Uniforms

[CopilotDoug]

I don't think it's a big deal at all, but what I find funny is that at my airline, we have NO uniform police and quite frankly I think that management could care less how we dress. Check that, they did request if guys have a ponytail, the rubber band holding it in back should be of a neutral color.

 

[FedExFlyer]

Sorry guys, I just have to vent here.

To all regional pilots: TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR APPEARANCE!!!!!

This isn't about hat or no hat, backpacks, iPods, or frosted hair.

This is about wearing your tie when walking around the terminal. This is about not walking around faded dockers. For god sakes do not wear a worn out red baseball cap around the terminal while weraing the rest of the full uniform (saw that last week - looked very professional from the neck down - looked like a hung-over frat guy from the neck up). Female pilots - please don't wear hot pants and walk around the terminal yelling into your cell phone about what a b---- someone else is.

Thank you for your time. Now back to our regularly scheduled flaming.

Totally agreed with everything you just posted except for the hot pants remark...........

 

[willNOTfly4free]

I'll dress better when the pay gets better!

That's the worst excuse for dressing unprofessionally I've ever heard.

 

[BoilerUP]

I'll dress better when the pay gets better!

Lame excuse.

 

[SBD-2U3]

The red hat is a bit much. However I am not shining my shoes, buying new pants, ties or shirts until I get a contract.

 

[Joe Schmo]

Wasn't making an excuse, mearly stating a basic point you get what pay for.

If you wan't fresh dry cleaned, starched uniforms, the best luggage, and the overall best professional attitudes, my personal belief is that the level of professionalism is worth a hell of alot more then $300-$400 dollars a week.

I've heard at other companies managament has sent out memos telling pilots that they were not to dress up in their uniforms on their days off and go to the welfare office.

I'm not making an excuse in saying that pilots should be lazy and neglect their flight duties in anyway, but most pilots do take pride in their work.
So if they can't afford the $300 luggage, stock their wardrobe with 20 uniforms, and might, on the off chance, wear the same uniform 2 or 3 days in a row, I for one can understand that.

 

[XJohXJ]

Can't pay for dry cleaning if you're struggling just to pay the rent or put food on the table. Certainly can't buy new uniform items if living within poverty guidelines. Not an excuse. Fiscal reality.

 

[BoilerUP]

Its the chicken and the egg philosophy:

You'll dress more when you're paid more

-or-

You'll be paid like a professional when you dress and act like one.


Mr. Schmo subscribes to #1, while I believe in #2.

 

[KeroseneSnorter]

Wasn't making an excuse, mearly stating a basic point you get what pay for.

So what you are saying is that you have 1500 hours, and dress like a slob, and use terms like "Semenhole" to describe your previous experience in aviation.

So I guess they did get what they paid for.

 

[Axel]

... you get what pay for....

Anyone else see the irony in this statement?

(edit:Kerosene Snorter does. Beat me to it.)