Flying The Nylon-Friendly Skies
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 5:16 am
Spent a little time in the past two weeks on airplanes. You know, God bless 'em for old-school old-fashioned wardrobe requirements.
I can't say anything grabbed my attention en route to our destination. Just the usual assortment of women in dark hose. Our return trip, however, we were booked in first class, and we had the bonus of traveling with some rescue animals bound for a shelter, so we had a distraction in our few rows.
One flight attendant, probably in her late thirties or maybe early, early 40s, stopped to visit the cats, taking advantage of a free seat to sit down. When she did, we got a momentary heelpop as her tights-clad heels popped from her Danskos. Alas, her heels were more of a shootie/bootie, so no shoeplay there.
On the next leg of the flight, one of the attendants in our area swapped from her shooties into soft-looking flats. At times I had to guess from a distance if she was still wearing flats or if she had taken them off in the galley, but I'd wager it was the flats. Getting off the plane there was a bit of a delay, and two younger FAs lined up just on the edge of first class waiting for our group. One was wearing classic heels with tights, and dipped one foot before sitting down. Sadly her carry-on bag blocked her feet from view, but either her heel was super-loose-fitting or she slipped her foot out to leave her shoe empty on the floor. It was hard to tell.
Add that to the other near-misses, and the fact that even in a temperate environment, the FAs, gate agents and pretty much everyone else was in black/navy hose or tights. Man, if only I were traveling solo.
I can't say anything grabbed my attention en route to our destination. Just the usual assortment of women in dark hose. Our return trip, however, we were booked in first class, and we had the bonus of traveling with some rescue animals bound for a shelter, so we had a distraction in our few rows.
One flight attendant, probably in her late thirties or maybe early, early 40s, stopped to visit the cats, taking advantage of a free seat to sit down. When she did, we got a momentary heelpop as her tights-clad heels popped from her Danskos. Alas, her heels were more of a shootie/bootie, so no shoeplay there.
On the next leg of the flight, one of the attendants in our area swapped from her shooties into soft-looking flats. At times I had to guess from a distance if she was still wearing flats or if she had taken them off in the galley, but I'd wager it was the flats. Getting off the plane there was a bit of a delay, and two younger FAs lined up just on the edge of first class waiting for our group. One was wearing classic heels with tights, and dipped one foot before sitting down. Sadly her carry-on bag blocked her feet from view, but either her heel was super-loose-fitting or she slipped her foot out to leave her shoe empty on the floor. It was hard to tell.
Add that to the other near-misses, and the fact that even in a temperate environment, the FAs, gate agents and pretty much everyone else was in black/navy hose or tights. Man, if only I were traveling solo.