Coder wrote: ↑Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:45 pm
Sorry to be pedantic - but that "guy" considers "themself" non-binary, so not entirely a true comparison - as long as that seems to be a requirement regular guys will stay suited. Indeed, their outfit is very, erm, curvaceous and not "man in skirt" entirely. None of those skirt looks are masculine in a way that guys would adopt, which is why I think this won't really have a big impact.
That being said...
The headline clearly is written for the majority of the public - scare words and all:
"that will allow male staff to wear skirts"
OMG - the world will collapse! Planes will fall out of the sky! The horror!
Now - I'm not a huge kilt person, but if they added a kilt to the repertoire, that would make headlines like crazy. I say this because anyone looking at this lineup will *know* very few to no guys will don the skirt. But if they offered a kilt? People would instinctively know that was a real possibility.
In some cases, "guys" may still feel they are guys, without feeling the need to use different pronouns... In the first photo, there appears to be a person with very masculine features (short brown hair, square jawline) quite happily wearing the red uniform with what appear to be women's trousers... and another person with more feminine features on the far right hand side in the men's uniform... I think the whole Alphabet Soup of pronouns will cause more friction than what is worn
I would wear my skirt Mark Bryan style, with a regular shirt and tie rather than a fancy blouse and ill fitting jacket... I'm sure they wouldn't mind
A few years ago Sir Richard Branson himself wore the skirted uniform as part of a promotion with Air Asia. The biggest obstacle I could see is having the wrong shoe on (too high a heel) but there's no issue with the skirts (though as I have a black girl's bum I may fill it out better

) they are rarely that curvy, having bought these uniform skirts off ebay they are much the same as any other pencil. A generous slit at the back will help with movement if a little tight, in cramped aisles of a plane a skirt is better than a kilt that may swish and flap about more, and kilts are expensive to produce (the properly made ones anyway)
Sorry about wrong pronouns, but as good as it is for any who are LGBT who may feel more comfortable to choose a skirt, any regular dude should feel just as comfy without the need to sound out HR, prepare everyone first etc as if the world will end...
There was a poster here who started wearing skirts to work driving buses, I doubt the journey on his bus would be any different to someone in shorts.
I used to work for DHL in the 90s, and the uniform consisted of some very uncomfortable trousers, I may have chosen a skirt if there was a choice for comfort, but for most it's not going to be something agonized over. Some guys may pick the skirt, some may not. It would be good to see if other firms with uniforms offer the option, such as UPS etc
EDIT:- it's quite telling that the comments section is empty, as it's a non event. Daily Fail were fishing for the usual "I've never been so appalled... not flying with them again!" comments from the usual flustered keyboard warriors, but times are changing

When they posted a picture of A$AP Rocky in a leather skirt a few weeks ago, most complained the paper called it a kilt as it was leather... and straight cut with a slit at the back
