:D:D VERY OT.....

My head must not be working today Ma'am...

I read your username as "3 time Salady"...:D:D:D

I'm an idiot.. but it made for an interesting mental picture I must say!

Where on earth did you get that idea from ?

Didn't BA used to have an unofficial / suggested smart code for it's club and F cabins?

I guess if we ask the airline accountants who should be flying in the premium cabins
(a) Mr / Ms Flyertalk - smart business casual - but is sitting there on status from Y

OR

(b) Mr / Ms Moneybags - wearing their casual clothes - but paying full price for their ticket

Which option do you think they'd go for?

I wonder whether the attitudes of those advocating a dress code would change if the dress code were that jeans, t-shirts and trainers must be worn and that suits were banned. But only in premium cabins. To my mind, this would be no less absurd - simply a subset of passengers choosing to impose their tastes on others.

Or what about an airline that only flew women who were wearing burkhas to avoid offending anyone?

In terms of turning up in bathing clothes, I guess you could turn passengers away at the moment for being inappropriately dressed because they are likely to get sweat all over the seats. You don't need a formal, rigid dress code to do that - just common sense.

My Aunt Tillie would love this thread. She knows exactly how others should dress, clucks like an angry hen at what she deems inappropriate, and undoubtedly has an phenomenally tight sphincter.

Most 747-s have Business Class split between upper deck and main deck, and seating restrictions about disabled, elderly or children on upper deck. Seats are often assigned at a gate. And even on the same deck, classes are split by galleys, toilets and curtains.

So, what about an airline announcing, and enforcing, the rule that only passengers who fit a certain dress code are going to get to upper deck if paying Business, or to the premium economy in the front of economy if paying Economy?

If the airline required long pants and at least a t-shirt, I would have no problem with it. In fact, I would prefer it.

How? I'm rarely on a flight with truly obnoxious pax, but it seems that when I am, it's usually a guy in a suit. And I see it more in F than in Y.

I guess I'm just lucky - I have never run into unruly pax wearing flip-flops, swim trunks, and a wife beater. Even on (gasp) Southwest... :)

As defined by the OP (casual business casual) I'd go for this. Actually I'd pay extra for it if it guaranteed not having to be in close proximity to bare hairy legs, and gross bare feet.

Even after decades of flying I still look on it with a measure of wonder. To go halfway around the world in less than a day is something past generations could not begin to envision. Why not do it with a a small measure of class?

Why stop at clothes?
 

Why not up the ante and have a bouncer behind a rope. Only beautiful people can board. Clothes are only one part, yes? If you don't want to look at bare legs, do you want to spend a few hours (or more) looking at someone with a disfigurement? Or someone who is just plain ugly?
What about someone in a suit that isn't fashionable?
I would imagine that some of those posting in favor of the dress code might have trouble getting into some of the clubs here in NYC.

I still look on it with wonder, too, and I thing I do try to do it with a measure of class.

But what does that have to do with what I'm wearing?

(To me this is a different discussion than people walking around the plane barefoot. That's a hygiene discussion. And it's just frickin' gross, by the way...)

I'd guess hardly any of us want to look at the things you've mentioned above. Hopefully you can figure out the difference between those things that are within ones control, and those things that are not.

Of course I can make that distinction. One can choose to be bothered by some stranger's choice of clothing while ignoring more substantial markings of their being. Or one can choose to be less shallow and look at the entire person.

I would strongly consider flying an airline with a dress code IF in exchange for me wearing better clothes, the airline provides better service. That would be the key for me.

I've never been offended by what another passenger was wearing. Their hygiene? Oh yes. Their constant frolicking on an overnight intercontinental flight? Oh yes (school group of 40+ teenagers who turned the middle section of Y into an all-night party while chaperones and FAs did nothing). But not their clothes.