Your lanyard and you...

[awbmof]

When I started at McDonnell-Douglas it was Shirt, Slacks and Tie in the office, Suit if we had customers or execs in.

Then came the strike in 1996 and we were pulled to man the production line, so ties went away, and never came back post strike

Then came casual Fridays and I saw engineers in spandex bike shorts.....ugh

Here casual Fridays are lots of engineering types in Dora (no kidding), Sheldon, Atari, and Pac Man t-shirts. Thankfully I rarely have customers in the building on Fridays!

Just as I transferred from Everett to Seattle, the then new VP of Engineering instituted a dress code requiring managers and customer facing employees to wear "professional attire" meaning slacks and a collard shirt at a minimum. However, the directive did not cover the rest of the tech and engineering masses. Despite "coaching" from management, some of my colleagues still interpreted casual Friday as sweat pants and a t-shirt.

So far Seattle has been better, except for the one senior manager who attended an executive level meeting in yoga pants.

 

[derg]

I'd like to gather all of the sweat pants and tennis shoes that aren't being worn in a gym, where they belong, and just burn them in a big pile.

 

[Nark]

Depending on the person Yoga pants are highly encouraged.

 

[Roger Roger]

(side note.. this may be the LEAST funny skit every shown on TV)

That is exactly the mental image I have of pilots who talk about other pilots' outfits.

 

[alaskadrifter]

Depending on the person Yoga pants are highly encouraged.

Not if your in a professional setting, wanting to be taken seriously.

 

[Roger Roger]

Depending on the person Yoga pants are highly encouraged.

Like any female passenger to Hoonah?

 

[alaskadrifter]

Like any female passenger to Hoonah?

Or BET.

 

[amorris311]

Depending on the person Yoga pants are highly encouraged.

As a buddy of mine said, "yoga pants are a privledge, not a right!"

 

[ASpilot2be]

As a buddy of mine said, "yoga pants are a privledge, not a right!"

Very true. I suppose it's one thing to look forward to with flying routes out of a California college town.

 

[grkero]

As a buddy of mine said, "yoga pants are a privledge, not a right!"

Did that stop you from wearing them?

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

When I started at McDonnell-Douglas it was Shirt, Slacks and Tie in the office, Suit if we had customers or execs in.

Then came the strike in 1996 and we were pulled to man the production line, so ties went away, and never came back post strike

Then came casual Fridays and I saw engineers in spandex bike shorts.....ugh

Here casual Fridays are lots of engineering types in Dora (no kidding), Sheldon, Atari, and Pac Man t-shirts. Thankfully I rarely have customers in the building on Fridays!

So you crossed a picket line to go to the production line and bust a strike?

 

[surreal1221]

Hah, we had a few people in my class that carried those packs and got asked "Oh, you were in the military?" "No...."

Eeeee. Gotta love it.

I equally love the clearly not a military member wearing the tan caps with lord knows what velcro'd to the front.

There's a difference between supporting those who serve and looking like a butterball turkey grade A toolbag American.

@Nark said: (No idea why TapaTalk is screwing up the quote attribution).

Ahhh you mean pilot uniform not Military.

There have been at least a dozen times that I've been mid trip and not had a chance to head home. I don't live in the same town as my unit.

 

[Seggy]

Did that stop you from wearing them?

Did you know LuLu Lemon has a men's line?

 

[jskibo]

So you crossed a picket line to go to the production line and bust a strike?

I'm management, not labor

 

[Burrito]

I have a company lanyAArd for this new job.

I do miss my ramper's arm collar, though. That thing was AWESOME.

 

[grkero]

Did you know LuLu Lemon has a men's line?

Yes. I own a LuLu shirt.

 

[Seggy]

Yes. I own a LuLu shirt.

Love their stuff! You need to try their shorts.

 

[derg]

Good grief. Watching two men talk about the men's line at Lulu Lemon and no mention of "Dat Ass" that abounds in the store makes me feel like a crotchety old freight dog.

 

[PhilosopherPilot]

I'm management, not labor

Just curious. I'm not sure that would matter at an airline. If a VP of Flight Ops flew a plane during a strike, he would be a scab, management or not. At least, that's what I've been led to believe.

 

[jskibo]

Just curious. I'm not sure that would matter at an airline. If a VP of Flight Ops flew a plane during a strike, he would be a scab, management or not. At least, that's what I've been led to believe.

Never worked at at airline (nor do I have any desire to) so don't know how it works there.

It's a bit different environment in manufacturing. If I'm a Program Manager and have to fill in for a struck position, say a structural mechanic, I'm not sure of what relevance "scab" would be to me or anyone else filling in during the strike.

None of us had anything to do with the union workers. I didn't manage them, interface with them or really even see them unless I was taking a customer on a tour. They have no bearing on my career, and I certainly have no interest in applying for a shop floor position.

So, while in your example, the VP had normal day to day oversight and likely some contact with the pilots, and certainly that ongoing relationship in the future, the same cannot be said of any future relationship between myself and any machinist.

It would be like labelling labelling a Denny's waitress a scab because she crossed a line to fly on a struck carrier..... Not sure either party would care......

But you know what they say about opinions...... They are pink, puckered and smelly.