G-Spot
I don't need until August to reply. This forum is not one that I normally visit. I was referred to a particular thread by WWW after our accident in Mid May.
The thread on "stripes" is getting to be rather lengthy. Yes we do ask Instructors at Multiflight to wear uniform and yes we do distinguish between an FI(R) and an FI and the CFI and yes we do fly Cessna 152's and Robin 200's and Cessna 172's and a Beech 76. We also fly a Falcon 900 a couple of Citations a Dauphine a Sikorksy S76 a Twin Squirrel a Jetranger not too mention a Hughes 500 a single Squirrel and a Robinson R22. Rumour has it we may even put a B737 on the fleet shortly.
In short, we are a very very professional company that values ALL of its employees from the office cleaner who makes a very valuable contribution to our quality of life right up to dare I say it the Head of Training who has a little bit of influence on what goes on here. Uniforms are just a small part of the ethos that we wish to portray and that it is not about posing or trapping or pulling or flannel. It is simple and purely about a professional image. Why should somebody who teaches for his profession not be entitled to wear the same "badge of office" as someone who flys for say an air taxi company or an airline. Reticence about wearing a uniform says more about someones insecurity than it does about the company that asks for it to be worn.
Malcolm Dean
Head of Training
Multiflight