It's almost worth buying a dark blue pullover and rank slides with gold bars, then arriving at the WLAC and answering any questions with "Actually, I'm from HMRC. You might be able to help me with my inquiries....?" "No? Well in that case, perhaps you should go away and perform an anatomically impossible act upon yourself!"

"Do you think you'll get anymore attention than the nurse in her scrubs, the squaddie in his camo kit, the cop in his uniform or the bin man in his overalls sitting on a train?"

I believe NHS rules prevent nursing staff wearing their scrubs outside of the workplace (which is quite a sensible hygiene precaution) although that's not the case in other parts of the world - I've frequently seen clinical staff from a local hospital standing in line at McDonalds and Taco Bell in the U.S. with their grubby looking Crocs and stethoscopes hanging round their necks.
The airlines I've worked for have always required that if in public, regardless of capacity, you either wear all of the uniform if any of it identifies you as a company employee or none of it - hence would always remove and/or cover as much as possible when popping into the supermarket on the way home etc. But this is PPL's we're talking about..
I remember a PPL at my local club some years ago hiring a C152 to fly to his wedding (well, a strip near his wedding apparently, necessitating a drive from the field to the church), which required him to arrive at the service in his Growbag, patches and white leather flying gloves from which he would disrobe before his bride and guests to reveal his wedding attire beneath. I bet her family must have thought he was a complete tw#t - I wonder if he's still married?

That's no woman, thats the scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz singing "If only I had a brain"

Rory's trying to drown out the sound by wetting his whistle.

Wear whatever you fancy so long as you're not doing it to big yourself up.

Etiquette chez Smasher is leave the flight suit in the cockpit so you can wear the loudest possible Hawaiian shirts in the bar!

One thing I have to say is I started this thread as a bit of fun on a half crazy subject and amazed it's heading for 10,000 hits
What does that say )) bars or bras are so important in PPLs minds ? ))
Maybe Bras or how to get rid of them quick ))

Pace

PACE

I'm reliably informed by chaps who fly with you, that you're rather fond of informing people, that you are in actual fact a 'jet pilot', and usually within seconds of meeting them! ;) :D

Squaddies are also prevented from travelling in combat rig / camo kit.

:):):)

No they're not.

it does change from time to time but the current advice does not prohibit it.

I was flying down from Forfar to Cumbernauld for breakfast one morning, had about 10 miles to run and some flash bastard went whizzing past my slow coach Maule in a fancy looking RV. Taxiing up to parking behind them I was looking for a reason to dislike him even more when he handed me the opportunity on a plate by him and his right seater climbing out in natty looking flights suits with badges. Ah ha I thought “so he’s one of those kind of bastards” taking solace in my now firm belief that the guy who had just dusted me was a prat.

In the restaurant he struck up a conversation with me, the content of which I was hoping would comprehensively consolidate my view he was a tosser.
Unfortunately he turned out to be a really nice bloke and the patches on his suit were from a group called “ Where Eagles Care” which I took an instant liking to as it’s a mix of the title of my favorite movie and what I assume is some kind of flying charity.

After exchanging talk about his around Britain flight on a schedule my old Maule could only dream about we parted bidding each other a safe flight (his was obviously going to be faster than mine). On the flight home I thought to myself speed envy is a horrible thing and you just can’t judge a book by the cover or flight suit for that matter.

Sometimes you can't, that's true.
There was an older chap who used to come into the club after work..
His oil-stained flying jacket, torn trousers and band-aided knuckles said "per ardua".
(He was actually a millionaire.)

BTW, he didn't make it out of aviation - he made it out of property speculation.
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YoungSkywalker

I know the particular pilot who goaded you to make this post ;):E;) EL Capitano ------- with an O at the end :ok: He has always been jealous of the black and silver blingy designer tie )

ME? NEVER !!! well depends how pretty she is ;) I am not into the uniform bit that is a has to and the bars go as quickly as possible ( The silver ones matching the tie) ! Yellow jackets ? Have they ever saved a life? Maybe we should have flashing beacons attached to our bodies instead! Could go into the checklist "Pilot beacon On?"

Pace

Really? Perhaps it's just the sections of the armed forces my son and son in law serve with that impose such a ban? Both different sections as it happens.

You live and learn.

We had a guy turn up the other day for his second microlight lesson.
He was wearing a T-shirt with Top Gun across the front and Maverick on the back. Poor fellow. It will be the last time he does that.:{

It does change from time to time but the current advice does not prohibit it. - TMM

As TMM says and a decision made by local commanders, given the obvious provisos that individuals should use common sense, particularly depending on where they're travelling, and that they should of course be correctly dressed and well turned out.

Jack

As he sent me a teasing affectionate E mail this morning I think so :ok: Its a small world our world

Pace

Pahaha, I actually had that shirt for a while! But mine was a fake from Primark so I didn't have Maverick on the back (that was obviously the copyrighted bit.) That was fine - I decided to print my own name on but never got round to it - and I only paid a couple of bob rather than fifteen quid!

Swings and roundabouts - the logo faded horribly in the wash and three years later now all I have is a plain navy tee :(

I take the view of wear what you want because it's none of my business, whether that be manky old clothes, shorts, suit, growbag, boiler suit, don't care, it's the pilot that matters. Not a big deal, unless turning up with bonedome, g-suit and parachutes to fly circuits in a 152 which crosses the line of daftness :rolleyes:

That said, any reference to the Top Gun movie is a semi-unforgiveable fopah which results in banishment to Aviation Purgatory for one to spend considerable time in repentance. :yuk:

First line of your opening post.
Busted!

ME NEVER was a joke comment and wasn't referring to wearing a uniform :E which yes I have to otherwise I would be shot at dawn.

Pace