CFI Uniforms

[zamboni9]

I only had to wear shorts and tee shirts to instruct. And we were very busy flight school, I flew 750 hours in the 6 months I instructed there and had about 60 sign offs from pvt to mei. Airline style uniforms for instructors are hilarious....C172 Captains eh?

 

[chriskcmo]

I had a Chief Instructor who was furloughed from TWA/AA. The Aviation Dept. Chair brought up the idea of wearing uniforms. The Chief said "I wore 3 stripes to fly an MD-80. There's not enough stripes in the world for me to fly a Cessna 172."

We wore University polos/khakis or shirt & tie.

 

[flyingnome]

I personally like a nice shirt, and some khakis... the whole uniform thing not so much, I just dont like the idea of crawling into a 172 wearing an airline style shirt with epaulets, I guess it just weirds me out.

I had to wear uniforms while teaching at Embry Riddle Prescott, it was a polo and some slacks, although they were made of polyester, excellent choice incase of an emergency fire situation...

 

[pgcfii2002]

Go for it.. You may not even see the airplane cause he would probably fail you on the oral..

Nah, you should dress that way when you take your CFI initial with the FAA.

 

[pgcfii2002]

Niiice. I gotta get one of those, especially for those summer flights to Phoenix.

WOW, I have to get one of these when I do my next night cross country to Modesto. Do they include some apple sauce in a baggie too???

 

[SBD]

I dread wearing that uniform at the school. How it makes us look more professional, I will never know. I feel like such a tool when I'm a cross country and have to go to a FBO and get out of the C-172/C-152. What's wrong with a polo and khakis.

 

[Salukipilot4590]

Polo shirt and Khakis here, standard...

 

[jaxpilot]

Logo polo shirt and khaki pants (though some instructors wear cargo pants and no one minds). Makes it nice in the Florida summers, only wish that we could wear khaki shorts sometimes. One of my friends instructs at a place where they have to wear ties and epaulets and I tell him to change before we go to a mall or something.

 

[Alamanach]

I like threads like this because I'm not a CFI. Which means I'm a student, and that makes me a customer, and that means I'm always right. I'd never heard of a fight school dressing its instructors like airline pilots. I'm trying to imagine how that would work without it appearing totally ridiculous, and I can't do it. And then one or two of you mentioned schools at which the students have a uniform to wear. Any school that tries to give an order like that to its students has forgotten who is in charge.

Company-logo polo shirts are not a bad idea, but they're not a very good one either. Think for a moment, where else do you see employees wearing such shirts? "Hi, Mr. Student, welcome to McFlyers. I see you've scheduled 1.5 hours of DME arc training. Would you like fries with that?"

As a student, I'd much prefer to see the CFI dressed in his own clothes. Two reasons for this. 1) I'm way more interested in his ability to keep me alive and teach me than I am in his flashy duds. Let him wear what he wants. 2) As a few people kind of pointed out on the previous page, whatever clothes the CFI chooses will tell me a little bit about what kind of person he is. I'm robbed of that knowledge if the CFI's boss is picking out his clothes for him.

Khakis, a dress shirt, and a tie are nice. That's similar to how I dress. But the CFI can wear old shorts and a ripped-up T-shirt if he's a good enough instructor, it's fine with me. I really feel sorry for you guys who have your clothing issued to you. I hope I never find myself in that position.

 

[momike]

ICompany-logo polo shirts are not a bad idea, but they're not a very good one either. Think for a moment, where else do you see employees wearing such shirts? "Hi, Mr. Student, welcome to McFlyers. I see you've scheduled 1.5 hours of DME arc training. Would you like fries with that?"

I really feel sorry for you guys who have your clothing issued to you. I hope I never find myself in that position.

Fries!!! Ha, ha!!! very funny...exactly like what I get at DCA. Clothing issued? WTF????? We are required to wear uniforms and have to PAY out of pocket for them, tailoring, etc.... Issued???? Oh, to be so lucky...