Virgin America new modern pilot uniforms

[mxer]

This new uniform SUCKS!! I want the "Johnny Cash" back!! Should also show all you "nay sayers" that there is money being made here at Virgin. If we are wasting money on this stupid crap...then there is definitely money in the cookie jar.

Instead of Johnny Cash, now we get to be the prison guard. We're still in Folsom County. Hopefully when the final product shows on the doorstep, it doesnt look all that bad. Personally, if its the traditional pilot shirt, it will be miles better than the garbage we wear now. I don't care for the grey, but the black is goofy also. We're just used to the old goofy look.

I agree, its a shame to waste money on uniform changes, refresh, parties, red carpet, and a slew of other things when we can't pour cash out of a 5 gallon bucket fast enough to keep us going.

 

[HDA]

Thanks. Yes..........irony! Good luck.

Yeah....right.

 

[joepilot29]

As an RJ guy stuck in the right seat at a company about to go under with no PIC time, I choose unemployment then to have to wear that! Really?

 

[blackbox]

As an RJ guy stuck in the right seat at a company about to go under with no PIC time, I choose unemployment then to have to wear that! Really?

Sure buddy. And I bet you wouldn't work for UPS either because of their brown uniform, right?

 

[Ralph Cramden]

The problem is they won't be mistaken for pilots either...

Our new shirt is the same as yours bluedude, just gray vs blue. The one on the model looks goofy because it is 2 sizes too small. I am glad we are ditching the black bartender shirt.

 

[Fins Up]

Our new shirt is the same as yours bluedude, just gray vs blue. The one on the model looks goofy because it is 2 sizes too small. I am glad we are ditching the black bartender shirt.

1. Where is your tie? You can take it off and be comfortable in the cockpit, but look professional outside.

2. I wouldn't call the new look an improvement over your current eurotrash/bartender uniform. Both are barely above Skybus'.

3. Most jb pilots would prefer to be in a white shirt. We'll see what happens after we get a CBA.

 

[pilotpm]

1. Where is your tie? You can take it off and be comfortable in the cockpit, but look professional outside.

Give it a rest on the tie already. I have no desire to wear a tie. What I wear has nothing to do with my professionalism. My professionalism comes from my 25 years of operating transport category aircraft safely and efficiently. I don't care for this uniform but whatever, I didn't care for wearing white shirts and ties either.

 

[Blue Dude]

Our new shirt is the same as yours bluedude, just gray vs blue. The one on the model looks goofy because it is 2 sizes too small. I am glad we are ditching the black bartender shirt.

And if I showed up for work with no wings, no tie, shirt unbuttoned, nobody would mistake me for a pilot either, epaulets or no epaulets. Your new uniform is barely business casual, much less professional. "Looks good on *you* though..."

 

[Fins Up]

Give it a rest on the tie already. I have no desire to wear a tie. What I wear has nothing to do with my professionalism. My professionalism comes from my 25 years of operating transport category aircraft safely and efficiently. I don't care for this uniform but whatever, I didn't care for wearing white shirts and ties either.

Let's just give the entire uniform a rest. Hey, wear whatever you want; skip the epaulets (oh yeah, already tried that one), wear tennis shoes, shorts, pony tail, whatever makes you feel good. Your "25 years of operating transport category aircraft..." looks very low class, cheap and cheesy in your current and future "uniforms".

But as bluedude said, Looks good on you though. I bet you get a free bowl of soup with it.

 

[oldxfr8dog]

This new uniform SUCKS!! I want the "Johnny Cash" back!! Should also show all you "nay sayers" that there is money being made here at Virgin. If we are wasting money on this stupid crap...then there is definitely money in the cookie jar.

The money is being made by some connection to your executive leadership.
SOMEBODY at VA is making money off this.

 

[Ralph Cramden]

And if I showed up for work with no wings, no tie, shirt unbuttoned, nobody would mistake me for a pilot either, epaulets or no epaulets. Your new uniform is barely business casual, much less professional. "Looks good on *you* though..."

The wings weren't on the model, but they are there. No tie has been sop for us since day one. It took a bit to get used to, but it is gets good reviews from the pax. Must be a west coast thing. The new stripes aren't as in your face as the current ones, but much more visible than the collar pins we had in the beginning.

I still say it is much closer to a "real" pilot uni than the black waiter shirt, and hopefully cooler (thermally if not style) as well. So since the puppet masters here will never allow a white shirt with skinny black tie, it is the best we get for now.

I would love to parade around looking like an emperor or the love boat captain, but not even you get to do that.

 

[pilotpm]

Your "25 years of operating transport category aircraft..." looks very low class, cheap and cheesy in your current and future "uniforms".

And ring around the white collar and a cheap clip-on, stained tie isn't "low class"? Whatever.

 

[NEDude]

Give it a rest on the tie already. I have no desire to wear a tie. What I wear has nothing to do with my professionalism. My professionalism comes from my 25 years of operating transport category aircraft safely and efficiently. I don't care for this uniform but whatever, I didn't care for wearing white shirts and ties either.

Your own professionalism may come from your own experience. But your appearance has a lot to do with how others treat you. If you wanted to be treated as a professional, you need to both act and look professional. I like working for VX, but this uniform is a complete joke and is not the least bit professional.

 

[xjhawk]

thats not the FA, those are the male and female pilot uniforms........

 

[Draginass]

That looks exactly like a uniform that Armored Truck Drivers wear.

I think management's thoughts are to make you feel like a truck driver instead of a pilot, so you keep working for truck driver wages.