Virgin Atlantic’s cabin crew

The tartan socks aren't there when they wear the kilt as an everyday casual thing. The kilt, short black jacket, ruffled shirt front and long socks with dirk stuck into one of them is the formal dress version, usually spotted between car park and wedding venue.

Philippa111

Espee come to the Edinburgh Tattoo next year... you'll be in heaven. Hundreds of kilted men there!
Cheaper than a flight and very eco friendly...lol!!

The kilted men look good because the whole look is there, including tartan socks. I'm not sure men in skirts is generally a good look, and in some cases it's really not! I think they need to be quite manly and wear chunky socks and boots to pull it off.

Remember this movie? The cabin crew were expected to look glamorous, and so they did. No-one would have thought to challenge the dress code back then.

Phillippa111. Fortunately I live in Scotland so I quite often get a thrill when I encounter a burly Scot wearing our National dress. I have to say I particularly like the casual sweater and boots with a kilt look.
I could, of course, coax O.H. into his kilt but the mystery wouldn’t be there. ?

Oh Christ, don’t give them ideas! ?

I dont see a problem at all with what attire the cabin crew wear, my issue would be their efficiency in their job. They could dance down the isle wearing ballet shoes and a tutu for all I cared.

Just saw a video about Virgin Atlantic inclusivity policy - this is huge and fantastic!

Dress how you identify yourself

Hope other companies catch on and adopt it

Back in the late 1960s I worked in a department of local government. There was no formal rule about women wearing trousers but my boss said it was an "unwritten rule" and tried to stop me. I told him I did not obey "unwritten" rules as they had no legal basis. Then the 1970 Equal Pay Act came in which stated that women and men doing the same job were entitled to the same pay and contractual benefits. The union waded in and women began to wear trousers - several years after I had began wearing them.

Espee come to the Edinburgh Tattoo next year... you'll be in heaven. Hundreds of kilted men there!
Cheaper than a flight and very eco friendly...lol!!

Dammit, Esspee! You beat me to it.

Now: who's going to be the first to speculate on this thread about passengers' reactions to the imminent appearance of male Virgin cabin crew in pencil skirts and high heels?

Oh dear: it seems to be me...

The very best airline to fly with in my opinion is Air New Zealand.

As I find men in kilts very attractive I am rather hoping to have a few Virgin male crew wearing "skirts" on my Virgin flight in February. ?

Appalling that it's got to 2022 before this happened!

Singapore Airline cabin crew uniforms do look lovely but probably not practical, I agree.

I've never really liked the "in your face" red, easily identifiable with Virgin crew I know. Flew with them quite a lot in the past, thought they were always very good, far preferable to any American airline I've been on. Glad they're getting more choice with their uniform a pencil skirt, I imagine, wouldn't be that comfortable for hours on end.

I always thought the most attractive female air crew attire were those worn, and I don't think they've changed, by the Singapore Airline crew, not sure how practical they'd be in a crisis, given the bottom half is a floor length skirt.

Awesome, women now have options vs ridiculous clothes they are forced to wear for no reason but to "look good"

BA is the worst I've been on (other than Delta, a US airline). Staff unhelpful, rude. Not sure why they were there really, because they didn't support any passengers that I saw at any point, other than the food, drinks and sales trolleys.

I'm beginning to think it's the luck of the draw, Lathyrus

We've not flown with Virgin only Virgin Blue.

However, other airlines seem to be failing in their care of passengers too - Qantas, BA, Cathay Pacific and even the so-called World's Number One Airline (Qatar) all guilty, no food, although ordered in advance, for someone who had special dietary needs, hold luggage lost, no tv or radio etc.

Only flown with Virgin Atlantic twice.

Both total rubbish. Tv screen didn’t work, ran out of food choices s couldn’t eat anything, messed up the seating, lost the luggage, put the stay in your seat sign on for the whole journey and shouted at people when they needed the toilet, wouldn’t answer the call buttons.

Nightmare journeys. Never again.

Won’t make any difference what they wear?

Whenever we fly with other airlines we notice female cabin crew greet passengers on boarding then at ‘cabin crew release’ announcement from the captain the change out of their heels in their hub area and into flatties - changing back as the aeroplane descends. Practical, if not so glamorous!

RB is an absolutely brilliant employer, he adapts to his workers needs, is aware of issues. His employees think the world of him. To put his message out there is good

Great idea! Possibly Virgin making the decision before they were pushed into it.
I remember the joy when a new head stopped banning trousers for female teachers-and that was in the late 90s.

I prefer Virgin for long-haul. I don't really care what the crew wear as long as they can be kind to me when I'm in the middle of my flying phobia hysteria. They've always been good on Virgin. Which is more than I can say for BA long haul.

JackyB yes, I'm surprised that those required to wear pencil skirts and high heeled shoes hadn't rebelled before now.

If anyone chooses to wear high-heeled shoes when doing a job which requires them to be on their feet, walking up and down in constricted spaces they must be daft.