OK to change to pyjamas in the lounge?
Aug 6, 2017, 12:58 pm
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Remember the "good old days" when passengers actually dressed better, sometimes even more formally, than GAs, FAs, FDs, but now it seems that anything goes - and some folks even wonder why they get treated disdainfully!
Gentlemen wore shirts and ties and jackets while ladies actually wore dresses or skirt and jacket suits.
Flying was fun and civilised then. There was no overbooking and passengers actually called the airline to reconfirm reservations at each stopover.
Perhaps one of the shocks in travel today is that so very often the worst dressed pax are in J or even F, God forbid!
Gentlemen wore shirts and ties and jackets while ladies actually wore dresses or skirt and jacket suits.
Flying was fun and civilised then. There was no overbooking and passengers actually called the airline to reconfirm reservations at each stopover.
Perhaps one of the shocks in travel today is that so very often the worst dressed pax are in J or even F, God forbid!
Yep, enough threads on it such that they deserve their very own "OLD MAN YELLS AT CLOUD" sub-forum.
Aug 6, 2017, 1:03 pm
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I see people replying that you shouldn't be dressed in anything other than business casual attire etc and I am wondering if they have ever actually traveled before. I see a lot of "interesting" attire and it isn't just in the good ole USA, trust me on that.
Wear what the eff you want.
Wear what the eff you want.
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Aug 6, 2017, 1:06 pm
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Remember the "good old days" when passengers actually dressed better, sometimes even more formally, than GAs, FAs, FDs, but now it seems that anything goes - and some folks even wonder why they get treated disdainfully!
Gentlemen wore shirts and ties and jackets while ladies actually wore dresses or skirt and jacket suits.
Flying was fun and civilised then. There was no overbooking and passengers actually called the airline to reconfirm reservations at each stopover.
Perhaps one of the shocks in travel today is that so very often the worst dressed pax are in J or even F, God forbid!
Gentlemen wore shirts and ties and jackets while ladies actually wore dresses or skirt and jacket suits.
Flying was fun and civilised then. There was no overbooking and passengers actually called the airline to reconfirm reservations at each stopover.
Perhaps one of the shocks in travel today is that so very often the worst dressed pax are in J or even F, God forbid!
I regularly pay for F and J and I admit I find it very distasteful when people whose toe nails are full of black spots or fungus wear sandals, for instance.
Fortunately, these things rarely happen on the best airlines out there and to me it definitely pays off to stay away from US airlines.
Aug 6, 2017, 1:07 pm
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I see people replying that you shouldn't be dressed in anything other than business casual attire etc and I am wondering if they have ever actually traveled before. I see a lot of "interesting" attire and it isn't just in the good ole USA, trust me on that.
Where what the eff you want.
Where what the eff you want.
Aug 6, 2017, 1:31 pm
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I do not put the pj's on till we are in the air, I
I have seen my share if delayed and canceled departures.
I do not want to be noticed..
I have seen my share if delayed and canceled departures.
I do not want to be noticed..
Aug 6, 2017, 2:36 pm
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IIRC, the port side J lav on the 777-200 is quite spacious - always the one I used to change right after boarding!
Aug 6, 2017, 2:42 pm
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OK, chill out, I didn't mean to get under your skin. I just thought it odd that someone would fly on all the "best airlines in the world" but credit the miles to an airline they hate. Then again, I also find it odd when someone proudly declares that they scrutinize their fellow passengers' feet, so what do I know.
Aug 6, 2017, 2:46 pm
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You know, other than a few people here, I really don't think most people care what anyone else is wearing on the plane. They're too busy caring where their luggage is, how comfortable their seat is, whether the food is tolerable, whether the plane on time, whether the IFE works, whether they've lost track of others they're traveling with, and whether the person next to them is annoying. They care about the weather, the water, the state of the plane, the annoying pilot's announcements. I have never seen anyone get off a plane and say, "The flight was fine, we arrived on time, the service was wonderful, but I'd never fly that airline/route again because the other passengers just don't know how to dress."
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Aug 6, 2017, 3:57 pm
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Since this thread has somewhat drifted already, I'll just ask my question here:
Do people actually change into PJs on the plane or is this more of a FT thing?
