This must be very embarrassing for the Author.
The shirts are 65% polyester.
It's never been an issue as pilots have not had to wear a jacket too.
Nor a vinyl hat that has the breathability of a plastic bag.
Captains decision making ability overridden.
Sad that Caltains are entrusted with multi million dollar aircraft but not with discretion on jackets.

**Pro Tip**

If one really needs to demonstrate ones Command Authority one can still continue to override the lesser ranks and mandate the security password:ok:

Did I see some Q flight crew wearing pink bars today or are my eyes needing help

Lots of them are. It's #flypink month.

I understand the "wearing of the uniform" was a 28 page email - print at your own cost to save $$ no doubt - only 28 pages, gee Qantas really are getting their game together.

Gotta ask - is the "27 degrees" defined as:
- departure external environment;
- arrival external environment;
- the transit between the nominal 22 degrees of hotels and taxis/minibuses etc etc??

Equally what is the temperature band ie is 26.1 degrees 27 degrees or 27.0 degrees + 27 degrees?
What is the source of info - Qantas approved no doubt! - used so that all crew are using the same informational reference to ensure consistency and compliancy?

No doubt contained within the 28 page email...if you read the smallprint maybe? :p:p

Everyone knows it has to be at least AWIS or better with a 15 minute validity.

/sarc

Apparently the source is the inbuilt oat gauge on the crew transfer bus

Pigs bottom. If it's so sensible then why are cabin managers given the discretion on jackets been worn by the crew that Captains used to have?

Just put a thermometer in face (not bum) and it says 37.6 C.
It seems I'm more than 10 degrees above the jacket cut-off temp.
Coats off...

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.

So let's get this straight, an administrative answer on the Pilots behalf directed at office dwellers who command little say in anything is the best method for change??

Indeed. AIPA have no input or influence post EA agreement.
Enough Flight crew Reports is now the only way anything changes.
You really think anything can happen today in Qantas without a form?
Unsurprisingly CSMs have discretion wearing their uniforms but not Captains.
FAAA must really have some influence.

77 posts and still no pictures!

Para, Search is your friend...

http://www.pprune.org/australia-new-...s-uniform.html

I think of myself as a bit part actor in an airline based farce directed from somewhere on the Campus.

If I then think of the uniform as a costume that keeps the director happy so that he keeps paying me every fortnight, it's a lot more palatable.

Seriously, it's the idea of someone, somewhere of what a pilot should look like so good luck to them. It doesn't represent anything these days anyway other than the cheapest pilot the group can find from various sub-contracted agencies willing to do the job.

Wear it, toss it in the back of the car at the end of the trip, go home, chuck it back on at the start of the next trip, get paid, live life. Simples.

Thanks Capt. Bloggs.

Re white topped hats, is my memory playing tricks or did QF have white topped hats in the seventies?

The thinking behind the white hats by the designer

Source: vogue.com.au

I don't think it looks that bad. From the pic in the article, is the white hat an option, ie, can you chose between white and black?

Its the badge that really grates people

(Re the hat)

Yes, they did.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/...9160468167.jpg

It looks like both those hats (and the wings) are straight from naval stores. I'd happily wear them (probably even have a set in a box somewhere). The trouble is that this new hat is from 'Catch Me If You Can'.

Actually, I think the shirts are the worst part of the uniform. The hats are only second.

Mandatory jackets is a positive, as it hides the shirt.