OFFCOURSE

Yep,i agree.Good airline with the foundation to be GREAT,but no one in charge of fixing anything seems to give a EFFFF about anything but the bottom line.Its sad to see.Maybe they have been doing things the same way for so long until they are afraid of change and new ideas.But in this business enviroment,you have to be willing to change and be adaptive,UA is missing the boat on that when it comes to the things that matter.In addition,i was commuting home the other day,one of the FA's had a huge nose ring and tats all up and down both arms and on their neck.You should have heard the comments pax were making in regards to that.Everything from,youll never see that kind of stuff on Delta, to United will hire anyone,looks like they have lowered their standards.I heard it all.Luckily,i had put on a polo shirt and taken my pilot shirt and ID off,so no one around me knew i was a crew member.Why cant we have DEI,and still have standards when it comes to appearance? Its embarrassing.Its obvious no one is policing this stuff,or no one cares or both.

BlueScholar

Were they upset that she was showing her bare ankles too?

Bestglide

No they were upset she looked like a lizard person from Venus….

khergan

If I was to make one complaint about the new hires (as a newish hire) its the appearance part. There is an FO in EWR who a solid 400 pounds is, gut hanging out of his shirt, with a literal Super Mario mustache. Guy can't be more than 30-ish years old. Guy consistently looks sloppy and unprofessional as hell. He's not the only one by a long shot, either.

I criticize boomers a lot here but most middle aged captains look the part here, minus a couple fat 60+ dudes I've run into.

Ice Bear

100%
It's not about fixing EWR, it's about fixing work rules. Might be moot at this point with the AIP done, but numerous items like Reserve didn't need tweaking, they needed clean sheet rewriting.

"That's just how we've always done it." 🙄

Grumble

This is what many were advocating for, and I think we largely got there. There maybe some of the old contract suck on reserve at the most junior levels, but now it won’t take so long to gain some control over your quality of life, even if you can’t hold a line.

My personal opinion is that these work rules will push the gline lower as there are some really attractive reserve provisions for more senior guys that may just want a month off with pay.

DownSideUp

I’ve actually flown with the flight attendant you are describing. In a word, “Wow”! I didn’t realize our appearance standards had changed so dramatically. But, I get what people are saying. It’s definitely NOT a professional look or something United should be promoting. IMHO.

LJ Driver

Even if she isn’t within standards, nary a soul here has the balls to tell her for fear of upsetting the 1% and being called on the carpet. That’s the world we live in. Upset the alphabet mafia and you’re shown the door, canceled, blacklisted, and shunned.

Bestglide

Bingo! This guy gets it!

ThumbsUp

They haven’t; at least not that much as is described above. Can’t have nose rings (studs ok). Can’t have tattoos bigger than a badge showing. But if United isn’t enforcing it, then they are promoting it.