Non Aircrew in Leather Jackets
 

Given that non-aircrew SNCOs and above can now wear the 'aircrew' black leather jacket.

Would anyone risk the abuse of your collegues and actually wear one at work.

Regardless of the cost of actually buying one.

"Things aren't looking so good, we have Nimrod MR2 retired and MRA4 is later than a bag of late things. C130s, VC10s and Tristars are knackered but still no A330s or A400M. Stations are being chopped, and manpower reduced".

"Yes, yes, I understand, but what about these smart jackets we can wear now?"

Wait until after the redundancies :}

Exactly..... Once the redundancies are announced then we may see a different opinion.

.. then it's now more properly called ....... a leather jacket. So no, for that reason alone, not me. (And as a civilian, I regard myself as, 'above':ok:)

CG

More a case of waiting for now......on the basis that once the redundancies are announced and start to occur there will be a lot of cheap second hand leather jackets available to buy! ;)

Having been made redundant by DHL, I took my leather jacket with me.

Should I not wear it now I'm not flying?

Just a heretical thought - leather jackets were around quite a long time before the first aircraft.

Don't be ridiculous, leather jackets and aircrew were invented on the same day.

When did the "Dark Blue" jackets turn "Black" then??

RAF Uniform Policy changed on 10 May 2010. As part of these changes, the wearing of a privately purchased leather flying jacket with No 2 Dress, in lieu of the current General Purpose Jacket, was authorised. Previously this jacket was only authorised for aircrew. This authorisation has now been extended to all RAF Officers, Warrant Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers.

Specification

Leather
Specially prepared hide.
Colour
Dark Blue.
Lining
Cotton Drill - Grey.
Cuffs
Storm cuffs incorporated inside sleeves.
Epaulettes
Secured with velcro.
Sizes
36" to 50" regular or long cut.
Pricing
38" - 44" £220 +VAT
46" - 50" £240 +VAT

Taken direct from the Aviation Leathercraft website.

If it's uniform then surely it should be issued free of charge to ORs???

Leather Jackets???? How about some NVDs that are less than 3 years old and haven't been used by another air force first:mad:

"Chip Bag" Forage Caps and Stable Belts are uniform and not "issue" but "Personal Expense" to ORs...

PS. I don't think that NVD/NVGs are "Personal Expense" items just yet (unless the defence cuts are really, really bad :}).

You mean to say people actually pay money for those chip bag hats? To look like a total douche?

Better than a "Frank Spencer" Beret!

http://www.moviecatcher.net/images/m...nk-spencer.jpg

Mmm, nice!

By the way, these type of hats are also worn by several Army Regiments with Barrack Dress...

http://www.walkthisway.co.uk/walkthi...a_side_cap.jpg
Royal Artillery

http://www.herbert-johnson.co.uk/photos/reme.jpg
REME

So get over it, sweet-heart!!!

Douglas Bader didn't wear a leather jacket!

No, but he insisted on wearing a "chip-bag" with his No1s! Also, the variance of "uniform" in the Britsh Army is positively encouraged as far as I am aware - I've never seen 2 Army Officers look the same, even from the same Regiment!

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/m...8-_657072a.jpg

As LJ says "Get over it, sweetheart!"...:{

How about cravats with No 1s as well... :}

http://www.icons.org.uk/library/stoc...pg-mw71639.jpg

And different coloured slacks, whilst we're at it...

Leon, very sweet.

BTW, my colonel needs a stable belt to belt his paunch in. I would love to have seen him do the CBT.

Vigilantpilot

You missed on your "Douche Bag LIst":

8. A set of Glider Pilot Wings.

http://www.stewart-aviation.co.uk/images/050.JPG

:E:E:E

;)

At least Douglas Bader wore his chip bag at a decent angle. Not like an italian ice cream seller!

Chip bag hats??? I thought the correct slang for these was a slang word for a prized piece of the female anatomy, at least it was when I was in the services - Hint. also started with the letter c.