kirker

Although I'm not female, I do know from female friends and family members (those who fly regularly) that there are plenty of comfortable types of attire aside from tracksuits. My mom wears loose Eileen Fisher knits. My stepmom wears a lightweight cashmere cardigan over a thin cotton tee. My best friend wears dark jeans with some stretch to them, and a casual blazer over a silk tee.

Btw I think the problem some people have with your outfit -- aside from the fact that tracksuits cross the border into too casual -- is that ... well, the Juicy Couture thing peaked about five years ago, and these days it's the type of thing one generally associates with Carmela Soprano types (as in stereotypical shellacked-haired, four-inch-nailed North Jersey woman, not Mafia wife!).

But, then again, I can't complain given that I can't even remember the last time I flew not wearing either jeans or shorts -- which I imagine some of you would find horrific -- and I'm usually in FC or BF. I think it's silly to scold someone for wearing shorts flying between, say, Austin and Washington in mid-August, to use a real-life recent example. I'd be sweating like a pig in denim or anything heavier than a t-shirt the instant I stepped out into DC's 90-degree-plus, 90-percent-humidity air.

sfogate

The dream of every airline employee is to buy a real ticket, get a reserved seat and dress in shorts, a holey t-shirt and flip flops and order a special meal.

kirker

I might wear shorts, but holey t-shirts and flip-flops? No freakin' way!

sfogate

That's because you haven't spent your whole airline career watching paying passengers dress how ever they want, while you travel as an airline employee in "formal banking attire".....it's a pipe dream to dress as crappy as you can on a real ticket and no one can tell you that you can't board because of the way you are dressed! I have denied many an airline staff (on passes) a seat on the plane due to the manner of which they are dressed.

Weatherboy

I think this was from the old days of non-rev travel though... when the airlines enforced a strict dresscode, domestic first class privledges were abundant, and meals were served... let alone special ones

colpuck

If you want to wear it fine. Just please do not smell, show off your junk, bring a spit cup or throw up sitting next to me. The last two happend to me both on my MR.

If you are wearing a pair of juicy pants and you are actually juicy expect an appreciative glance from me, if you are not juicy expect a WTH look from me.

sfogate

We still have a dress code although it has been relaxed somewhat. Still can't wear sweats, shorts, t-shirts, flesh baring clothes nor flip-flops. Jeans are finally allowed but only in coach.

WineIsGood

As long as your attire is legal, I don't care what you wear and can't imagine why anyone would.

Sometimes I travel in a suit, sometimes I travel biz casual, sometimes I travel in flip-flops/jeans/tshirt. I hope I haven't offended any of your delicate sensibilities.

Weatherboy

While the non-rev dress code continues to evolve over time, has CO ever had a dress code for passengers ....even back in the regulated "old days" when they had an international F cabin?

vsevolod4

It's not the gorgeous ones that offend.

It's the fashion victims who should legally be estopped from wearing what they're wearing, for the sake of innocent people who have to look at this.

Some photos with varying levels of muffin tops (rate them to see more):
www.muffintop.org

colpuck

Is that what I think...yeah it really is.

vsevolod4

I actually have a simple solution to this: Planes used to be configured with separate Smoking and Non-Smoking sections. Let's use this infrastructure to create "Stylish" and "Non-Stylish" sections. And if you have children, are not properly dressed, have open-ear headphones blaring rap "music" at 140 decibels, are prone to chatting to your seatmate, use your cellphone for anything other than text messaging/email, or otherwise are liable to disturb anyone, you're "Non-Stylish." (Or reverse the letters and have "Screaming" and "Non-Screaming")

Aah, the dream of having a cabin where people remember the days when "First Class" meant "Elegant" ... I don't buy any of the "you paid the price; you can wear anything you want" or "hey, half the companies are 'business casual' so this allows me to dress like a Greyhound Bus or WN traveler" argument. After all, the vast majority of Michelin Three-Star Restaurants either have a jacket-and-tie dress code, or at least a "no jeans, no shorts, don't dress like a slob, and for Fudd's sake, no Juicy Couture or track suits!" policy. Doesn't matter how much you pay, or how "comfortable" you want to be.

But for the people who do not look forward to an elegant experience, there is always T.G.I. Friday's. So my solution of having "S" and "NS" sections accommodates both the classy and the Casual crowd, in fact enhances each of their experiences!

shawbridge

I agree. But, this thread made me laugh and then made me recall a time when I was on the offensive side of things. I had spent a year of grad school at Stanford and then took a job in New York and flew back to Stanford for a week of vacation. This thread brought back a memory -- I spent the last afternoon, evening and night of that trip with a very stimulating young woman and we were too engaged with each other to sleep. At 6 AM, I desperately needed a shower before heading off to SFO to catch my plane. I can't remember whether the shower was not working or didn't have any warm water, but in any case, I just threw on my clothes, headed to the airport and flew back. I was not such a happy camper (well, actually I was pretty happy but really needed a shower) and I suspect that the people around me wished that CO was enforcing the policy rapopoda proposed.

chasbondy

I see. Hardly anyone wears pants these days. People are obsessed with being politically correct for fear they might offend someone, especially on CO flights (how that for staying on topic). They've gone completely bonkers in California. Under SB777, kids in the public schools must declare what gender they want to be. So, if Johnny wants to be Johnine, all he has to do is check a box on his "Declaration of Gender", and zappo a he become a sheila. And Ahnuld has ordered the words mom and dad stricken from the public school textbooks for fear of offending certain types.

Boston_Bulldog

Bad enough across the aisle in F, but worst is a 400 pound female blankety-blank-blank in spandex and ten pound earrings and no deodrant trying to fit in the F seat next to YOU ....


Fortunately these cows and other assorted farm animals fly in coach-sty generally with the rest of the unwashed masses....