Leather Jacket Question

I'm not a huge fan of the leather jacket, but it's what the airline gave us so I wore it. I also wore the hat until I killed it. Guess what I did then? I ordered a replacement! (Free!). Didn't get it in time though. At the end of the day, I think the hat and blazer is very sharp. Guy with stained untucked shirt, not so much.

Now, no monkey suit. I'll be wearing company issues Lands End. Not bad.
 
DPApilot said:
I'm not a huge fan of the leather jacket, but it's what the airline gave us so I wore it. I also wore the hat until I killed it. Guess what I did then? I ordered a replacement! (Free!). Didn't get it in time though. At the end of the day, I think the hat and blazer is very sharp. Guy with stained untucked shirt, not so much.

Now, no monkey suit. I'll be wearing company issues Lands End. Not bad.
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Are they also providing pantyhose and pumps with your Lands End skirts? Maggie had to get school uniforms when she was in private school at Lands End...come to think of it I bet they'll make you wear the plaid jumper. pullup and I would...I'll send an email to your new employer suggesting this.
 
Let's just put it this way: Pour your energy into flying like a professional, regardless of what you wear to work. The uniform and how you wear it is a distant second to how you operate the jet. Be smooth, be fluid, be efficient, be standard. There are many pilots, with and without hats, who violate all of those. A sharp uniform doesn't make the pilot.

Either way, don't violate rule #1: Show up and don't be a dick.
 
Am I the only ex-military guy that cringes when they see a civilian pilot wearing a military issue (or copy) flight jacket, leather or Nomex?
 
dasleben said:
Let's just put it this way: Pour your energy into flying like a professional, regardless of what you wear to work. The uniform and how you wear it is a distant second to how you operate the jet. Be smooth, be fluid, be efficient, be standard. There are many pilots, with and without hats, who violate all of those. A sharp uniform doesn't make the pilot.

Either way, don't violate rule #1: Show up and don't be a dick.
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Spot on. Guys that say that if you violate uniform policy, then you must be sloppy in your flying....to me it's apples and oranges. There will always be those who violate uniform policy and still suck as pilots; but it's not necessarily an if-then scenario. Because if that was the case, I always work my sleeves up on my flightsuit, and the zipper below the bottom of the nametag, yet I was still somehow able to get bombs on target. The BL is, as you say, meet the intent of whatever policy it is for your company and follow rule #1. Work for Delta? Then you'll be wearing the full suit. Work for SWA? Then you have options such as a leather jacket. Neither is necessarily more right or more wrong than the other, IMHO.
 
Pilot Fighter said:
Am I the only ex-military guy that cringes when they see a civilian pilot wearing a military issue (or copy) flight jacket, leather or Nomex?
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Depends what they're doing. There are a number of civilian pilot gigs that necessitate some form of Nomex or flightsuits, etc. Then there are others that don't require it at all.
 
MikeD said:
Depends what they're doing. There are a number of civilian pilot gigs that necessitate some form of Nomex or flightsuits, etc. Then there are others that don't require it at all.
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Agreed. I don't have a problem with mil-issue Nomex jackets and coveralls in some environments, primarily because they are cheap and durable. When it comes to leather, I don't like seeing mil-issue. I don't know if it's because I view it as part of a military uniform or if it just reminds me of the hell I went through to earn mine.
 
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