A Good Move By Delta

[EyeInTheSky]

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Delta Orders Classier, Sexier Uniforms
Cash-strapped Delta Air Lines has ordered up a makeover of its employee uniforms, hiring a big-name designer who promises a classier--and in some cases, sexier--look for flight attendants, airport agents and other workers......
perhaps U could do the same and get rid of those silly looking dresses on the f/a's.
oh better yet, how about some "hooters" girls on board.

You guys just wait and see what Richard Branson has planned in the uniform department for Virgin USA. Can you say "tight"? BTW, Delta's designer is Kate Spade.

 

[Light Years]

LOL!

Was it in protest of becoming part of the USAir corporate monster or a genuine West Coast fashion statement?

I've seen alot of upside down "belt flags" that I thought were statements on anarchy but were just the result of a poorly lit hotel room and a snooze button. I also flew with a girl who was going about her day with only one epaulette slider.

I also know a girl who used her "Toaster Oven" US issued purse all the time. She would be out at a club in a slinky outfit with that beast slung over her shoulder. They would always search it! She said she was too lazy to unpack it and could pack for a two day if needed. Most people dont even use it for work... I think alot of grandmothers have recieved that purse for Christmas.

More uniform stories, histories and opinions please! This thread is fun.

 

[Fleazle]

The PSA people were a trip for sure! I was an extra with a SFO crew one night from RNO to SFO; it was blocked for 1 hour and some change and was scheduled for a hot (sort of...genie trays you know) dinner. U had decided that since we took the smile off the PSA planes and screwed up the whole west coast schedule the least we could do was serve a hot meal on those California segments. The crew decided that it was just too short a flight to serve those meals so we didn't. Being the young, impressionable (read scared) new hire that I was I decided to go with the flow and keep my mouth shut. All those yummy Monte Cristo sandwiches wasted...darn. I was TDY'd to LAX for 2 weeks....what an education!

 

[usfliboi]

Most airlines change uniforms about every 3-4 years. Delta changed uniforms last in 2001 I think. US Airways is the only airline that thinks it OK to run around in rags looking like we just escaped from the naval academy. US Airways has not changed uniforms since the late 70's! Putting money into something like uniforms can go a long way toward image and employee pride. But, management will just let us continue to look like crap so what difference does it make trying to convince them otherwise?

LOl The fact is although their has been no change in types, uniform pieces are replaced on a regular basis and you know it. Why would you say that? Its fair and a fact to say that we have had the same uniform stylle but the latter? hmmmmmm

 

[usfliboi]

How about the PSA girl that ordered the mens double breasted blazer in TALL.....and that's all she wore. No shirt....no pants or skirt...just the mens tall double-breasted blazer. I swear....if we gave these girls a scarf or something, they would have a field day! In the hair...on the shoes, sew two together and make a shaw...the possibilities are endless.

Now theres a fact I SAW IT ! lol

 

[Fleazle]

I have tried to block a lot of the really scary images from those early years when I was based in PIT, but; I will never, ever, as long as I live forget my first dose of Charter C----e! Believe everthing you hear about her. The things she could do with a uniform (and sports teams too)! She was our extra one night on a PIT-MCO-PIT MD-80 turn. She definitely had her own look going on; think of Lady Godiva crossed with ELvira Mistress of the Dark with flame red hair. Tons of black mascara, very tight, pink-potholder blouse unbuttoned way down, ultra short, tight uniform skirt, gobs of gold necklaces, pearl bracelets around both wrists, enormous ear rings. The best part though was that she was absolutley covered with cat hair. She explained to me that she ran a dating service for felines out of her apartment in Queens.

 

[USAirBoyA330]

usfliboy:

Uhhhhh...for the love of Mary and Joseph! I was not even going to go there but heck since you did, I feel the need to respond. Our uniforms look "horrendous" (as Simon Cowell would say). They have not been updated and even out of the package don't fit. The men's shirts are made for someone with a size 48 waist so the shirt just hangs out like a slob. Those of us who care, spend $20 per shirt having them taken in. The girls one piece dress looks like a moo-moo and the girls are wearing guys aviator shirts. It's rather "butch" I would say and that's great if your going for that sort of look. The woman's skirt looks like a bell 4 inches below the knee and most of the girls usually have a tailor take it apart too make it fit properly. No one can tell flight crew from a gate agent. And why do the girls epaulets encompass the entire shoulder are like the flying nun?