I've flown a fair amount of F/J and never used those PJs they give you, nor have I seen anyone else change into them (but it's not like I'm keeping track of everyone).
Do people actually change into PJs on the plane or is this more of a FT thing?
I've flown a fair amount of F/J and never used those PJs they give you, nor have I seen anyone else change into them (but it's not like I'm keeping track of everyone).
Aug 6, 2017, 3:58 pm
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Since this thread has somewhat drifted already, I'll just ask my question here:
Do people actually change into PJs on the plane or is this more of a FT thing?
I've flown a fair amount of F/J and never used those PJs they give you, nor have I seen anyone else change into them (but it's not like I'm keeping track of everyone).
Do people actually change into PJs on the plane or is this more of a FT thing?
I've flown a fair amount of F/J and never used those PJs they give you, nor have I seen anyone else change into them (but it's not like I'm keeping track of everyone).
Aug 6, 2017, 4:10 pm
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You know, other than a few people here, I really don't think most people care what anyone else is wearing on the plane. They're too busy caring where their luggage is, how comfortable their seat is, whether the food is tolerable, whether the plane on time, whether the IFE works, whether they've lost track of others they're traveling with, and whether the person next to them is annoying. They care about the weather, the water, the state of the plane, the annoying pilot's announcements. I have never seen anyone get off a plane and say, "The flight was fine, we arrived on time, the service was wonderful, but I'd never fly that airline/route again because the other passengers just don't know how to dress."
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Aug 6, 2017, 4:12 pm
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There is no pool in the plane, so I think we can leave the discussion of "provocative swimsuits" aside.
OP: Wear whatever you want.
Personally, I'd feel a little bit uncomfortable wearing my star wars PJs all the way from the lounge, through gates and then on the jet bridge. I don't own slippers but I would not want to walk around the airport with those either.
However, I kind of have done what you are thinking a few times when flying LAX-LHR. This was when the FL existed as such and the LAX-LHR gate used to be next door most of the times. I did not bring my star wars PJs but some generic comfy bottoms a T-shirt and sport shoes, which I put on after taking a shower at the FL. Nobody blinked an eye as I did not look like I was wearing PJs anyway.
JFK can require long walks, I'd feel odd walking around in LH PJs. But if you do so, I wouldn't really care. It is your business.
Furthermore, I'd much prefer a J pax wearing PJs that just showered, that some folk on a business suite with heavy and unpleasant BO.
OP: Wear whatever you want.
Personally, I'd feel a little bit uncomfortable wearing my star wars PJs all the way from the lounge, through gates and then on the jet bridge. I don't own slippers but I would not want to walk around the airport with those either.
However, I kind of have done what you are thinking a few times when flying LAX-LHR. This was when the FL existed as such and the LAX-LHR gate used to be next door most of the times. I did not bring my star wars PJs but some generic comfy bottoms a T-shirt and sport shoes, which I put on after taking a shower at the FL. Nobody blinked an eye as I did not look like I was wearing PJs anyway.
JFK can require long walks, I'd feel odd walking around in LH PJs. But if you do so, I wouldn't really care. It is your business.
Furthermore, I'd much prefer a J pax wearing PJs that just showered, that some folk on a business suite with heavy and unpleasant BO.
Aug 6, 2017, 4:13 pm
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I can imagine the police seeing someone wandering around the terminal in pyjamas and taking the person away and trying to find out what care home the person had wandered off from
Aug 6, 2017, 4:13 pm
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How classy are the PJs and how classy are you!
Your idea is good. That extra half an hour of sleep is worth its weight when you touch down.
Seriously, if they are classy PJs then I don't see the problem.
Now if its a giant flannel onesy well ...
Seriously, if they are classy PJs then I don't see the problem.
Now if its a giant flannel onesy well ...
Flying from LHR to South America via JFK in C next week. What I really feel like doing is having a shower in the Flagship Lounge at JFK, change into my Lufthansa pyjamas (I'd much rather change in a spacious shower room than in an airplane toilet), and walk down to the gate in that and slippers, with a view toward drifting into sleep soon after takeoff. But I've never seen anybody do that, so even though I'm reaching an age when I don't really care that much, I'm hesitant about this plan. Thoughts? Too much?