Should BA have a dress code?
Aug 8, 2017, 12:50 pm
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Aug 8, 2017, 12:57 pm
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Saudia have just announced a dress code. Shouldn't BA raise standards by doing the same?
Quote: Details of the dress code featured on Saudia Airlines website show that the airline requires guests to dress in a way that does not 'cause offense or discomfort to other passengers'. eg no shorts for men, no tight clothes for women....
Quote: Details of the dress code featured on Saudia Airlines website show that the airline requires guests to dress in a way that does not 'cause offense or discomfort to other passengers'. eg no shorts for men, no tight clothes for women....
Many many years ago.. as a 12 year old (many years...) my parents always had me in long pants and a jacket to travel.
I respect different cultures and points of view, but recently sat in Business across from someone in swim short and t shirt, who at one point used his electric shaver.. why seated in the cabin...
Where is the line if we ever have one?
Perhaps jackets are now out of common fashion.. but a collared shirt?
Not cleaning your ears or shaving?
Come on.
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Aug 8, 2017, 1:04 pm
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Would have been less bothering, the shaving part, if the man was dressed in collared shirt and pants?
Clothes are a matter of personal taste (and/or culture).
Behavior is on a bit different level.
Clothes are a matter of personal taste (and/or culture).
Behavior is on a bit different level.
Aug 8, 2017, 1:04 pm
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Aug 8, 2017, 1:08 pm
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I wish I could say any of them were wearing an exhuberant tie but it was universally dreary.
I have thankfully never been inside the RAF Club. I'd make a dig but our Club choices are uncertain at best.
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Aug 8, 2017, 1:13 pm
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One would think if one had the sense to dress properly, they might be clever enough to realise that shaving in your seat was also not acceptable.
I do hear you Lefly.. what business is of anyones.. except in my circle if I was to go a Christmas Ball or formal charity event in less than suit, ideally Tux, id likely need to find a different employer.
Not withstanding current social climate, one doesn't turn up a job interview in a swim suit, one requires shoes and shirt to enter a 7/11.. there are existing standards. I don't see having one for travel too onerous.
I'm the first to change into my Pj's aboard (wearing CX F ones whilst I type this), which affords me comfort , and leaves my outer wear fresh for arrival.
Maybe thats a sign I've become 'old' now.. nothing wrong with dressing for an occasion.
Has travel become so pedestrian that going from NYC to Paris isn't an occasion for the average person.
just my opinion.
Aug 8, 2017, 1:18 pm
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Yes = ) No sports jerseys, no flip flops and sandals(Saves people with dirty feet on board), no shorts for men and no bare shoulders for woman or excessively short skirts!
Oh, and no smelling bad please, I have had it with smelly people who wear expensive clothes but cannot practice basic hygene! go to the airport bathroom beforehand if you didnt want to/couldnt shower!
Will make for a better environment for all on board
Oh, and no smelling bad please, I have had it with smelly people who wear expensive clothes but cannot practice basic hygene! go to the airport bathroom beforehand if you didnt want to/couldnt shower!
Will make for a better environment for all on board
Aug 8, 2017, 1:19 pm
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I wear the same red and white Hawaiian shirt and grey trousers etc. whenever I travel (except the very rare times I travel for work) and I don't intend to change. I have had BA staff comment on my shirt (positively* 
) and in one case during a stop in MLE I was asked if I remembered where I purchased it and for how much. I do to the former but not the latter, the shop is sadly long gone.
*well to my face anyway.
) and in one case during a stop in MLE I was asked if I remembered where I purchased it and for how much. I do to the former but not the latter, the shop is sadly long gone. *well to my face anyway.
Aug 8, 2017, 1:22 pm
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Perhaps this will work in the business lounges, but with some general airport bathrooms you are guaranteed to come out smelling worse than you did when you went in. (Hello, RUH)