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rupamohan

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Should we get ‘dressed’ to catch a plane?

April 19 2015

Qantas to enforce dress code in airport lounges. That is OK but what about inside plane? do you think essentials like air travel should remain exempted from dress code? I mean above what is is already in legislation for public place. I don't have any opinion except how do you enforce it internationally?

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  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    All the hotties should be made to wear bikinis.

  • AnnieWhichway

    AnnieWhichway

    10 years ago

    the current rule on how much bum crack is allowed to show above your trackie daks?

  • chevtrek

    chevtrek

    10 years ago

    not on local flights

  • compressor

    compressor

    10 years ago

    as long as you have respect for other people around you and the fact you are in public all good

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    oh boy do I have a thing for Hostesses.....tanned nylons, the little scarf.....shoot does me every time 😛 - Posted from rhpmobile

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    In singlets, smelly arm shit hanging out everywhere gross, put them in cargo bay.

  • LifeUnscripted

    LifeUnscripted

    10 years ago

    With slut shaming in general, and too often these kinds of rules are used to enforce moral judgments that I think are unfair. So yeah, not a big fan of dress codes. - Posted from rhpmobile

  • Forus1234

    Forus1234

    10 years ago

    We are frequent business travellers, so we are dressed in business apparel when we fly. We are very envious when we walk past people in casual clothing, really that's how people should be able to travel, comfortable. There is a certain dress code in frequent flyers lounges, occasionally you'll see kids & parents dressed casually if they are extending business with a holiday or holidaying using frequent flyers. We don't think it's necessary to have a dress code outside these lounges, although being dressed nicely may sometimes qualify you for a business class upgrade if there is spare seats! it's happened to us a few times!

  • Mischeviouslad

    Mischeviouslad

    10 years ago

    Does it it all depend what the current dress code is? Personally speaking.... I don't want to go out into the world looking like someone who doesn't pass the basic dress code acceptabilities for being in a public place like an airline terminal. And am I really going to change into something... less appropriate... after boarding?! DG

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    QANTAS started enforcing the new dress code standards from April 1 - essentially just don't wear thongs (on your feet) and singlets. (as it happens, I'm sitting in a QF lounge typing this out) I think it was heavy handed - the bulk of complaints came from people whining about the high vis FIFO crowd, except they're exempt in the new rules. It would have been better to just have stronger enforcement of behaviour - who cares about someone in thongs that quietly goes about their business, when you have Johnny Loudmouth in a suit barking down his phone and being loud, or Mrs LinenShirt-PlusPearls with her out of control (but impeccably dressed) children. As long as the person is clean, and the clothes don't create a health or safety risk then I don't care think the carrier should care what they wear.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Apart from the time I went to meet a boyfriend off a flight when I wore a short trench coat, heels and nothing else...in my younger days of course....

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Damn,does this mean I can't wear my tiger onesie anymore 😨xxFreya

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    They are getting ready for a new version of Project Runway 😊xxFreya

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    both on business and for leisure - and yes I have lounge access both to QF and VA and their partner airlines. I think the QF rule is nothing extraordinary -yes if you are going to the airport lounge make some effort - no it does not mean you have to wear a cocktail dress, or suit and tie - it just means to make some effort. whilst I might have the leggings and the rubbish T-shirt in my carry on - to change into on the aircraft especially if the flight is over 8hrs- I will make some effort to look presentable whilst in the lounge - that might be as simple as jeans and a t-shirt but I will wear shoes. I think this is less about dress-code but behaviour code - as mentioned by S_OnTheLoose earlier. There is an "epidemic" of the "barking on the phone" - to the extent that I have walked out of lounges twice only to be followed by an attendant asking what the matter was - the fact that I just cannot stand listening to 20 people barking on their phones simultaneously in the area which is marked as "quiet". If it says "quiet" then zip it :)

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    The lounge is but part of this vexed issue. I once peered behind the curtain on the plane to find several hundred unkept and dreadfully smelly people crammed in like cattle. I had always assumed it was the kitchen. I say if one cannot afford to dress appropriately and sit in refined comfort at the front of the plane, then one has no business travelling. It is simply horrendous that one's travel experience must be tainted by the proximity of such miserable souls. Far better for everyone that they stay at home.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Lol...I thought we were going to discuss some new exhibitionists/mile high club kink 😜

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    mile HIGH???I did do "Mile Low" at a gold mine called "Lancefield" out of Laverton a lot of years ago...Overalls, work boots and hats.. sweaty bodies with dusty and streaked faces...

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Sh!t Star used to enforce the "no visible tattoos" dress code...

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Now you're just teasing me...play nice! ☺️

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    Quoting 'Forus1234' We are frequent business travellers, so we are dressed in business apparel when we fly. We are very envious when we walk past people in casual clothing, really that's how people should be able to travel, comfortable. There is a certain dress code in frequent flyers lounges, occasionally you'll see kids & parents dressed casually if they are extending business with a holiday or holidaying using frequent flyers. We don't think it's necessary to have a dress code outside these lounges, although being dressed nicely may sometimes qualify you for a business class upgrade if there is spare seats! it's happened to us a few times! "dress like you belong up front" upgrade is a myth now, if you receive an upgrade out of the blue it is because they oversold the cabin and you have higher frequent flyer status or purchased a higher fare class/bucket in your cabin (there might be many prices for a ticket in the same cabin class - S class might be super discounted economy, N might be middle of the road, and L be full fare economy) I get plenty of upgrades, and my cargo shorts and t-shirt are not more dressy than all the besuited folks down the back. Nowadays the suited up are towards the front of economy in short haul, and biz/prem econ on long haul. At the tip of the front in first class long haul, I see more people travelling in tracksuits, comfy clothes, (cargo shorts and tshirts), etc. Who am I dressing up for when I'm ensconced in a little suite with the doors shut?Quoting 'SimonDoes' The lounge is but part of this vexed issue. I once peered behind the curtain on the plane to find several hundred unkept and dreadfully smelly people crammed in like cattle. I had always assumed it was the kitchen. Simon, I sympathise - A380s should be your go to aircraft where possible - while you will still have to put up with sharing the airbridge with the business class hoi polloi, steerage is mercifully kept below the upper deck and have their own gangplank so you never need encounter them ;)

  • Forus1234

    Forus1234

    10 years ago

    Thanks for the updated travel info s_on the loose! With travel delays these days, we don't have time to change in to work wear for meetings scheduled at the other end. We are not fussed on what we or others look like at the airport.

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    People used to dress down so they didn't look to affluent in the eyes of possible hi-jackers

  • RHP

    RHP User

    10 years ago

    I Fly regularly I generally wear what's comfortable generally jeans and t- shirt it depends on the weather at the other end My main gripe just wish the staff would learn to smile Had some miserable buggers the last few months - Posted from rhpmobile