Ditching the make up

Pauliedragon · 07-03-2019 05:59PM

I for one couldn't give a flying f*** what the airline staff wear. Get me on the plane, get me to my destination and I'm happy as a pig in sh**. Let them wear what they want. Do many people really care how they look? I've a lot of respect for their occupation with a lot of the nonsense they put up with.

Prominent_Dawg · 07-03-2019 06:10PM

Pauliedragon wrote: »

I for one couldn't give a flying f*** what the airline staff wear. Get me on the plane, get me to my destination and I'm happy as a pig in sh**. Let them wear what they want. Do many people really care how they look? I've a lot of respect for their occupation with a lot of the nonsense they put up with.

Call me obnoxious, but I think you have higher expectations of a service if those delivering it are well presented themselves

Pauliedragon · 07-03-2019 06:23PM

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

Call me obnoxious, but I think you have higher expectations of a service if those delivering it are well presented themselves

I wouldn't call you obnoxious but I've worked in hospitality most of my life and I agree all service staff should be well presented but I know from experience wearing uncomfortable clothes can hinder you. The shoes I had to wear in hotels killed my feet with blisters to the point I was in constant pain. The point I suppose I'm making is if I'm comfortable I'm friendlier more relaxed etc which in turn makes the staff customer relationship better.

jam_mac_jam · 07-03-2019 06:27PM

You don't need to wear either make up or high heels to be presentable or professional. In some cases the amount of make up can make you look unprofessional. You can be clean and well groomed without high heels and make up.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 07-03-2019 06:56PM

One of my former housemates was a Ryanair flight attendant. The amount of rules re: uniform and make up were astounding. A certain tights colour, a certain particular shoe that had quite a high heel and there were rules about make up too. I think they went as far as to specify lipstick colour and the like. She always looked orange heading off to work. Some of her starts were really early. The thought of having to trowel on the make up at 3am - shudder.

Ted Johnson · 07-03-2019 07:02PM

On any decent airline you should be served by beautiful young women, not hatchet faced old sows.

RacoonQueen · 07-03-2019 07:03PM

Stark wrote: »

"New policy will take effect from November". Got to love the pace of change at some companies. It's not like it's a complex decision to implement.
They got Louise Kennedy to redesign the uniform last year https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/aer-lingus-crew-to-get-sartorial-upgrade-1.3427409 . Looks quite nice imo though I'm no fashion expert Seems to be taking at least 18 months to actually phase it in though. No idea if they redesigned the men's version.

Jayz they'll have to get her to re-design. No trousers there.

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

Call me obnoxious, but I think you have higher expectations of a service if those delivering it are well presented themselves

Can women only be presentable with makeup on?

jam_mac_jam · 07-03-2019 07:07PM

Ted Johnson wrote: »

On any decent airline you should be served by beautiful young women, not hatchet faced old sows.

As long as they know how to act in an emergency I don't care if they are old or sows. In fact some of the best I have seen are the older ladies on Air France long distance flights who don't take any messing and are exactly whose hands I would rather be in an emergency

Ted Johnson · 07-03-2019 07:08PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

As long as they know how to act in an emergency I don't care if they are old or sows.

They can be beautiful and knowlegable.

Yer Da sells Avon · 07-03-2019 07:09PM

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

I'm sure there's no shortage of "facials" when the pilot gets his hands on them.

Because he ejaculates his semen all over their faces.

Prominent_Dawg · 07-03-2019 07:11PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Can women only be presentable with makeup on?

I wouldn't call myself presentable without it, but that's just me

jam_mac_jam · 07-03-2019 07:12PM

Ted Johnson wrote: »

They can be beautiful and knowlegable.

Of course. However their knowledge is more important I would have thought.

Gimme A Pound · 07-03-2019 07:12PM

Doubt this will cause most to ditch the make-up, just the cement textured levels of it.

Ted Johnson · 07-03-2019 07:12PM

Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »

Because he ejaculates his semen all over their faces.

Don't be jealous of the girls

RacoonQueen · 07-03-2019 07:25PM

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

I wouldn't call myself presentable without it, but that's just me

Why wouldn't you? Being presentable is about wearing clean, tidy, work appropriate clothing and having clean, tidy hair. Your facial appearance does not make you 'presentable'.

