I can still remember being forced into a suit and tie for my first flight at the age of 10. Now I'd only dress that way if I had to go straight to a funeral (as the officiant). I sort of feel that I should advise the author of the column of my travel plans so that he can avoid flights that I might be on. I'm sure he would think that I should wear a jacket and tie to fly in J on a European airline, which is the next flight I have booked. As it happens, the last time I was in J for a flight in Europe, I was rather disheveled, which is what happens when one has to get from Air France to Lufthansa at CDG. The only other time I've been so disheveled was when I needed to go from PHL terminal F to A-West in 12 minutes.

Although the Cunard Line still has a strict dress code. I also post on a cruise site, and I say with chagrin that dress-code threads keep coming up in the forums for other cruise lines, which don't, and they are always awful, with people declaring how they dress and how they want everyone else to dress, others replying defensively or criticizing them for it, and you can imagine the rest.