I really don't know why I am responding to this but here we go:
I was a DC-10 captain with Laker, and as we all know, Fred went bust.
I went for an interview with an American company some time later. It all went well.
An old ex-RAF friend attended the same interview and we compared notes afterwards in the pub.
The first thing he said was "You are going to have to pay for your own uniform".
I was not really interested in the unifrom.
"They wear single-breasted jackets" said he "and they don't wear hats".
I spent $135.00 on NW 38 Street at Miami and came out with a complete uniform, lots of shirts and two pairs of pants.
I went on to fly the DC-10 on the American register for many years and my colleague went on to fly Jetstreams between Milan and Birmingham. It has to be said that his company paid for his uniform.