Prominent_Dawg · 07-03-2019 08:04PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Why wouldn't you? Being presentable is about wearing clean, tidy, work appropriate clothing and having clean, tidy hair. Your facial appearance does not make you 'presentable'.

It's just a normal way of seeing myself, which I'd consider "presentable", I'd feel I look very tired or washed out without it, of course some girls can pull off the al naturale look no problem

KikiLaRue · 07-03-2019 08:29PM

Ted Johnson wrote: »

On any decent airline you should be served by beautiful young women, not hatchet faced old sows.

In your world, do all women fit into one of those two categories? No in between at all? No beautiful older women, nor "hatched-faced" young ones?

It must be quite nice to live such a simple existence.

Gimme A Pound · 07-03-2019 08:42PM

I feel the same as Prominent Dawg - and I certainly don't wear much make-up, only a bit of BB cream and clear mascara, but I would look washed out without it because I'm super pale. Especially if I'm tired or it's cold out.

meeeeh · 07-03-2019 08:45PM

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

It's just a normal way of seeing myself, which I'd consider "presentable", I'd feel I look very tired or washed out without it, of course some girls can pull off the al naturale look no problem

I don't think you need to pull off the natural look, you just need to be comfortable with it. But it's mostly personal thing. I never looked at a woman without make up and thought she is not presentable. However I would look at women and men in creased dirty clothing and think they are not presentable (not including those who do the type of work where you get dirty).

janfebmar · 07-03-2019 08:53PM

Aer Lingus is nothing like as good as it once was, it has gone downhill a lot.

suicide_circus · 07-03-2019 08:57PM

they'll continue to wear the slap i guarantee

Church on Tuesday · 07-03-2019 08:58PM

As a man I find a woman's bare face pretty attractive actually.

Do whatever you want really.

FluffyTowel · 07-03-2019 09:12PM

Prominent_Dawg wrote: »

Their in a skirt suit which if you ask me looks much better worn with heels than flats.. love the idea of introducing optional clothing , however not sure it's going to improve the look as their uniform is already horrific

Who doesn't!.

I think it's a good idea anyway. Being presentable as a face of your company is important, but it doesn't require a full face of makeup.

HappyAsLarE · 07-03-2019 09:17PM

It was an absolutely pointless rule because women will wear makeup anyway. Their appearance is of utmost importance to them.

Prominent_Dawg · 07-03-2019 09:17PM

meeeeh wrote: »

I never looked at a woman without make up and thought she is not presentable.

suicide_circus wrote: »

they'll continue to wear the slap i guarantee

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

As a man I find a woman's bare face pretty attractive actually.

It's the no make up, make up look.. works wonders
http://theeverygirl.com/10-hacks-to-achieving-the-no-makeup-makeup-look/

friendlyfun · 07-03-2019 09:19PM

Step in the right direction. Seems like a bit of an anachronism

retro:electro · 07-03-2019 09:26PM

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

It was an absolutely pointless rule because women will wear makeup anyway. Their appearance is of utmost importance to them.

I’m sure some will still choose to wear it but it’s nice to have the option not to. Plus I doubt they’ll wear it to the same heavy degree, the red lips etc at a 4am start is excessive to say the least. Some may have felt it detracted from their appearance.

HappyAsLarE · 07-03-2019 09:57PM

retro:electro wrote: »

I’m sure some will still choose to wear it but it’s nice to have the option not to. Plus I doubt they’ll wear it to the same heavy degree, the red lips etc at a 4am start is excessive to say the least. Some may have felt it detracted from their appearance.

Don’t kid yourself, they love looking glam. It has always been a glamorous job.

eviltwin · 07-03-2019 10:51PM

HappyAsLarE wrote: »

Don’t kid yourself, they love looking glam. It has always been a glamorous job.

My sister worked as cabin crew for a time, glamorous it ain't

Prominent_Dawg · 07-03-2019 11:08PM

I'm assuming they also ditched the "weight-height in proportion" requirement?

Ditching the make up

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