American Pilots Hate New Uniform

wheelsup said:
It's insane how many AA folks are so belligerently anti DB they can't see what the reasonable folks can. Like I said the first comment out of someone's month 99% of the time is looks sharp, people are judging off of an internet photo or from a brief glance in the terminal.
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I'm anti-DB. I'm in shape. I also want to sit down at the airport. Ask 95% of the DL guys what they think of the (titled by them) horse blanket.

No thanks.
 
AAPalmTree said:
I'm anti-DB. I'm in shape. I also want to sit down at the airport. Ask 95% of the DL guys what they think of the (titled by them) horse blanket.

No thanks.
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When I sit down in my single breasted I have to unbutton it too... not sure what the issue is. This DB is basically a single breasted with two buttons done up, hardly any different. I don't use the inside button at all.
 
Yeah, you only have to unbutton 3 buttons on a DB jacket to open it, just like a SB jacket. One row of buttons is only for show.
 
Cptnchia said:
Yeah, you only have to unbutton 3 buttons on a DB jacket to open it, just like a SB jacket. One row of buttons is only for show.
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AA's only has two buttons, not including the hidden one inside. It's very easy to put on and take off. I saw a DL guy who was "stuffed" in yours sitting down all buttoned up and it sure didn't look very comfortable! He also had his hat on... while on the employee bus...
 
AAPalmTree said:
Ask 95% of the DL guys what they think of the (titled by them) horse blanket.

No thanks.
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I like it.

But generally, it's our more voluptuous pilots who complain about it at SouthernJets.

You don't wear it buttoned while sitting. Who wears any coat buttoned while sitting? Sheesh! Public schools...
 
Derg said:
I like it.

But generally, it's our more voluptuous pilots who complain about it at SouthernJets.

You don't wear it buttoned while sitting. Who wears any coat buttoned while sitting? Sheesh! Public schools...
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Hey now, I went to public school and even I know that.

The blazer is unbuttoned when seated, buttoned when standing. Not difficult.
 
Derg said:
I like it.

But generally, it's our more voluptuous pilots who complain about it at SouthernJets.

You don't wear it buttoned while sitting. Who wears any coat buttoned while sitting? Sheesh! Public schools...
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Nobody does derg. Ive seen DL guys sitting in your van admiral jacket. It's looks horrible. It dangles to the floor. Thus, can't sit down.
 
I think the DL uniform is fantastic. It works, it is respected, and when worn by a pilot who is in shape, it looks great.

I could imagine some of the AA guys not liking it just because DL has it...
 
Derg said:
Part of the knowledgebase that every gentleman should have.
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Sadly lacking, in most respects.... A man shouldn't have to say "uh, what?" when your tailor asks if you "dress left or dress right".

In other news: "So we advocated three distinctively different types of fit: athletic, average and what is termed classic"

LOLZ....holy euphemisms, Batman. I've heard some whoppers in my time, but that one takes two hands to hold.

Personally, I liked the leather jacket option from Northernjets. Not out of fashion or some dweeby affection for pilot garb, but for simply sheer convenience.

On the -9, you had a bare sliver of space that could hold garments. So each person has a blazer and a overcoat. That exceeded the available space by a factor of 4, and then you still had to pack a coat for the layover. The jacket they offered cut WAY down on the space needed, was significantly warmer, way more comfortable, and easier to clean (damp rag). You weren't jerking around with 2 coats or a complex array of buttons. And folded up, made a tolerable pillow for the commute home. The extra good news was they were pretty plain, with no external anything, so you pop the epaulettes off, and you're just Joe Bagodonuts, and didn't need to pack anything else for your 30 hours in Minot. Pretty much win all around.

I didn't care that it was a leather jacket...but just ANYTHING that fit that bill. Heck, it could have been a plaid lumberjack coat and a hat with ear flaps and I would have been happy.

In the "old timer stories"....the uniform shop at Northernjets was in house. You went over to the basement of Building B, which is the one you see out the window at the MOA Crown Plaza. Down in the basement was the uniform shop populated by nice ladies who, I think, had worked there since the airline's founding.

So, newbie here orders his stuff, and dutifully returns at the appointed time to pick it up. Soo, one of the gals, who seems that she could tell me all about outfitting guys to fly the Stratocruiser, tells me to try on my rig. The dressing area is across the room (and it's a large room), and while I'm standing there, the lady, who is still on the other side of this large room, tells me that one sleeve is 1/8 inch short. "WTF, no way" is what I think, but this lady comes over, whips out a metal ruler seemingly from thin air, measures it, and it is EXACTLY 1/8" short. It was all I could do to sit there and blink like an idiot.

That aside, it gets REALLY cold some of the places we go to....as much as I bake in the Abbot's coat in the southern climes, it doesn't cut it. OTOH, I can't stand overcoats that haven't been updated since they were used in a black and white movie in 1932. I hit up Banana Republic for their winter sale one year and scored a coat that meets the specs, sorta, kinda, but has a modern-ish cut & fabric. You just need to be a bit creative to work within the rules.

Richman
 
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I've yet to see the new uniform. I see the pic of the models and it looks black to me.

Don't care what I wear just don't want hats. I think my hat at cjc lasted a total of a month before a drunken crashpad party ruined it.
 
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