To illustrate my point I will tell you a funny story.... (a true one)
A PHL supervisor (which will remain nameless) was conducting a gate check and proceeded to follow a "F/A" down the jetway during boarding to inform him that his uniform was not up to standard. After informing him of this on the jetway, the gentleman looks back and says "I don't work for US Airways lady...I am on this flight" She was so embarrissed she ran off.

We blend in with crowd and no one can identify us as crewmembers for the most part. But, you pointed out that my statement on management letting us look like crap was incorrect!
Well, why would they continue to let us order and wear uniform pieces that DO NOT FIT and make us look horrible? Why would they let people walk around the terminal with jackets that's have been cleaned so many times you can see your reflection in them?
Nope, the uniform stinks and needs to be thrown out and burned. Also, Cintas should be ashamed for not making things that fit correctly.

 

[Light Years]

Theres something about lonely old F/As and cats... I remember one who would call her cats several times a day and leave detailed messages (there were no other humans in her household).... "Sheeba, no news yet, they said they may switch us onto a -400. We might go illegal, we'll have to be de-iced. Make sure Tabby stays off the sofa" etc. Most interestingly, she showed pictures of them (she had quite a few), and the one she was leaving messages for happened to be deaf. She also wore a black ribbon in mourning of a cat she had lost "a few years ago."

 

[Light Years]

We all have an idea who that "nameless" person might be!

The sizing was horrible. I remember a male F/A commenting that his blazer was so low cut that he felt like J. Lo at the Grammys, and that he could use the lav without unbuttoning it!

 

[Winglet]

Given the increasing age and girth of some major airline flight attendants, I don't think tight fitting uniforms is what the customer wants to see.

 

[USAirBoyA330]

I know this is only my opinion and I am going to get a lot of heat for this BUT...
A REASONABLE "weight check" program should be bought back ASAP. Plus, a visit by Mary Kay cosmetics lady would not hurt either.

 

[Dilligas]

Theres something about lonely old F/As and cats... I remember one who would call her cats several times a day and leave detailed messages (there were no other humans in her household).... "

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That's an amusing story but very sad too. I feel guilty for chuckling over it...

 

[ktflyhome]

<_< <_< I Hate our uniforms. They are old and very tiresome. Although I did like the tan 2-peice dress. I thought it was kind of classy. Many pax's remarked about it, but I think you needed to have a decent figure to wear it. The gunny sack that the women are wearing should be fitted like a "coat dress". I think that may have been the intention, but it was not properly designed.

As far as Jackets my favorite is still the double breasted. I think it looks smart. I still have mine. But it's looking rather shabby.

The mauve blouses are not allowed to be worn anymore, but you can still wear the cream colored and the blue and white pin-striped. The white blouses do look BUTCH. I think a few years back when we had a Uniform Committee excisting of F/A volunteers they wanted a Unisex Look.

When we got our new buttons, I remember my buttons being to big for my jacket and dress holes.

Going to Black Shoes was a plus, but I agree, many of the shoes look like tennis shoes or nursing shoes that I see the women wear.

Interesting, but the few times I have been in the midst of another Airline Crew, like in LGA for example, or on a bus going to an overnight, I feel really embarrassed by the way we look. I can feel their disaproving eyes upon us.

 

[ktflyhome]

USAirboy, I totally agree, I am really getting tired of sitting with only one "cheek" on the Jumpseat. Or going to pull the seat belt around me and it is extended longer than my arms will go!!!! Or working the cart with a F/A who is standing and/or facing sideways all the time. Has no one any dignity anymore? And the F/A's who have "Chipped" nail polish for crying out loud. How gross.

We certainly need a Face Lift.

 

[USAirBoyA330]

Lord honey, this airline doesn't need a facelift...it needs the Wizard of OZ.
I think they should retrofit all the aircraft with a certain length of jumpseat strap. If it doesn't buckle, oh well time to push away the food plate. And don't even try to put a seatbelt extension on the jumpseat...it's not allowed. B)