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05-22-2024 | 04:46 AM

#231

Hedley

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Originally Posted by Aquaticus

I would agree with you but after going to JetBlue and them not having blue shirts in stock, horrible fabric on the pants, and the cheapest brass made out of chinesium… if you leave it up to people that will never wear it you will get the lowest bidder. Our passengers notice if we are wearing worse pants than a Walmart greeter. The $30 dollar JetBlue shirt took $60 in alterations to not look bad. Guess who ended up paying the $60 per shirt while first year pay was $50 an hour? The little things matter and we are going to be wearing this for a few decades.

The wear testers that volunteered here when we were without a contract for 5 yrs made me scratch my head. It isn’t objective if you round up a bunch of political climbers in the company and they are unsurprisingly supportive.

I am all in favor of improved quality, fit, durability, and availability. What I really don't care about is color, stripes, legacy this or that, or brass. I'm in charge of flying from A to B, they're in charge of defining the brand. Honor my contract, pay me on time, and I'll be happy.

05-22-2024 | 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp

Good for you. Not a slam. There will always be cheerleaders and those people do very well in management or working for the union where they are needed.

I think it’s possible to hold the company accountable while at the same time having pride for our position as pilots.

05-22-2024 | 09:04 AM

#233

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The people complaining about this the most are probably still wearing pleated pants and have a braided belt when they’re in their regular clothes…

06-09-2024 | 07:07 AM

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I just went to FT to see when the fittings etc will happen. The showcases are all in Delta hubs. I'm puzzled.

06-09-2024 | 07:23 AM

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I just went to FT to see when the fittings etc will happen. The showcases are all in Delta hubs. I'm puzzled.

If you look closely, it says CSR-focused. They are all over the place.

06-09-2024 | 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinger6

I just went to FT to see when the fittings etc will happen. The showcases are all in Delta hubs. I'm puzzled.

Those are for CSRs. Pilot fittings haven't been announced yet.

06-09-2024 | 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinger6

I just went to FT to see when the fittings etc will happen. The showcases are all in Delta hubs. I'm puzzled.

Fear not, I’m sure there will be plenty of propaganda on CCS when the “showcase’ and “fittings” will occur.

06-09-2024 | 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Stinger6

I just went to FT to see when the fittings etc will happen. The showcases are all in Delta hubs. I'm puzzled.

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Originally Posted by ThumbsUp

If you look closely, it says CSR-focused. They are all over the place.

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Originally Posted by BurritoBeach

Those are for CSRs. Pilot fittings haven't been announced yet.

All correct. Current showcases are in large out stations, Uniform Showcase events for pilots (and other hub based groups) begin on 8/12 and continue through 10/16. Larger bases will run continuously during that period, smaller bases will rotate. Times will vary as well for those not working in the traditional 8-5 model. You can do a fitting in any location and walk-ups will be accepted though reservations will be preferred. CS events running now do not have any garments to try on, pilot focused events will have a full range of sizes to sample. More info should be coming soon. For now: https://ft.ual.com/our-airline/emplo...program/events

06-12-2024 | 04:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets

sure coach sit in the CA seat! The FOM doesn’t mean anything right?

Conflating the ops specs portion of the FOM with the admin portion is beyond silly, IMO. The feds absolutely care about compliance with ops specs. They couldn’t care less how we wear a uniform, nor would they ever attempt to enforce it. As someone who owns a leather jacket, if they reimburse the cost, I’ll play along. Otherwise, I suspect lots of wintertime leather jackets will continue to be visible at United.

06-12-2024 | 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyS

I think it’s possible to hold the company accountable while at the same time having pride for our position as pilots.

We show pride in our profession by knowing and enforcing the UPA, knowing our history(reading flying the line 1 and 2), wearing your ALPA pin on the tie(the most important piece of the uniform, btw), backing the PAC, and mentoring young guys about why we do what we do. The uniform is what the company wants you to wear. Although nothing wrong complying with their uniform standard, the uniform is about the company, not the profession.