"Dressing as one should look when flying"
Feb 19, 2009, 5:19 pm
#16
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I tried my best to freshen up, but I don't think it was as effective as a shower and change of clothes. Poor guy. And it was on a CRJ.
Feb 20, 2009, 4:29 am
#17
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Salisbury Plain
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[ I prefer to wear a jacket ('coat' in American) and trousers (not jeans). The jacket provides plenty of storage space for my glasses (sun and clear), pen (for those crosswords) BP, passport, even a rolled up newspaper, mints etc. I always check my luggage unless on a short (day) trip, so do not have any carry-on to worry about. When on a day drip, it is usually for a business meeting when I wear a suit.
Feb 20, 2009, 9:12 am
#20
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Who comes across better in the F class cabin, an in shape man, well groomed and with manners wearing jeans versus a 400 pound slob in an ill fitted business suit, shirt half untucked, and smelling of b.o., ordering around the F FAs like they are his personal servants while screaming in his cell phone to some poor underlining back at his office.
Feb 20, 2009, 9:21 am
#21
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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I once spoke to a woman who was a stew with Trans-Canada Airlines in the late 50s and early to mid 60s (Now Air Canada). She commented that when she was working on Super Connies she'd take a passenger's breakfast order, then go to the galley and cook it.
"I'll have eggs over easy and bacon."
"I'll have eggs over easy and bacon."
Feb 20, 2009, 9:27 am
#22
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: IAD, DCA
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Probably enough to make me rethink my MR strategies.
Feb 20, 2009, 9:41 am
#23
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: PHL
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Yep, me too.
Personally, I try to dress as though I wouldn't be "ashamed" if I saw a client or potential client. Nothing outrages but a nice pear of jeans and a dress shirt go a long way IMO.
Personally, I try to dress as though I wouldn't be "ashamed" if I saw a client or potential client. Nothing outrages but a nice pear of jeans and a dress shirt go a long way IMO.
Feb 20, 2009, 11:57 am
#24
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Add me to the list of the sport jacket owners waaay under 60.
I go with the good jeans as well and a dress shirt that's never tucked in. Along with with a pair of Cole-Haan loafers. ^
...then again, that's the way I'm dressed most days. So I guess I don't do anything special when I fly.
Suits are for weddings, funerals, and board meetings.
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Feb 20, 2009, 12:29 pm
#25
Join Date: Aug 2007
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I'm all for dressing comfortably, as long as it is tasteful. I did have the lounge dragons in Narita ask a man to put pants on instead of the gym shorts he was in. Yep, I'm the one who made the request. The thick, black coat of fur on your legs was too much to handle, in a bad way. 
And why was it any of your business what the person was or was not wearing? Regardless of whether or not you like hairy legs it seems very arrogant to impose your standards on others when it really isn't any of your concern.
When I fly I dress for my comfort not yours. I wear what is appropriate for my circumstances, that may well be shorts or a business suit or anything in between.
Feb 20, 2009, 12:29 pm
#26
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Feb 20, 2009, 12:52 pm
#27
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My girlfriend (and my ex, among others) still thinks I'm sexy in a sportcoat and 7's (or even Lucky's).
...cuz every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man.
Feb 20, 2009, 1:10 pm
#28
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Francisco
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Some people have style, some don't
There is nothing wrong with looking great.
Some people take pleasure in looking chic, modern, with-it, current, fresh, seductive, witty, stylish and well-groomed, head to toe.
It's a form of self-expression, communication with others, and the pleasure of being alive and in the world.
Partake or not, at your peril.
Some people have style, some don't.
You know it when you see it.
Feb 20, 2009, 2:42 pm
#29
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: New Egypt NJ
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I have a question for all those that believe they should be able to dictate how others dress on an airplane. Did you pay for their travel? If not then, unless they are offending you in some way, and I don't just mean your sense of style, please mind your business.
Does anyone's company have a policy on dress code while on business travel? Mine does not, but I believe that some do. If one's company does have such a policy, then in that case I could see where the company may have a justification, as they are indeed paying for the travel.
Bottom line - if you didn't pay for my travel, please don't try to impose your arbitrary rules on me
Does anyone's company have a policy on dress code while on business travel? Mine does not, but I believe that some do. If one's company does have such a policy, then in that case I could see where the company may have a justification, as they are indeed paying for the travel.
Bottom line - if you didn't pay for my travel, please don't try to impose your arbitrary rules on me
Feb 20, 2009, 4:04 pm
#30
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And some people find the entire concept of 'style' (especially dictated by someone other than themselves) to be the height of pretension. Chacon à son goût, as Prince Orlovsky says....
For myself, I dress for comfort, but respect the fact that I will be spending several hours in close physical proximity to other people. Like many others, I would never enter an airplane cabin without being well-groomed and wearing clean, neat clothes. However, I personally never fly with just a t-shirt as my only upper garment, because I consider t-shirts to be underwear, and my mother taught me to not walk around in public with my underwear showing.
For myself, I dress for comfort, but respect the fact that I will be spending several hours in close physical proximity to other people. Like many others, I would never enter an airplane cabin without being well-groomed and wearing clean, neat clothes. However, I personally never fly with just a t-shirt as my only upper garment, because I consider t-shirts to be underwear, and my mother taught me to not walk around in public with my underwear showing.