Originally Posted by
Huntaway
I get that people think might think flight suits are pretentious or over the top for general aviation, but the company I work for has us wear flight suits and if I did any private flying I'd probably wear one too. Mostly for the convenience of not getting oil and dirt on my regular clothes and having most of what I need in my various pockets, and a scribble pad on my thigh. The fire retardant bit is just a bonus should it come to it.
No, I didn’t say General Aviation as such, I was more inferring your Sunday warriors like Sunfish. Tell me the odds of Sunfish actually being in the situation whereby he’d need such unnecessary clothing.
Flight suits when it’s your job is a different kettle of fish.