An American Lion

These are the kinds of track suits that will get you thrown out of restaurants and off of planes, sir.

A track suit? You wore a track suit on a plane and expected to be able to sit in First Class?

Anyone who expects to be treated with deference by an airline should dress accordingly. If you’re a goombah who can’t get tickets to see Wayne Newton, you wear a track suit. But if you dress in a fine suit, you should be treated professionally. If you’re a laid-back raconteur and a gentleman bounty hunter/badass like myself, you can wear the blue dress shirt, untucked, with tan duck pants, boat shoes with no socks, and a boonie hat. The women seem to love it when I stroll around looking like I just got through kicking someone’s ass and didn’t mind it a bit. My look is legendary—legendary. I see it everywhere now. I make casual wear look good, you see.

I believe that Ken777 said it best (and he always does, you see):

I generally wear cotton pants and a casual shirt, along with casual loafers. Everything under $40 each, so it’s not a serious investment. The use of natural fibers is simply in case there is an emergency and I have to go down the slide. Flip flops wouldn’t be the best in that situation either. On business trips I add a navy blazer - the extra pockets are nice and I fill them with stuff before going through security - easier than emptying a bin.

If I’m hoping for an upgrade on a business trip I’ll throw in a tie, but then I’m an old fart who thinks that can work now and then - and it does.

Regardless of where I’m sitting I don’t pay that much attention to how people around me dress. I prefer that they have focused on taking a bath or shower within the last day or so. Next in line of importance to me would be manners and personality. I’ve had some great flights sitting with some very interesting people and some real duds who never said a word - which is why I always take a good book with me.

Thank you, Ken777—your incessant navel-gazing always makes me feel better about myself.