Abouttime2fish

Shorts. And flip flops.

how about flight suits. Soft ones, you know, like PJs.

DenVa

If Delta really cared about how pilots look they would give us an annual uniform and tailoring stipend at an approved vendor, so people wouldn’t go off rack or wear shirts for 10 years.

And, if you want to show a beard, I want to show my tattoos and have a man bun!

blue vortex

I don’t care what kind of uniform we get but that whatever it is I want it to have the maximum amount of nasty flame retardant chemicals sprayed on it. That way when we all break out in hives after our first rotation Delta will say screw it —let’s just with them wear whatever they want. I think there’s another inclusive employee group at the airline that already does this but not sure.

RedeyeWarrior

I told the surveyors that I thought my hat was transphobic, totally not inclusive.

TegridyFarms

I think we should get a passport plum jacket and pants with a gray shirt and maybe laced with some chemicals that turn our breast milk passport plum. Make sure it’s a huge production and a fashion show rollout.

boog123

There’s “doesn’t look too good” and “that looks bad”. Double breasted suit coat (out of style for decades FYI) looks horrible on a belly guys.

SkiBum95

Get rid of the tie w short sleeves. That looks and feels so idiotic.

I’d be happy w a leather jacket as long as it looked decent. There’s tradition and comfort there.

Pass on the hat.

If they’d allow it, I’d go all the way to khakis and golf shirts but I’d be surprised.

20Fathoms

Dang just saw the email from PB. A few thoughts:

The uniform refresh marks a “multi-million dollar investment in our pilots”. And that the current uniform does not “meet the needs of a diverse pilot group”. Hear hear!! Let me just say that the double-breasted coat of antiquity which has been a hallmark of Delta for many decades reeks of privilege and patriarchy. As our country and industry recovers from the pandemic, focusing our efforts squarely on the inclusivity of our uniform is a testament to our leadership team. A few suggestions:

Epaulets have their origin in European battle rank. This vestige of colonialism needs to be eliminated. Also the entire question of “rank” needs to be rethought. Do air-people with 4 stripes constantly need to flaunt their superior position on the hierarchy of privilege? It’s time to re-center the narrative and make all uniforms equal, no matter the rank.

Neck ties of any kind denote gender as studies show most humans who wear ties self-identify as men. It’s time for a more gender neutral uniform, preferably in beige.

Once again, kudos to our leadership team for focusing our time and millions of our dollars on uniform diversity.

Der Meister

I personally think I'm the most dapper 1900's tugboat captain there is.... Only problem is I don't pilot a tugboat nore am I a captain... lol... Our uniform style should have sunk with the Titanic

TED74

Without stripes and a winged brim above my furrowed brow how will the Chipotle folks know how to address me? With four stripes they call me “Captain”, and with three stripes they call me…um…”Captain.”