Uniform survey is live!

[mtsupilot376]

Well it looks like CT has finally posted the survey. It's official hats are optional year-round in the new combined uniform program.

 

[RJLoser]

pilot who wears an optional hat = issues

 

[79%N1]

Why is that? Have all the airline pilots since the dawn of the airline age had "issues?"

 

[zonejumper]

pilot who wears an optional hat = issues

You don't like the hat....fine.. I can't stand when you take shots at guys who do like it.
I look forward to the day when the only airline uniform is Dockers, golf shirts and sneakers.

 

[RJLoser]

Slacks and a golf shirt would be fine with me.

 

[79%N1]

Bermuda shorts, wife-beater and flip flops!!!

 

[zonejumper]

Slacks and a golf shirt would be fine with me.

Of course....maybe you should have chosen another profession or a segment of aviation where you could dress casual.
Then you guys wonder why no one (including management) respects you.

 

[zonejumper]

Bermuda shorts, wife-beater and flip flops!!!

Maybe they could also sport a scraggly beard, piercings, tattoos, etc.......
Oh goody!!!!

 

[Abernathy]

You don't like the hat....fine.. I can't stand when you take shots at guys who do like it.
I look forward to the day when the only airline uniform is Dockers, golf shirts and sneakers.

You don't have to exaggerate. About the only thing that has changed in most pilot uniforms since Pan Am began flying to Havana is the hat--or more specifically, the lack of one.

If you really want to piss about the recent lack of glamor in Pilot uniforms, we can start with the leather jacket.

 

[RJLoser]

Of course....maybe you should have chosen another profession or a segment of aviation where you could dress casual.
Then you guys wonder why no one (including management) respects you.

Dress nice. That will solve all problems with MGT and the public will love flying again.

 

[zonejumper]

You don't have to exaggerate. About the only thing that has changed in most pilot uniforms since Pan Am began flying to Havana is the hat--or more specifically, the lack of one.

If you really want to piss about the recent lack of glamor in Pilot uniforms, we can start with the leather jacket.

I don't like the leather jacket either....

 

[mtsupilot376]

You don't have to exaggerate. About the only thing that has changed in most pilot uniforms since Pan Am began flying to Havana is the hat--or more specifically, the lack of one.

If you really want to piss about the recent lack of glamor in Pilot uniforms, we can start with the leather jacket.

Hey, hey, HEYYY! don't you go start messin' with my leather jacket now!

 

[zonejumper]

Dress nice. That will solve all problems with MGT and the public will love flying again.

Rght....You totally missed the point, but what can one expect from someone who calls himself "RJLoser."

 

[RJLoser]

Rght....You totally missed the point, but what can one expect from someone who calls himself "RJLoser."

Maybe you missed the point.

 

[zonejumper]

Maybe you missed the point.

Negative....

YOUR post was any pilot who wears the hat when it's been made optional is a dork. Call me crazy but who looks more like a jackass? Pilot wearing that hat OR pilot sporting the spikey hair, ipod and ridiculous white sunglasses on his head?

 

[Fubijaakr]

Funny, I just had to spend some time in MSP. All the Delta mainline guys wear hats. All the commuter pilots slack around with no hats. Guess which group looks more professional?

 

[zonejumper]

Funny, I just had to spend some time in MSP. All the Delta mainline guys wear hats. All the commuter pilots slack around with no hats. Guess which group looks more professional?

....and sexier!!! imp:

 

[SPDBRD747400]

No hats!!!! Awesome news hate those clown hats anyway!

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Funny, I just had to spend some time in MSP. All the Delta mainline guys wear hats. All the commuter pilots slack around with no hats. Guess which group looks more professional?

Double breasted aviation Gods! Whatever

 

[Freebrd]

Funny, I just had to spend some time in MSP. All the Delta mainline guys wear hats. All the commuter pilots slack around with no hats. Guess which group looks more professional?

Ha! Go read some of their comments on APC. A lot of em don't like the hat either.

 

[sunlitpath]

Orville and Wilbur, supersonic flight, and the day hats became optional at ASA/ExpressJet. Today is a monumental day in aviation history; the hat is dead, praise God...

 

[SPDBRD747400]

Orville and Wilbur, supersonic flight, and the day hats became optional at ASA/ExpressJet. Today is a monumental day in aviation history; the hat is dead, praise God...

Amen!

 

[centralpilot]

Seriously, does every company memo need a companion post on FI? Hats were never going to be required for economic reasons, but go ahead and enjoy the illusion that it was our choice.

 

[Abernathy]

Funny, I just had to spend some time in MSP. All the Delta mainline guys wear hats. All the commuter pilots slack around with no hats. Guess which group looks more professional?

Let's see, bunch of middle aged gray haired white dudes vs a bunch of severely underpaid sleep deprived twenty-somethings carrying lunchboxes because they can't afford Wendy's 9 times a trip, and you think the hat is what's making the difference?

 

[Fubijaakr]

Well, its all about public perception. Wear your uniform with pride, including the hat, and the passengers feel comfortable. Slouch around with no hat, no tie, iPod and you look like a dork.

 

[RJLoser]

A Woody woodpecker avatar is what makes one look like a dork

 

[IBNAV8R]

Well, its all about public perception. Wear your uniform with pride, including the hat, and the passengers feel comfortable. Slouch around with no hat, no tie, iPod and you look like a dork.

You imply their is no middle ground between d-bag and dork.


While I agree it is vital that we all look professional, if hats truly made the difference in public opinion, TSA would be wearing them.

 

[Fubijaakr]

A Woody woodpecker avatar is what makes one look like a dork

You obviously are unaware of what Woody represents. I attribute that to your youth.

While I agree it is vital that we all look professional, if hats truly made the difference in public opinion, TSA would be wearing them.

You think the public views TSA as professional? Really?

 

[sperfly]

While I think spiky hair and iPods look dorky and unprofessional I also feel that most of the guys that I fly with, that wear hats (not all) are generally pretty dorky as well. Also, either I'm missing all these people with spiky hair and iPods or I'm just really not paying much attention, but I don't see this big group roving around.

 

[RJLoser]

You obviously are unaware of what Woody represents. I attribute that to your youth.

Now you are really lost.

The young ones are the normal offenders on the spiky hair and ipods. Give them a chance to mature.

The ones that wear an optional have other issues. If someone wears an optional hat they most always fit into one of these categories:

Can't fly proficiently, self-esteem problems, trying too hard, inferiority complex, Big fish little pond, or EGO issues.

I look as professional as possible. When I see a hat guy....I'm on my toes.