Oh yeah....gee I never thought of that. That's probably why all the ACMI carriers who go to shady foreign countries require that.............Oh Thats right They DON'T

Their choice, their attitude.

recall the NWA airbus pilots that fell asleep ? They made life much harder on themselves with a bad attitude.

Problem in this current culture of hyper individualism, one clown can ruin it for everyone.

well the good news is Starbucks baristas agree with you so you can walk out and join their fight. They are willing to loose their job over having to wear a black Tee Shirt, how about you?

Hahaha nice one guys. I'm merely pointing out spoilers deploy argument about looking professional in the case of trouble with a foreign government is pretty weak sauce. The best prevention technique for that would be adherence to FOM and WOM.

The NWA pilots fell asleep. Sort of a fatigue issue NOT a Uniform issue. HUGE difference

MY views on our policy is not a bad attitude it is an opinion about something that we are often THE ONLY (spoilers mentioned Delta's policy) carrier to still have. So I am merely drawing attention to the fact that it really isn't Industry standard anymore.

What I have learned here is that the White Shoe Image of our uniform policy is something that is very sacred to many of our pilots.......and if serving on the uniform committee rest assured that the HAT will never disappear ...I would always protect your right to wear it. It's just that it should not be forced on others. Thats ALL.

I hope you can bring change but until you do the uniform is the uniform and why anyone spends anytime complaining about it is a waste of time.

Nervous flyers never see controllers, ever.

My shop lets us wear board shorts and flip flops on cargo-only flights. But they seem to have some strong preferences for image out in public in the terminal.

your comments are puerile

your year of hire?

The traveling public doesn’t visit tracons, or tower cabs, or ARTCCs.

one of the most amazing accomplishments of airline flying is two pilots who have never met before can do so at 5am with complex issues such weather and maintenance and fly a high performance jet across the country. How is trust high level with two strangers?

Trust is “artificial” with the commonality of the FM/FOM/UPA, company ID and uniform.

if one of dudes at 5am was using the wrong FM something would be suspect.

This is why pilots who don’t care about the uniform or have a negative attitude create resentment.

I have yet to see a pilot wear a leather jacket to Europe so I guess for some of us this isn’t an issue.

If you’re going to that sweet overnight in Lincoln NE and want to look cool in your leather jacket, then go for it bro. Whatever you think makes you look cool. I won’t get in trouble for wearing what I’m paid a lot of money to wear. If it’s the hill you die on, I fare thee well.

most of the leather pilot jackets look like a Hefty bag full of trash. I have never once thought someone wearing one looks like a true aviator/sky god/cool guy.