How many uniform shirts do you wear per trip?

[derg]

Brotherman. You’re tilting at windmills. 4/5 of the pilots you’ve flown with have been wearing one or two shirts per trip. In the same tiny cockpit as you. Just a foot or two away. For hours and hours….

I can guarantee it.

When I’d pack one-per-day, I was certainly the outlier. But I’m like 2 for a 4 or 5 day trip. Most of the time I’ll, well, just wear one of them.

But I have very little body hair so I don’t get ‘funky’.

 

[ClearedForOption]

1 shirt for a 4-day... sometimes 1 shirt per commute over a 6 day block. Now that I'm not doing that anymore - it's a max of 1 per 5 day block.

My shirt is Azul though, hides the sins better. (My previous issued shirts were most likely made out of gor-tex and you could literally spill a whole cup of coffee on them and it would roll right off like a non-Newtonian fluid.) I also tend to do one leg and done per day.

I pack dark T-shirts to go under the shirt and I carry a spare in case something happens. Haven't needed my spare in the last 4 years.

Now that I'm going to most likely be working out on overnights... I'll use the space for workout clothes.

Y’all are nasty.

If you can’t pack 3 pilot shirts in your bag, what the eff are y’all’s packing in your overnight bag? Leave the cats and PS5 at home.

Just reaffirms my decision to slam click on you nasty folks.

That silly logic can be applied anywhere. Why change your underwear? It’s not like you peed or pooed in it. May as well wear the same underwear all 4 days.

If they wanted you to wear one shirt all 4 days, they would given you 1 shirt. But when they gave you 4 shirts, it should have been a clue.

 

[zmiller4]

The repeated comparison of wearing a single pair of underwear to wearing a single shirt on a trip is a total failure of logic.

I’m not sure why it’s difficult to understand that it’s completely possible for a shirt that *never touches your body* to not be gross for several days of wear.

 

[milleR]

Wait until he finds out how often you’re supposed to dry clean a suit lol

 

[zmiller4]

Wait until he finds out how often you’re supposed to dry clean a suit lol

You’re probably going to tell me I shouldn’t be washing my jeans after each time I wear them too, aren’t you.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Pretending that a cotton blend shirt is the same thing as a wool suit is hilarious. Why don’t you guys write into Esquire or GQ and see what they think about reusing a shirt for four days?

 

[zmiller4]

Pretending that a cotton blend shirt is the same thing as a wool suit is hilarious. Why don’t you guys write into Esquire or GQ and see what they think about reusing a shirt for four days?

Fortunately, we don’t have to write in. I bolded GQ’s relevant statement so you wouldn’t have to read too hard.

Your Office Clothes

Your suit can last for about four to five wears before it needs to go to the dry cleaner. Always drop off all coordinating pieces so everything wears at the same speed. Your button-down shirts can last for three to four wears, especially if you’re an undershirt guy.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Fortunately, we don’t have to write in. I bolded GQ’s relevant statement so you wouldn’t have to read too hard.

Honestly surprised. I find it disgusting, but you guys do you.

 

[zmiller4]

Honestly surprised. I find it disgusting, but you guys do you.

I didn’t think that shirt usage would be your “maybe it’s actually me” moment, but we can hope.

And I say that because there’s a difference between “I prefer a new shirt every day” and “you people are filthy!”

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

I didn’t think that shirt usage would be your “maybe it’s actually me” moment, but we can hope.

And I say that because there’s a difference between “I prefer a new shirt every day” and “you people are filthy!”

I mean, you people are filthy. I’m just surprised that GQ is okay with filthy.

 

[zmiller4]

I mean, you people are filthy. I’m just surprised that GQ is okay with filthy.

If it makes you feel any better, my 45s of googling showed an esquire article that definitively said one shirt per day. So I guess we now know which magazine is just masquerading as bougie while actually catering to the unwashed masses.

 

[EDUC8-or]

You guys wear shirts?

 

[trafficinsight]

You guys wear shirts?

Yes, four of them, all at once.

 

[Beefy McGee]

Was wondering about the undershirt situation for you four-day types. I approve. Especially if a flamboyant tie is covering a BBQ stain from two days ago.

Tide stain pens work wonders

 

[milleR]

I wonder what our one shirt per day crowd do about their bed sheets.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I wonder what our one shirt per day crowd do about their bed sheets.

"You're supposed to wash those?"

 

[JustinS]

Good topic. My typical packing for a 4 day trip looks like this:

2 uniform shirts (1 is a backup, I'll typically wear 1 uniform shirt for a 4 day trip (sorry @SlumTodd_Millionaire))
4 white undershirts (1 per day I actually fly)
2 uniform pants (1 is a backup)
5 pairs of boxers (I always do number of days for the trip plus one cause you never know...)
5 pairs of socks (nothing worse than dirty socks)
1 pair of tennis shoes
1 pair of work shoes
1 pair of shorts
1 polo (for the commute/deadheads)
2 regular t shirts for the overnights (usually about 1 for every 2-3 days on the road works good since they get limited wear, and you don't always go out everyday/night)

Climate Dependant:
1 company issued heavy jacket
1 lightweight personal jacket for the commute/overnights
1 pair of jeans
1 beanie & pair of gloves

I've got it down to a science because anything extra is added weight, and/or makes my bag more difficult to pack. These efficiencies come in handy as I pack for longer trips. The most I've done is a 10 day trip doing no laundry with the above method, but I only operated 7 legs on that trip.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

I wonder what our one shirt per day crowd do about their bed sheets.

Wash frequently, but since I shower after getting out of bed and don’t bring the sheets with me, a little different.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

1 shirt for 4 days.

Not that I needed it, but just reaffirms my decision to slam click.

 

[🦈💜]

While sitting down to pee?

I sure • hope so