Uniform Fittings?

[EMBFA]

After Flashbacks, we can just jog over to the Lagoon in our new matching tracksuits! We'll finally have appropriate attire for the Lagoon and the T.I. We will be the talk of Tinicum!

 

[Zarah]

Men’s Wearhouse?

Sorry, there’s not one in Beaver County, and yinz are nuts if you think I’m driving to the Ross Park Mall.

Why can’t I just do this stupid measuring thing at Pants An’At in the Beaver Valley Mall? It’s a great store, I even saw Donny Iris shopping there one time!

You can get measured anywhere you want to.

 

[dexter]

How about a skort, blue leggs, long tennis shirt and desert boots ! Top that off with a polyester winter coat! What a look !

 

[LCC_#1]

Oh good lord. DO it. I'll wear my Spock outfit and my bluetooth.

I've been looking for an outfit that would maych my bluetooth.

 

[wench1]

"Live Long and Prosper"!



can ya believe these idiots?

At least update..Oops I forgot..we're back in the 60's!


BUFFAOONS!


What was /is wrong with what we're wearing now?
Order replacements ..oh I forgot that company is no longer in business...

 

[LCC_#1]

"Live Long and Prosper"!



can ya believe these idiots?

At least update..Oops I forgot..we're back in the 60's!
BUFFAOONS!
What was /is wrong with what we're wearing now?
Order replacements ..oh I forgot that company is no longer in business...

Wench

While I am not wowed by the new uniforms, the materials are better and at least there is a color besides navy. Maybe I've lost my gay fashion sensibility in my 40's, but I like the uni ok and can live with it. I would rather look like Spock than my 10th grade men's chorus..and thats what we look like now.

Anyway, this entire glamerous industry, international flare crap is just that..CRAP! We have a mindless job (just the way I like it) with no accountabilty with people who could care less how we look but how we treat people. If we spent as much time thinking about how we could treat people better instead of how we look, we might all be happier. I have flown with some sloppy, but very friendly crews. Not one passenger got off and said, "great crew and service, but you f/a's look horrible." Guys, they just don't put that as a priority. Now peeling paint? That's another thing.

 

[wench1]

Im curious if the 'powder baby blue dresses, have that material that show every lump and bump?
Do let me know...they look like knits ,not everyone is bone waif thin.like a model..

 

[FlightChic]

After Flashbacks, we can just jog over to the Lagoon in our new matching tracksuits! We'll finally have appropriate attire for the Lagoon and the T.I. We will be the talk of Tinicum!

I love it! Brilliant idea! We can jog over in style! Heads will definitely be turning when they see us coming! I can't wait to boogey all night in my tracksuit. Stylish, cool, and comfy. B)

 

[LCC_#1]

Im curious if the 'powder baby blue dresses, have that material that show every lump and bump?
Do let me know...they look like knits ,not everyone is bone waif thin.like a model..

Wench
If you go to the Hub, you can link to the catelog with all the items with their descriptions. I will give some basics. BTW, the uniforms are not the polyester of the 80's when we got the current uniforms. The % is lower but is still necessary because as Stan Herman stated, polyester is what keeps you cool. The problem in the past has been the blend. Stan has blended polyester, wool, and spandex to offer a uniform that will keep you cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and allow better movement. This was all talked about at the roadshow.

Listen guys, we can pick the uniform apart all we want, but it is here and we all need to look at the pieces, try them on, and decide what we like the best and what we look best in. Biitching about it will do no good. This is it! At least the company put out the money to provide a better blend of material. The introduction of spandex will provide more flexibilty of movement and prevent the shiny look associated with today's uniform. And yes, with just 4%.

The current sweaters are 100% acrylic, which doesn't breath and is very hot AND balls up too quickly. The new sweeters are 55% acrylic, 23% wool, and 22% nylon....a HUGE difference.

The current shirts are 65% polyester, 35% cotton. The new shirts are 60% COTTON, 40% polyester.

The current pants, skirts, jackets are 55% polyester, 45% cotton. The new are 53% polyester, 43% wool, and 4% spandex.

The DRESS...drumroll...is 52% polyester, 43% wool, 5% spandex.

So there you have it. The colors on the internet are not as true to form or as vibrant as in person. Infact, they are waaay off. Think lighter navy, royal, and skyblue...all colors I love. For that, I hate some either haven't or will not get to see them in person before ordering. The best in the industry? Far from it. The most comfortable? I think you will all be very pleasantly surprised.

 

[EMBFA]

I was always taught to dress to what you aspire to. If you dress like an unprofessional slob, you'll be treated as one. If you don't care enough to brush your own hair or dress up, you're showing your customer you're not too concerned. If you can't control your 80's hair, bad breath, or weight problem you don't strike me as competent in organizing an evacuation. If you want your group to be viewed by your employer as trained professionals instead of dime a dozen, expendable and easily replacable hourly workers you don't proudly dress like the working poor. If you're a flight attendant, you want to look like one, not a camp counselor, Olympic medal winner, or alien hunter. A uniform to me always meant something that matches and strongly represents an entity, not a wardrobe of vaguely connected items.

