Airlines to customers: You can't wear that

[ForeverRoses]

I have a friend that is a flight attendant and was involved with a pretty serious emergency evacuation. I always remember her advice for clothing when flying- cotton pants (she suggest Khakis), long sleeved shirt, cotton socks and leather soled flat shoes that tie (no flip flops)

The reasons:
If you are lucky enough to get upgraded to first class, they are more likely to do it if you are dressed nicely (so Khakis rather than leggings). Also, cotton because if there is a fire, polyester and most sythetics will melt against your skin causing burns.
Long sleeved cotton shirt- cotton see above, long sleeved because it does get cold on the plane.
leather soled flat shoes- rubber soles will melt on a hot wing. also, you don't want to wear heels and then have to evac quickly. think of the people standing on the wings in the Hudson river- you are more stable in flat soled shoes than in heels.

She might be full of it, but it's worked for me so far!

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I have a friend that is a flight attendant and was involved with a pretty serious emergency evacuation. I always remember her advice for clothing when flying- cotton pants (she suggest Khakis), long sleeved shirt, cotton socks and leather soled flat shoes that tie (no flip flops)

The reasons:
If you are lucky enough to get upgraded to first class, they are more likely to do it if you are dressed nicely (so Khakis rather than leggings). Also, cotton because if there is a fire, polyester and most sythetics will melt against your skin causing burns.
Long sleeved cotton shirt- cotton see above, long sleeved because it does get cold on the plane.
leather soled flat shoes- rubber soles will melt on a hot wing. also, you don't want to wear heels and then have to evac quickly. think of the people standing on the wings in the Hudson river- you are more stable in flat soled shoes than in heels.

She might be full of it, but it's worked for me so far!

I did get upgraded to first flying back to MD after an interview in AZ wearing a business suit. There may be something to this!

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I have a friend that is a flight attendant and was involved with a pretty serious emergency evacuation. I always remember her advice for clothing when flying- cotton pants (she suggest Khakis), long sleeved shirt, cotton socks and leather soled flat shoes that tie (no flip flops)

The reasons:
If you are lucky enough to get upgraded to first class, they are more likely to do it if you are dressed nicely (so Khakis rather than leggings). Also, cotton because if there is a fire, polyester and most synthetics will melt against your skin causing burns.
Long sleeved cotton shirt- cotton see above, long sleeved because it does get cold on the plane.
leather soled flat shoes- rubber soles will melt on a hot wing. also, you don't want to wear heels and then have to evac quickly. think of the people standing on the wings in the Hudson river- you are more stable in flat soled shoes than in heels.

She might be full of it, but it's worked for me so far!

I've heard too too. I travel like this also. I also don't wear dresses or skirts in the event we need to slide out. I've never been a big fan of dressing in grubbies/comfort wear when traveling because I represent myself as a photog, my sorority, and so on. You never know who you will meet as I'm sure some of you can attest to. I've gotten some business cards/connections this way.

I just say, you don't need to wear a ballgown or tux to fly but dress sensibly. If you charter you own plane, I guess all bets are off.