Trim Fitted Pilot Shirts

Screaming_Emu said:
I loved that shirt, but the material is terrible. Not from a comfort standpoint, but rather that you can iron it, drive to work, and in the hour it took you to get there the shirt now looks like you slept under an overpass in it.
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With the tropo materiel? Like Adler said, it should look like it just left the ironing board after spending a week in the suitcase.
 
z987k said:
With the tropo materiel? Like Adler said, it should look like it just left the ironing board after spending a week in the suitcase.
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I forget if that's the material I was using. Whatever the one that had a little spandex in it. Maybe I was doing it wrong.
 
skyw82 said:
Are they really going with the different jackets?
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Not sure what you mean. I have a single and double breasted jacket to wear now, and a slim fit single breasted.

I'm not sure what will be picked, I have no say. But I really do like the double breasted, it looks pretty professional.

Leather jacket wasn't provided as it is being 'significantly redesigned'.
 
wheelsup said:
Not sure what you mean. I have a single and double breasted jacket to wear now, and a slim fit single breasted.

I'm not sure what will be picked, I have no say. But I really do like the double breasted, it looks pretty professional.

Leather jacket wasn't provided as it is being 'significantly redesigned'.
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It looked like they gave the options for three different kind of jackets.
 
skyw82 said:
It looked like they gave the options for three different kind of jackets.
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Dress jacket?

I was given single breast, slim single breast, and double breast to wear test. I have no idea which one will be chosen (single or double) or even if we could wear either. I don't think anyone really knows at this point...

We were also given a trench coat and some other jacket that looks like a skirt. It's stupid. Those haven't changed, and unfortunately you can't even lift your arms above your head in them. No room.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
I forget if that's the material I was using. Whatever the one that had a little spandex in it. Maybe I was doing it wrong.
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The tropo has spandex in it, and it doesn't wrinkle. You generally shouldn't iron spandex unless you know what you're doing... but conversely you generally shouldn't need to. Am I crazy?

Mine never wrinkle.

-Fox
 
Acrofox said:
The tropo has spandex in it, and it doesn't wrinkle. You generally shouldn't iron spandex unless you know what you're doing... but conversely you generally shouldn't need to. Am I crazy?

Mine never wrinkle.

-Fox
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No you really should have to. If comes out of the dryer almost ironed. The only thing you have to do it put the creases in the sleeves.
 
wheelsup said:
Dress jacket?

I was given single breast, slim single breast, and double breast to wear test. I have no idea which one will be chosen (single or double) or even if we could wear either. I don't think anyone really knows at this point...

We were also given a trench coat and some other jacket that looks like a skirt. It's stupid. Those haven't changed, and unfortunately you can't even lift your arms above your head in them. No room.
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When is leather jacket coming out and does it have a low profile like the first one did? That's the one I want.
 
skyw82 said:
When is leather jacket coming out and does it have a low profile like the first one did? That's the one I want.
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There is no word on that. I don't know what the design is except "it's being significantly redesigned". To me that says it's going to look like a bomber jacket. The APA is leading that and they've been old school in everything. The hat emblem looks pretty stupid, IMO. We have the old wing design too but the FA's have a nice modern one.
 
wheelsup said:
There is no word on that. I don't know what the design is except "it's being significantly redesigned". To me that says it's going to look like a bomber jacket. The APA is leading that and they've been old school in everything. The hat emblem looks pretty stupid, IMO. We have the old wing design too but the FA's have a nice modern one.
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Pic of the hat emblem?
 

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The hats are nice they are Premier Hat Co.

Honestly I don't think it will be implemented as mandatory just from the feeling I get with managements views.
 
L-16B said:
So we can look like pre merger NWA pilots?
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You should be so lucky.

As far as the leather jacket issue. Yea, I know people have a problem with it, namely it makes you look like a poser. And that's probably a fair assessment. But consider this....how did it become a fashion item in the first place?

Well, pilots wear them, and pilots are cool, so if you wear one, you can be cool too.

So why do pilots wear them? Because it's traditional pilot garb? Probably true also, but why the tradition?

