Discussion: Leather Uniform Jackets

[rfa]

Was commuting home on a E145 one day, and the F/O had to use the head - he walked through the cabin with his coat and hat on.

<shivers>

Trust me, it ain't what we wear that makes some of us look dorky/unprofessional.

...and good point about the whole 777 and t-prop thing. Very tacky to be pimped out in a suit standing by the door of a B1900.

Also, Seven, you might be an "airline" pilot so you might look better in a jacket/coat/hat. I fly for a living, so the leather works for me. <G>

 

[FlickerFade]

Are they cool or are they for spikey hair, Tom Cruise wannabe's.

. . . yes I am that bored.

They aren't brown leather, so there's no mistake for Naval Aviator wannabe's.

They're great for dual purpose wear so you don't have to bring another jacket for layovers.

 

[belchfire]

It's a slippery slope, my friend. First, the leather jacket. Then a windbreaker. Soon it will be no ties. Etc... Our professional image is being slowly whittled down to nothing, and we're active participants in the process!

You left out integrety in management, good union representation, payscales and benifits-they went first!

Ya know, even the military is smart enough to have tieless summer uniforms...for those of you who have forgotten what it's like to stand on the ramp waiting for passengers when it's 100/98 with no apu to cool the office down...

I'll tell you what is pathetic is seeing the one numbskull wandering through the Hartsfield terminal in the middle of the summer with his blazer on (buttoned up no less!) when everyone else has followed the book and ditched the thing for the prescribed time period because it's hotter than the hubs of hell outside!

Pride in the uniform can be misplaced...

 

[Alchemy]

I like the leather jacket.

The leather jacket is worn when it's cold, no jacket at all when it's warm. This makes the uniform simple. Look around at the various business people on your airplane, and what are a lot of them wearing? Leather jackets (and no hats). The argument that they are unprofessional is simply mis-guided in my opinion. I think epaulettes on the lether look fine too, even though we don't wear them that way.

In the end as long as everyone adheres to the uniform standards their company has set forth, I don't care one way or the other, even if that includes windbreakers.

 

[Hamburger]

Ah, the leather comes back to haunt you again and again!

EeeeeWwww...............................

 

[328dude]

It the only option we have at SWA. Sorry.

I did see a guy wearing a leather jacket over top of his trench coat... Mesa I think.

 

[Prop2Jet]

I wear my snake-skin boots and pimped out long leather trench to work.... Yeah I'm that bad......

 

[FlySacto]

I wear my snake-skin boots and pimped out long leather trench to work.... Yeah I'm that bad......

Dude, that would be bitchn!. Here's the look waiting for the hotel van to the airport:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r272/flysacto/fotrench.jpg

 

[Hugh Johnson]

He was a soul aviator counting on only one thing..... himself.... in his day he relied on his skill, experience and instinct. He didn't have an enclosed cockpit, turbines, EGPWS, ILS, anti skid, and cowl heat. He also didn't have an Association to back up his right to PIC authority. He was killed before Dave got it started.

What is this "soul aviator" that you speak of?

 

[Hugh Johnson]

And wasn't that psycho astronut wearing a trench coat? "Nuff said.

 

[ReverseSensing]

Dude, that would be bitchn!. Here's the look waiting for the hotel van to the airport:

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r272/flysacto/fotrench.jpg

Excellent work on the stripes.

 

[belchfire]

B-777 pilot with a leather jacket = unprofessional looking
Turbo-Prop/RJ driver with a dress coat = lame

also, I wear a leather jacket (and I like it) but I feel stupid when the other pilot is wearing the dress coat, the two just don't match up.

Senior 777 blazer-wearing pilot making what a senior leather jacket wearing 737 pilot makes is lame!

SWA rocks...

Airlines with leather jackets that have shown positive cash flow recently...

UPS
Fed Ex
SWA
AirTran
US Airways
Kalitta Air

W/O Leather...
Continental

I won't bother with the loosers...