I think Stan is a good designer and I got the feeling he wanted to do something a little nicer (like the dress)for us but the company wants everything as cheap looking and casual as possible in line with thier ongoing quest to lower the nations expectations. Theres some OK pieces, I'll work with it like I work with the current one.
I think its just a bit of a letdown that after all our sacrifice and hard work the company sees us as a work group in gym warmups and, for chrissakes, skorts. And yet again being cheap we have to share a uniform with everyone from customer service to cart drivers to Express carriers. You don't see any of the big airlines allowing anyone but mainline F/As wear the F/A uniform, customer service has thier own uniform and express carriers either have thier own or a "similar but different" to the mainline one... It not only builds employee morale (you can feel proud in your specific uniform), it also helps the customer differentiate who is what.
Its not that bad and there are enough pieces for people to try and make thier own look out of... hopefully people will try to look professional at least in the markets where it matters. That said, the company decided to lower the bar in every way possible for the customer so if a chick in culottes is serving a pizza in a cardboard box to an Envoy Class customer, well, hey, thats what they wanted. There should be no surprise from an airline that thinks ads on tray tables, no coat closet, plastic cups, and no overhead space is "first class".
Yes, its just a uniform, but its what some people wear nearly EVERY day of thier lives for up to 14 hours. Its a huge component of how you feel as a representative of your employer. It is important. People thought an airline that wants to expand in Europe and just now get into the Asian market and be taken seriously as a merger partner might want to have a strong, classy look... The disapointment seen here is just what the poster above said... people were hoping to go UP, not down...