Well, back when airplanes were unpredictable devices spitting hot fluids flown from essentially the outside, you needed something that was tough, warm and CLEANABLE. Well, just so happens, leather is all of those things. So in the times of cranky airplanes and/or times of war, it was the natural choice.

It just so happens that those pilots of yore were uber cool, and as a result of association, their jacket of choice also became uber cool, and thus started the leather aviation jacket craze.

None of which alters the fact that leather is still the ideal material for something that is tough, warm and CLEANABLE. If I'm out banging around 5 or 6 legs a day where it's cold, on a grungy ramp, and stuffing my outerwear into a sliver of a closet with plenty of sharp edges, I'd like something that can stand the wear and tear and still meet the specs without mortgaging the house to pay the dry cleaner. Ever see a DC-9 crew bang into each other while they try to shed and store their blazers and overcoats while getting into a steaming hot cockpit? Try thinking of two people in a phonebooth trying to change their clothes, and you get the idea.

My point is that the "fashion stigma" is largely self-generated, and shouldn't take away from the awesome utility of the garment. From a strictly utilitarian point of view, the NWA leather jacket was a HUGE improvement in my work QOL, and made a very tolerable pillow when folded up for the commute home. Winter walk around in MOT? No problemo. Airport sludge, spilled coffee or JT-8 oil? No problemo....as it was easy as wiping it clean. FULL OF WIN.

Richman
 
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Richman said:
You should be so lucky.

As far as the leather jacket issue. Yea, I know people have a problem with it, namely it makes you look like a poser. And that's probably a fair assessment. But consider this....how did it become a fashion item in the first place?

Well, pilots wear them, and pilots are cool, so if you wear one, you can be cool too.

So why do pilots wear them? Because it's traditional pilot garb? Probably true also, but why the tradition?

Well, back when airplanes were unpredictable devices spitting hot fluids flown from essentially the outside, you needed something that was tough, warm and CLEANABLE. Well, just so happens, leather is all of those things. So in the times of cranky airplanes and/or times of war, it was the natural choice.

It just so happens that those pilots of yore were uber cool, and as a result of association, their jacket of choice also became uber cool, and thus started the leather aviation jacket craze.

None of which alters the fact that leather is still the ideal material for something that is tough, warm and CLEANABLE. If I'm out banging around 5 or 6 legs a day where it's cold, on a grungy ramp, and stuffing my outerwear into a sliver of a closet with plenty of sharp edges, I'd like something that can stand the wear and tear and still meet the specs without mortgaging the house to pay the dry cleaner. Ever see a DC-9 crew bang into each other while they try to shed and store their blazers and overcoats while getting into a steaming hot cockpit? Try thinking of two people in a phonebooth trying to change their clothes, and you get the idea.

My point is that the "fashion stigma" is largely self-generated, and shouldn't take away from the awesome utility of the garment. From a strictly utilitarian point of view, the NWA leather jacket was a HUGE improvement in my work QOL, and made a very tolerable pillow when folded up for the commute home. Winter walk around in MOT? No problemo. Airport sludge, spilled coffee or JT-8 oil? No problemo....as it was easy as wiping it clean. FULL OF WIN.

Richman
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I got one because given the choice between looking like a tool in someones eyes or wearing the trenchcoat and looking like either a flasher or an SS officer, it's a pretty easy choice:P
 
JordanD said:
I got one because given the choice between looking like a tool in someones eyes or wearing the trenchcoat and looking like either a flasher or an SS officer, it's a pretty easy choice:P
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Since the leather coat is verboten at my shop, I got a black double breasted overcoat from Banana Republic that has a slightly different material and in a shorter cut so it looks like it was actually in style sometime this century.

Richman
 
Not to necro-post, but I will anyway...the Crew Outfitters "trim" shirts are anything but. Fits me like a tent, and the fabric feels like 80 grit.

Going back to the VanHeusen StainMaster quadruple knit, but the StopOver store in DTW quit selling them. Anyone have a favorite source?

Richman
 
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