'Drag queen' flight uniforms fail to take off
 

'Drag queen' flight uniforms fail to take off
From: news.com.au
January 10, 2010 4:09PM

The current uniform was only launched about 2 years ago ?? I can't understand why they are changing again already.

It looks awful !

What about Virgin Blue - 10 years in the same uniform ! Time for a freshen up !

I don't mind the current Virgin Blue uniform, even though it's rather simple

My favourite by far is the Qantas uniform. I hope they keep it for as long as possible

Priscilla Queen of The Skies !!!! :D

For those that haven't seen the new Air New Zealand uniform...... here it is. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/ar...ag-queens.html

Personally, my favourite crew uniforms are those which either reflect the carrier's national heritage or look very smart/professional. The new NZ's female flight attendants pink uniform don't fulfill either criteria. QF on the other hand, fulfill both criteria very well (which is why they are also one of my favourites).

Flight attendants will be given the option to wear a green coloured dress if they don't like the pink. In my opinion, the design on the dress (ignoring the colour) does reflect the local culture with the Maori koru design being the main feature. I personally really like it. I don't however like the waistcoat for the men.

http://images.tvnz.co.nz/tvnz_images...form_8_pgb.jpg

The timing of the new uniform is to coincide with the delivery of the new 777-300 aircraft which will have a new interior similar to the uniforms (not in pink)

The green looks better. Cheers for the info about the Maori koru design..... its something I didn't know. Found a site which displays all the Air NZ unifrom, and people may be interested in this: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/phot...3326779/photos

Yeah I agree about the waistcoat. They probably put a bit too much effort into it.....and it it looks a bit too complicated. But credit to Air NZ in trying to think outside of the square.....

The men's ground crew uniform looks simple but effective.

That seems to be NZ's thing right now. They are challenging the staus quo on how things are done in a lot of ways and avoiding the me-too syndome so many airlines revert to. I guess someytimes it falls for them and sometimes it doesn't. All credit to them.

By the way. Nice title "'Drag Queen' flight iniforms fail to take off" making a reference to ANZ's now famous advert where the "uniforms" are painted on. I assume it was intentional.