Think the easiest way if you feel uncomfortable and too hot wearing a solid vinyl hat and a warm jacket is to explain the dilemma to the Pilot in command.
Individual Body temperatures and sweat levels differ. Men are usually hotter in core temperature than women.
If one is sweating or red faced, then it's visual evidence of discomfort affecting a pilots potential performance. No point sweating, overheating,feeling unwell and making a error or mistake at flight planning or worse on a preflight that could be far worse.
Fill out a Flight crew report.
If it's cool enough then comply with the policy and wear the jacket. If pilots had to wear shirts only it would look perfectly acceptable and smart provided ties are done up, shirts tucked in etc.
A rotund pilot sweating in a tight fitted jacket would be a far worse sight!
Abusing Flight ops managers/AIPA and simply complaining on here,or Qrewroom, or the bar, won't change it.
For all their criticisms, Sadly gone are the days of strong leaders such as Kearns/Heiniger/Manning that would of stopped such Impracticalities and upheld the current FAM. But to be fair I think todays office pilots are ranked far lower than HR/Marketing etc etc. They are not as important or even influential like the old days. Through no fault of their own, office roles are now essentially admin positions with very little say in anything including jackets/hats/uniforms.
Flight Crew Reports are the best answer to get this changed.
Last edited by fearcampaign; 20th Oct 2016 at 12:35.