That's it!!! I'd much rather fly an airline with a code of conduct than one with a dress code. Might even pay extra for it. :)

Or a code of hygiene! :D

Actually - that's a positive thing for the artform that it's connecting with folks outside the tuxedo crowd. ^ Hopefully the opera will cultivate some of those fans and 20-30 years from now, they'll be the next line of major donors/sponsors. As an opera fan, I'd be worried if there wasn't an edgier, younger element as part of the audience.

Just a reminder to all. The original post did NOT call for jacket and tie. It asked would you fly an airline with a business CASUAL dress code, essentially no sneakers, no tank tops, no flip-flops, no t-shirts, no jeans.

I also said in my original post that I frequently wear jeans on a flight, but thought that if everyone were to dress a little better it might improve the overall flight experience for everyone. So I'm not some kind of snooty snob looking down on the other passengers. I personally would fly a carrier with a business casual dress code, but many of you wouldn't, and I respect that.

I HAVE taken some flights lately where a very small number of passengers just looked awful. If someone is dressed in such a fashion that I would give them a wide bearth on the sidewalk, I don't want to be forced to sit near them or next to them for long distances on an airplane.

It's a funny thing about standards, they can only go down. Today, perhaps most here would agree that a ban on tank tops would be acceptable, but five years from now anyone suggesting such a ban will be treated as some type of Victorian prude. I suppose it is just a matter of time before half the passengers are shirtless (the hairy males ones, of course).

It does seem to me that a dress code on a single airline would have to be part of an airline positioning itself as a "luxury" carrier. I don't believe the market will support a luxury line, but a dress code costs nothing, assuming it is passenger neutral, and might attract passengers willing to spend slightly more for a ticket. A reasonably well-dressed passenger list would, by itself, be a luxury touch. Obviously a dress code would drive off a great many passengers, but it would attract some as well.

I'd love to see an airline test market the idea on a single well-publicized flight. It might be more popular than some of you would think.

Anyway, thanks for your comments.

I would love to see an airline with a dress code, so I could avoid flying with all the people that think there should be a dress code for flyers.

^ <--- picture a different digit. :D

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Aside from the "it will never happen" hypothetical of the OP, the most interesting thing to me in this thread is the surprising pride people have in how poorly they dress in public.

Examples??

Aren't you the guy who spends $400 on a shirt?

The only dress code that could ever work is 'no shoes, no shirt, no service' if the TSA will give you your shoes back.

On going through security, I use slip on sneaker type shoes. On using on-board bathrooms, I often believe only combat boots suffice.

I want to be comfortable when I fly.The humidity here in Florida is terrible in the summer months. so the answeer would most certainly be a NO, no dress code for me.

Not all of my shirts ;)

"Small dry and hairless!" :D:D Good one... and I am ashamed to admit that person WOULD be less of a "challenge" to my sense of propriety...

Unfair I know..... I'll plead "just human"!

Still... I AM seriously curious..... what IS the "lower limit"? Personally I fly longhaul in sweat pants and T-shirt like many others... on 13-14 hour flights comfort IS critical...

But IS the "swimming trunks and nothing else" just being "comfortable", and entirely acceptable as a seat neighbour..... or is that beyond what YOU would want to see? (and is it in breach of ANY airline rule???)

(Please note guys.. I AM aware that the most likely complaint about a bikini clad woman of high amativeness on the plane is "But she's not sitting next to ME!!!!") :D:D

Um, yes, that would definitely be beyond what I would want to see! :eek: