U.S. male air traffic controllers wear dresses to work to protest dress code

Canoe Network ^ | 6/28/2007 | AP

[cherry]

"These guys don’t have contact with the public and spend their days closed up in a high stress work environment - who cares what they wear to work? Stupid regulations."

you dress yourself as you see yourself....

if you see yourself as a disciplined professional with huge responsibilities, you wear adult, professional clothing and you play the part of an adult professional.

[Lurker]

You said "peckers".

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[gcruse]

They wuz huntin’ peckers, hehe heheh he heheheh he.

[Cyber Liberty]

Where does one go to buy a yellow suit? Wal-Mart?

I thought the protest was silly until I read down to the part where people were getting reprimands for things like orange shirts and blue-green pants. Now, I hope the controllers win.

[TheDoctorNoh]

You're fired!

[Doohickey]

The rest were just hunt ‘n’ peckers.

You mean hunting peckers, right?

[gcruse]

It’s really a vocal gag that doesn’t work so well in print. Since the phrases sound identical, it works aloud. But to put huntin’ peckers as a written punch line doesn’t jibe with the precedent of typing.

[Starwolf]

I don’t agree with your position...a professional wears the right clothes for the job at hand. For ATC one should dress in a manner that maximizes productivity and minimizes distractions. For example, no butt seam pants would seem to be a no brainer. Makes it much easier to so sit for extended periods without pain. However that is a very casual cut. Same with shoes. Good sneakers or casual shoes would make much more sense than heels (one of the women got giged for not wearing pumps).

Making an issue where there really isn’t one is dumb. Companies that make dumb decisions eventually go out of buisness, unfortunately there is no such remedy for Gov agencies like the FAA and USPS.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I said that the students would have far more respect for men teachers who are far more professionally dressed...

Perfect. I use this type of negotiating tactic often.

I'll voice an opinion in favor of a particular course of action and then I'll start pointing out the negative consequences of it. In a few minutes, others will be offering alternatives which gives me an opening to offer mine. By the end of the meeting, they are convinced that my course of action was their idea, which is fine with me.

[Starwolf]

IS making a JO nearly piss his pants a violation of the UCMJ these days? I used to be cosidered sport with the O-4s and above.

[Jane Austen]

How juvenile. They do not have the maturity to hold this type of job.

[CholeraJoe]

Pretty much. After Tailhook, the services are pretty humorless these days. No more carrier landings or food fights.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I hope the controllers win, too. Change the rules and make them all wear dresses.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

What were the previous dress requirments? Pajamas?

[Grizzled Bear]

Got a few smart ass comments from a JO who was Mr. Vice, until I buried the dirk I was wearing in the tabletop in front of him, for which I was sent to the grog bowl.

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No Claymore? And you call yourself a Scottsman???!!!

[Starwolf]

One does not bring that kind of weapon into the mess, at least on mess nights. However, dirks are allowed/expected, unless of course you are a clueless JO

[Starwolf]

We have clearly been to different mess nights

[Grizzled Bear]

One does not bring that kind of weapon into the mess, at least on mess nights.

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They might have made an exception if you said it was your Grand Pappy’s...

[bannie]

MY...

I think we should all be allowed to wear pajamas like they wear in China. (That's the ONLY thing about China I like!!!!)

WHAT IN THE WORLD is wrong with comfort?

[Starwolf]

The dirk was originally great grandfathers and has been carried into combat by every generation but me (no combat on my watch). If one of my kids goes into the military (one may), they will be given it when they are commissioned.

We be serious about being Scot in my family