looking professional. I know, go work for Delta, but take some pride in your appearance. And let the haters begin.
#15
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Maybe we can get some half black and half yellow sweaters that look like the ones they wear on StarTreck, with an “S” on the shirt or an Airbus silhouette for the logo. We would look pretty cool walking down the terminal...
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#16
This is all great but on my last overnight in ATL, the van driver didn't even recognize my FO as a pilot being dressed in his Northface jacket with his bright Blue " Dickies" pants. Seems so many pilots have no consideration of looking professional. I know, go work for Delta, but take some pride in your appearance. And let the haters begin.
Every halfway decent place I have worked for provided a uniform. I went to NK (2013) and got $38/hr and no uniform paid for. If a company can afford to give a free uniform to every pilot except new hires you can expect non-compliance. It costs $500 to give every new-hire a free uniform, but NK is too cheap to do it, you get North face, Dickies, aso. Yes, I knew that when I got, hired, just as NK should have seen the black uniform pants coming when they hired me...
I will not be the uniform police until they provide a free uniform to new hires.
#17
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My personal opinion.
Every halfway decent place I have worked for provided a uniform. I went to NK (2013) and got $38/hr and no uniform paid for. If a company can afford to give a free uniform to every pilot except new hires you can expect non-compliance. It costs $500 to give every new-hire a free uniform, but NK is too cheap to do it, you get North face, Dickies, aso. Yes, I knew that when I got, hired, just as NK should have seen the black uniform pants coming when they hired me...
I will not be the uniform police until they provide a free uniform to new hires.
Every halfway decent place I have worked for provided a uniform. I went to NK (2013) and got $38/hr and no uniform paid for. If a company can afford to give a free uniform to every pilot except new hires you can expect non-compliance. It costs $500 to give every new-hire a free uniform, but NK is too cheap to do it, you get North face, Dickies, aso. Yes, I knew that when I got, hired, just as NK should have seen the black uniform pants coming when they hired me...
I will not be the uniform police until they provide a free uniform to new hires.
#18
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Would you guys like a gas card to pay for your gas to the airport too? Or will you be walking because the company doesn’t pay you for that? IIRC most regionals, at least up until a few years ago, didn’t provide hotel rooms. What did you guys do, sleep in tent cities outside of FlightSafety?
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
#19
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Would you guys like a gas card to pay for your gas to the airport too? Or will you be walking because the company doesn’t pay you for that? IIRC most regionals, at least up until a few years ago, didn’t provide hotel rooms. What did you guys do, sleep in tent cities outside of FlightSafety?
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
At a regional. It's not the same industry it used to be.
Last edited by Flightcap; 01-21-2019 at 10:53 AM.
#20
Would you guys like a gas card to pay for your gas to the airport too? Or will you be walking because the company doesn’t pay you for that? IIRC most regionals, at least up until a few years ago, didn’t provide hotel rooms. What did you guys do, sleep in tent cities outside of FlightSafety?
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
Geez, just wear what the guidance tells you to wear. Not that hard.
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