Clip-on ties vs. hand-tied ties

[metrodriver]

I'll take the clip on any day for safety reasons. Nobody can grab it and choke you, if it gets caught in or on something you won't get hurt either.
Oh yeah, it looks stupid if you leave the top button open, but so does a real tie.
I put the clip through the top button hole, then button the shirt, now it's perfectly in the middle.

 

[jimbo]

Clip-ons in the south are a MUST!!!

 

[bart]

When you need that used car salesman

look... Go for the clip-on with a short sleeve shirt.

 

[Tim47SIP]

No Ties!

I think this would be a great time to press the TSA into banning ties for crew members due to safety and terrorist risks. Polo shirts would be the way to go with a company logo. I hate wearing ties. But when I do it is deffinitely the zipper tie. On in 5 seconds. Always looks good and easy to loosen.

 

[Loafman]

Do they make zipper ties with logos? ours has a stupid chicken on it...

 

[PacoPollo]

Clip ons !! I dont really care what others think about it!

 

[ShawnC]

Do they make zipper ties with logos? ours has a stupid chicken on it...

You can probally bleech something that resembles a chicken on it.

 

[Booker]

Hand-tied here. Of course, I can tie a heluva Half-Windsor and I was in the preppy clique in school, so it fits me fine.

Also, I still can't find a navy blue tie dark enough to match my navy blue Slates. Any ideas? I've tried AF surplus, but haven't found anything yet.

Thanks!

 

[Counselair]

Clip on ties look cute on my four year old, not a professional commanding the respect and leadership of those around him.

I'm lazy too, I've tied ties all through catholic school and the military, IMHO Zipper ties are the only way to go!

Counselair

 

[Flying Illini]

I won't wear a clip-on, it's just not professional enough. But I think that the TSA should ban all stuffy pilot uniforms, lets just wear khaki shorts and a polo. The ultimate in comfortable flying!

 

[Typhoon1244]

Zipper tie all the way.

Remember Chris Farley in Tommy Boy?

Tommy Calahan: "Heh, heh. It's a clip-on."
Rich Hayden: "Heh, heh, ya sure?"

Don't be like Tommy. Don't wear a clip-on.

 

[Bluto]

That's why I didn't take the FA job they offered me when I was furloughed:

"He's a big, dumb animal, isn't he folks?"

 

[colorado418]

I gotta go with the half windsor. No clip on's or zipper's for me. I guess I am still stuck with the "old fashioned" idea. I like to loosen it up front. I would probably loose a clip on under the rudder pedals or something dumb like that.

I can take it off then and tie up the terrorists...

 

[Typhoon1244]

I gotta go with the half windsor. No clip on's or zipper's for me. I like to loosen it up front.

Just to set the record straight, you can do this with a zipper tie just like an ordinary tie. The difference is you don't have to worry about a zipper tie coming untied.

I swear they're the best thing to come along since the cup-holder.

(I know a guy who transitioned from the right seat of the J31 to the left seat of the Saab 340. What was he most dazzled by when he saw the Saab's cockpit for the first time? "Hey! Cup-holders!")

 

[flight-crew]

The zipper tie that I bought from the Stopover Store keeps coming loosened after a few hours. Have any of you guys with zipper ties had this problem?

 

[T-Gates]

The zipper tie that I bought from the Stopover Store keeps coming loosened after a few hours. Have any of you guys with zipper ties had this problem?

Yea, that is one downfall of the zipper tie. I have had that happen a few times. Nothing beats standing there after a real bad landing and having your tie hanging about 4 inches below your neck and your top button undone. Never done that....... That really gives the passengers confidence!

--03M

 

[Tim47SIP]

Typhoon

I swear they're the best thing to come along since the cup-holder.

I guess you havent seen the ATR cupholders! They are square???? Ever tried to put a round object in a square hole?? Even Freud (sp?) would have laughed. I still dont get it!! But then again, I am a little slow. Dont know why I didn't go to school on the short bus???

 

[Smoking Man]

Clip on. They LOOK COOL.

 

[dmspilot00]

I would be just a little worried should the knot get loose over time, and start to look like crap.

Glue it?

 

[cl-65link]

Re: ATR cupholders. Leave it to the French to screw up a simple thing like a cupholder.