Blue jets new uniforms

[Flyiguy]

Whatever. The shirt fabric is bad, and wrinkles on the hanger on the way home from the dry cleaner. So what? I'll wear what they want me to wear. When they decide it looks bad 90% of the time, they will change the shirts.

Sure they will.....

 

[B6Driver]

Not for the benefit of the pilots but rather the brand image.
Either way, we benefit.:beer:

 

[Fins Up]

The roll out of the new uniform is the biggest joke of the whole thing. Just like the last PEA. Here is the deadline. Okay, things aren't going well. Here is the new deadline. Some people still haven't received their new uniforms. When they do, some will still need to tailor them. The incompetence with which we execute amazes me sometimes.

Also, can anybody post a link for external view of the "uniform video" with our illustrious captain skipping down the hall hand-in-hand with the FAs, agents, etc.? It is the train wreck from which you cannot look away. The last few seconds are priceless.

 

[cbrown1]

I have to say the new shirts look good with the blazer but without the blazer i still like the old shirt.

 

[livin'thesim]

I wish more airlines would have a light-colored shirt, like grey or something. white shirts show even small amounts of dust or dirt more easily, and of course if you spill the wrong thing on it, you gotta buy a new one.

Light grey would be much easier to clean, but tradition is tradition. Now, those guys in the black starship uniforms have it made. Plus, you can take off the shoulder bars and stop in at the local emo-rocker club for a drink without having to change clothes.

 

[Baronman]

The roll out of the new uniform is the biggest joke of the whole thing. Just like the last PEA. Here is the deadline. Okay, things aren't going well. Here is the new deadline. Some people still haven't received their new uniforms. When they do, some will still need to tailor them. The incompetence with which we execute amazes me sometimes.

Also, can anybody post a link for external view of the "uniform video" with our illustrious captain skipping down the hall hand-in-hand with the FAs, agents, etc.? It is the train wreck from which you cannot look away. The last few seconds are priceless.

WTF? I've worked numerous days since the rollout and haven't notice anybody in the old uniform. Even if there were a handfull I wouldn't call that a joke or unsuccessful. They gave a 2 week timeframe for pilots transition, that sounds pretty reasonable to me.

And the video, who f'ing cares? Seriously is there anything some guys won't complain about? I think if the narrative one is looking for is always negative, any new change, initiative etc is just more fodder to complain about.

 

[B6Driver]

Oh, the drama.

 

[BeachBummer]

Got my shirts tailored, $35/shirt. They fit great now. The lady had to remove 10" of fabric from the back of my 17.5" neck tall tapered. I think I'll get the jacket done too. Other than that it's much improved from the old slop.

 

[CaptainSpaz]

IMO it's an improvement all in all. However, there are a couple glaring quality issues - We are a week in and I've seen shirts lose buttons and the dotted ties are fraying.

 

[FlyMeSWA]

Should have gone with white shirts that way anyone can order/buy the kind they like and feel comfortable with. Pants and jacket look good, blue tie works but should have kept old stripes. The new ones are awful, too skinny, don't fit and outline the blue with dark gray-almost Brown...could have outlined it with silver to make blue pop.

 

[AKAAB]

The slacks aren't standard grey pants as was mentioned earlier. They have a thin blue "window pane" watermark that makes it impossible to order matching pants from anywhere but the official vendor.

I wonder which Board Member owns a piece of HPI?

 

[oldxfr8dog]

I wonder which Board Member owns a piece of HPI?

I've been wondering about this since the previous shirts.
They cover their tracks well.

 

[Pan1900]

Yeah the uniforms do suck! Should always take pilots input first! Meanwhile kill time in the air and play Enemy Dawn app. Trailer video http://bit.ly/1pVJCj1

 

[B6Driver]

Troll alert!!!!

 

[dingo222]

The lighter shirt material is a double edged sword. Cooler in the heat but it won't hold shape out of the dry cleaners plastic. I flew with a guy who had not received the correct pants yet so he went with the old uni. He got more smack talk from other pilots than anyone else. It's a shame. The rollout was a mess and he took the grief. This group has a way to go before we make any real headway with attitudes like that.