"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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My respect for controllers could not have been more diminished.

I kind of like it. I'm not sure it was appropriate for the controller to be
so insulting, but the dress code rebellion itself is kind of amusing. (It's
not going to last long, it makes a point, nobody gets hurt, people get a
laugh out of it, etc.)

Never in my life as a pilot or passenger have I ever spent a second thinking
about what the ATC was dressed like. The degree of their professionalism
and competence will be measurable by the safety record at the airport and
any comments, complaints or observations that pilots or staff might report.

Were I the decisionmaker here, it would be: Rebel however you want but have
suitable professional attire ready on very sort notice, because if the
President or the Boy Scouts show up for a tour we better not find you in an
"I'm with Stoopit" T-shirt.

-c
PP-ASEL-IA