I know, I'm fighting a losing battle. This is a country that is all about one's own comfort and casualizing every last formality possible until there is no reason to ever put forth an effort anymore. I saw cut-off shorts at midnight mass. I just see this as a final acceptance of our place in the world as workers on the same level as Burger King or Wal*Mart. Oh well. I grew up in a uniform in Catholic school and am from a part of the map where people are a little dressier. I'll still do my best to dress like a stew everyday, skirt, heels and all. Hell, if they had a hat I'd wear that too. I'll continue to say "Would you care for a beverage?" instead of "Wanna drink?", and I'll never be 'casual' in my duties, service or safety. Just me!

Now flame away and tell me to get over it and how Southwest is the best paying blah blah blah...zzzzz... I'll go look for more pictures.

 

[LCC_#1]

I was always taught to dress to what you aspire to.

Now flame away and tell me to get over it and how Southwest is the best paying blah blah blah...

EMBFA,

I get you! No need for anyone to flame you. Unfortunately in MANY areas of this industry, things have changed and what we were taught and the realities are many times different. I do think it is pretty cool to have a uniform that can be adjusted to any climate or type of passenger. I know many of you don't like our new uniform, but I do think that blue dress in glamerous. Will everyone look good in it? No, but not everyone has a glamerous look. Stan specifically added a glamerous looking dress for those that could fit the look or at least look good in it when walking side to side with the more style concious international carriers. And please, before anyone blast me...the fat...no obese girls usually look like shiit in anything they wear and a sloppy person will make the best clothes look sloppy, so why should everyone suffer. There are many other options.

I don't know what you look like or your size, but if you carry yourself as well as you sound and of course are under a size 20, i would recommend the dress.

Believe it or not, the overwhelming majority of those on the West did NOT want a SWA type of uniform.

 

[Travelpro72]

What really kills me is when the female flight attendants get all p!ssed off about the dress. Look, the dress was made for those that are THIN. IF you are NOT thin then choose another item to wear. Because YOU cannot fit in the dress means that the dress shouldn't be offered to those women who CAN FIT IN IT? They have a right to wear something form fitting just as a bigger flight attendant has a right to hide under baggy shirts and vests. It's not fair one said to me....I said and it wouldn't be FAIR to the thin girl either. Heavy folks hate to be picked on for their size that "they can't help" yet will turn RIGHT AROUND and pick on the skinny chick who can hang glide on a Doritto. 🙄 I am ok with the uniform for the men BUT will NOT wear a few of the pieces. My bluettooth does blink blue when it's on. It will look awesome with that Mr. Rogers sweater. I can't WAIT to see the first Big Poppa wearing the Mock turtleneck and man boobs. Oh I will die laughing. I'll need defibrillated right there in the crew room.

 

[LCC_#1]

What really kills me is when the female flight attendants get all p!ssed off about the dress. Look, the dress was made for those that are THIN. IF you are NOT thin then choose another item to wear. Because YOU cannot fit in the dress means that the dress shouldn't be offered to those women who CAN FIT IN IT? They have a right to wear something form fitting just as a bigger flight attendant has a right to hide under baggy shirts and vests. It's not fair one said to me....I said and it wouldn't be FAIR to the thin girl either. Heavy folks hate to be picked on for their size that "they can't help" yet will turn RIGHT AROUND and pick on the skinny chick who can hang glide on a Doritto. 🙄 I am ok with the uniform for the men BUT will NOT wear a few of the pieces. My bluettooth does blink blue when it's on. It will look awesome with that Mr. Rogers sweater. I can't WAIT to see the first Big Poppa wearing the Mock turtleneck and man boobs. Oh I will die laughing. I'll need defibrillated right there in the crew room.

I think I'm going to have to attend the Dorothy Gale school for gay fashion sensibilty...recurrent styling class... because I actually like the mock sweater and plan on wearing it most of the winter probably with the jacket. Though I don't have man boobs, I'll bring a pair of fake ones just in case we run into each other someday.

 

[Travelpro72]

It's just not a "timeless" piece in the collection. If the mock was considered to be such they should have included a Henley shirt with no collar right along with it. Neither are timeless. The mock is dated and reminds me of something a ganster named Nunzio wears under a blazer getting out of a 1972 buick electra 225. If you pull up in the crew room with fake manboobs I will die. Stop it. I think If I get the jogging set I'll peg my pants and put them in my socks.

 

[LCC_#1]

It's just not a "timeless" piece in the collection.

Well, I must disagree with you here. Mock shirts and sweaters have been around for years...as have full turtle necks. Some would argue turtle necks are not timeless but they are still around. I guess since DAL guys have turtleneck sweater it is timeless. Mocks give the option of what I called turtleneck light. I like turtlnecks, but after I pull on the neck part for 4 days, it could fit a size 30 neck.

I promise to keep my fake man boobs at home...well maybe I'll bring them out to play on Halloweens!

BTW, notice how the company caved and gave the women the mock sweeter option and are letting the agents wear everything we are wearing but the polo is NOT available for the f/a's..inparticularly the guys.

Quote.."We decided to keep the f/a and csa uniforms the same to give more options. LIARS!! You took away the best option for the summer heat! Please note the word OPTION.