I also never travel without a change of clothes in my hand luggage.

Would you be comfortable in just shorts & t-shirt if you were delayed/diverted and ended up overnight in an airport hotel?

Allways plan for the worst.

In the summer, you'll def. see more people wearing them. Perfect for when you're sitting on the tarmac for a ground-stop, ATC, ______ delay for who-knows-how-long.

In Singapore in June? Yes.

In Oslo in December? No.

I always plan for the possible.

It's hell to be stuck at the gate for 2 hours, sitting on a hot plane in July. I've kicked myself in the a$$ before for not wearing shorts.

I wore shorts on a weekend PHL -> LHR -> GOT flight a few years back. My luggage was lost on the BA -> SAS transfer in London. I almost had to get new clothes for my business meeting the next day, but my luggage arrived later that evening.

Since then, I'll still wear shorts on the flight... but I make sure I have a change of clothes in my carry-on.

Actually, I think you should wear shorts and a sweater or jeans and a T-shirt. That way, at most, half your body will be too hot and half will be too cold, so it should be quite comfortable on average.

IIRC from previous posts, the OP hales from the SFO area. If he's man enough to wear shorts enroute, I say more power to him.

Amen.

Huh? Unless that is to prevent one from polluting the atmosphere as one is
burning, that recommendation makes little sense.

Following this logic perhaps we should all routinely wear flame resistant clothing and hoods when travelling....just in case :(

If I had to dress just in case of a rare disaster I doubt if I would ever bother leaving the house.

Wearing clean underwear (just in case i'm rushed to hospital) was the extent of routine emergency preparation I was taught and I doubt that was for my benefit, more so to show the hospital staff that my parents brought me up properly:D!

This is a great piece of advice. I've missed connections where I was dressed for my destination weather (warm) and not my connecting cities weather (cold). I do fairly often travel in shorts, but if there is a stop I make sure I have at least a fleece jacket or something to put on in case I get stuck somewhere.

I wear Adidas running pants almost exclusively when flying, no matter if i'm heading to the desert in the summer or the north in the winter.

They're universally comfortable, lightweight and stretchy.

I would be a quiescently-frozen Personsicle if I wore shorts on a plane. But, if it's comfortable for you, do it.

I always wear dress pants, comfy-but-dressy shoes, a shirt/blouse and some kind of outerwear depending on the weather both here and there. (The first three are thanks to my mother's voice in my head.)

The garment bag is always with me, if a change is required. I usually have something dressier and something more casual in there, along with a few things that make getting stranded less unpleasant.

In response to questions on this, the reasoning is that high heat can cause nylon, rayon and other synthetics to melt onto your skin. The other factor is that generally natural fibers "breathe" better so you're generally more comfortable.

I usually don't wear shorts on planes but did on my recent trip on WN to Orlando. I had plenty of company. Generally, I go with layers because sitting on the tarmac with sun shining on the plane and no air circulation is guaranteed to trigger a hot flash or two.

No matter which airport you are in, you can always spot the Austin departure gate ... 90% of the people in it are wearing shorts! And a lot of burnt orange, too.

Amazing how subjective this is. Many people have responded that they never get too hot on a plane. My experience is just the opposite.

On a recent MSP-NRT flight, I was wearing really lightweight travel pants, a cotton t-shirt, and a lightweight travel shirt. To give you an idea about the weight of the travel shirt and pants, I wore them frequently in Singapore and was generally as comfortable as I was when wearing shorts. A couple hours into the flight, as others were adding layers and snuggling under blankets, I got so hot I had to go to the lav to peel off the t-shirt. And I was sitting in an exit row.

I agree with the advice of others, to pack enough to add or reomve as your comfort dictates. If you're one of those people like many on this thread who get too cold, you should generally bring warmer layers (think sweatshirts). If you're like me and you more often get too hot, your layers should be lightweight stuff like coolmax. I find that the lightweight travel clothes sold by Ex Officio do very nicely on a plane.