Airline Dress Code?

[jdb in AZ]

Psychologists say if airline passengers dress better they'll behave better. Do you agree?

If a young family is flying at night, should the kids not be allowed to wear their jammies?

I have mixed feelings. Back in the 1950's guys dressed in white shirts and ties to attend a baseball game. Women wore dresses when visiting Disneyland. I'm not suggesting we go back to hooped skirts or Fascinators (hats the Brits wear to Ascot and other "important" events.)

When DD was in college she enjoyed wearing men's flannel pajama pants on a flight and she was well behaved.

Whut is your opinion?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...n&cvid=cfc8aa4ce272479e80c70ab2a87bbc81&ei=18

 

[sam_gordon]

I usually wear slacks and a polo shirt. I think comfort is key.

 

[RedHead0186]

There is some psychology behind dressing up-that's why during COVID when everyone was working from home people were saying to still dress up as if you were going into an office to get in the right headspace.

I honestly just don't like the idea of going out in public when I'm too dressed down-but that's a personal thing for me. When flying I usually wear jeans, sneakers/comfy shoes, and a decent top (usually a spirit jersey if I'm going to Florida). I wouldn't go much more casual than that.

 

[GoingSince1990]

Given that the airlines give out free pajamas to first and business class passengers on overnight flights, I don’t think there’s any issue with kids wearing PJs.

 

[kdonnel]

I don't dress any differently when flying than I would have dressed that day if not flying.

I have never misbehaved when flying.

It has never occured to me to berate anyone, attack anyone, or any other inappropriate actions.

I am typically wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

 

[sam_gordon]

Given that the airlines give out free pajamas to first and business class passengers on overnight flights, I don’t think there’s any issue with kids wearing PJs.

They do?

 

[kdonnel]

They do?

AA for select routes and United for flights over 14 hours.

Lots of foreign carriers do.

 

[LuvOrlando]

That is just silly.

Bet money sobriety is a bigger issue than dressing up, a person could be a well dressed drunken mess too.

 

[NYCgrrl]

I wear comfortable clothing when traveling but they just don’t look like I’m schlepping to the laundromat. It’s really not difficult to combine dress ease and fashion.
Ive no problem with small children traveling in their pjs but am not interested in seeing anyone else in public wearing them. This may create a conundrum in the new international flight sleeping seats but I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

 

[mjkacmom]

There is some psychology behind dressing up-that's why during COVID when everyone was working from home people were saying to still dress up as if you were going into an office to get in the right headspace.

I honestly just don't like the idea of going out in public when I'm too dressed down-but that's a personal thing for me. When flying I usually wear jeans, sneakers/comfy shoes, and a decent top (usually a spirit jersey if I'm going to Florida). I wouldn't go much more casual than that.

My husband and son wore button downs and boxers for years.

 

[bsmcneil]

My husband and son wore button downs and boxers for years.

Oh man. I'm assuming you mean NOT when it comes to airlines - or else their TSA pat-downs probably went pretty quickly...

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Dressing in olden days attire isn't the best for our bodies when flying, dressing more comfortably is.

I'm not sure it's as common as they stated in the article to dress anymore for Business Class.

I have to admit it passed my mind to think about how sometimes I see people dressing to the 9s acting very entitled but I don't think that's related to their attire anymore than the reverse is that dressing down makes someone more inclined to fight on an airplane.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

I'm usually on my way to WDW, so I'm dressed for the theme parks, usually in shorts and a t-shirt. I was only ever on one flight that was disrupted, and it was because the person in question was drunk and got up during landing and made a big fuss about having to use the restroom.

I think if a person is a jerk, making them wear a tie isn't going to magically dispel their jerkiness.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Given that the airlines give out free pajamas to first and business class passengers on overnight flights, I don’t think there’s any issue with kids wearing PJs.

Not only that but the fact that it's given to passengers (or available to purchase for high end passengers depending on the airline) is in opposition of the discussion in the article regarding classes. There's no rule that I'm aware of that once you're given an amenity kit that contains clothing that you are considered more antagonistic once you put them on. Obviously they are giving them to people for sleeping but if the hypothesis is you're more inclined to act better if you don't dress down somehow there's a disconnect in that thought process.

Virgin Atlantic even says:
"Are you sitting comfortably?

Not to sound like the plane clothes police (ahem) but loose, long and loungey is the way to go when it comes to attire onboard. Save sharp tailoring, shorts and jeans for your destination. Before you turn in, doing your usual bedtime routine will signal to your brain it's time to sleep. We’ll provide you with a soft eye mask, cosy socks and ear plugs, and on night flights we can even supply you with some pjs if you’d like. But you can of course bring your own. Unicorn onesie? No one's judging."

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

It’s really not difficult to combine dress ease and fashion.

At the same time what's fashion?

To some the leggings I now wear, which are very comfortable to me for flying, are not fashionable. My go to for flying is leggings, a t-shirt, and my nautica zip up jacket. I'm certainly not thinking about what it looks like to other people. It's just what I have found is comfortable. Swap the leggings for loose (or fitted) sweatpants and does that really flip a switch and make me seem like I'm about to go to the laundromat?

 

[cabanafrau]

Virgin Atlantic even says:
"Are you sitting comfortably?

Maybe airlines could truly help by actually doing their bit to aid their passengers in sitting comfortably. I'm guessing that might cut down on a certain amount of bad behavior.

 

[Disneylover99]

Psychologists say if airline passengers dress better they'll behave better. Do you agree?

No.

We witnessed a man in a nice suit lose his cool when he couldn’t get his carry on bag into the overhead bin. He was ranting and yelling. I suppose it’s possible he may have given up and thrown it at someone instead if he was just wearing a track suit though. Lol.

If a young family is flying at night, should the kids not be allowed to wear their jammies?

Yes. Definitely!

 

[soccerdad72]

There's next to no chance that an airline would be able to come up with a dress code that wouldn't go over like surge pricing at Wendy's

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Maybe airlines could truly help by actually doing their bit to aid their passengers in sitting comfortably. I'm guessing that might cut down on a certain amount of bad behavior.

I think short tempers (outside of drug or alcohol fueled) are more about delays, cancellations and lost luggage not to mention charging for seat selection and the angst over whether you'll actually get that. But I agree seats being made thinner, harder, narrower, less pitch, etc all contribute as well to just the overall general decline most people feel about the air travel experience.

 

[Tink-osophy]

I don't know about on airplanes (since comfort is relatively more of an issue), but people used to dress up more to go to theaters (live, not movie) and audience behavior was definitely better.

Maybe, there's something about the indication to the people in the clothes that it's a more formal environment and expectations are different.

So, beyond 'toddlerhood', I'd not be in favor of kids (or adults) in PJs on planes, just because some people do seem to forget that they're not at home and that they, therefore, DO have a responsibility to consider people other than themselves.