Re: PPL Instructors wearing collar and tie
I to have followed this with interest and think there are reasons for everything.
Thne flightsuit issue is not without merit, firstly for students it can save you a fortune in clothes if you are flying on a regular basis, I dont know how many shirts I chucked because of oil stains, secondly as a safety issue, a cotton flightsuit or Nomex, will go along way to saving your life in a fire.
However, 2 things to bare in mind, you will look like a prat if you are flying a 150 in a flight suit covered in "topgun" badges and generally you should wear along the lines of what the school requires. You do have to look into the practical issues to and temp. is a big thing. You will perform better in a comfortable enviroment, and what you are wearing will go along way to providing that. As for the bars and things, well I will leave that up to the individual or institution, when I instructed in the US, the school required that we wore 2 bars, since leaving there and working as a corporate pilot I wear epulettes for work, but not to instruct.
I think the most important aspect is that you look smart, feel comfortable and project the right image, what you wear and the frills that you attach for that first impression are not as important as the impression your student leaves with