Everyone flies and some people have flown on many different airlines so they know how different each one can be. There are some that are the best and some that are the worst. But in all of them the thing that one seems to remember as standing out the most is the flight attendants that look after you and if they are dressed nicely is something that leaves a good or bad impression with you.

In days gone by the air stewardesses always seemed to look so smart, especially the ones that worked for BOAC as it was known in those days, now it is called British Airways. But well, in those days the air stewardesses wore a navy pencil skirt, just above the knees, with a starched white blouse, navy blue jacket and a red, blue and white scarf around their necks. They nearly always had, if they had long hair, their hair tied up in a very elegant French pleat or bun and they would usually wear stud pearl ear-rings. As you can see, one remembers all these details and so that means that their impression on people must have been a good one.

Unfortunately, because the times are moving on and sometimes people think that being modern is to be more informal, the outfits of the stewardesses on planes are not nearly as elegant as they used to be. On a recent flight on an airline called Fly Baboo that flew between Venice and Geneva the flight attendants were wearing a type of track suit. You can’t imagine how disappointing it is to see something like this. It really is just not the same and such a pity and so it would really be nice to see all the designers that are in charge of dressing up the crew for airlines to go back to making them look as elegant as they used to look in the good old days. It seems that sometimes progress in fashion is not always all that good.