RCAF Flight Suit (ALSE) - Split from VAdm Norman

[dapaterson]

Can we get them in tan vice black? So much easier to hide peanut butter stains and coffee drips....

Say you're an ACSO or AESOP without saying you're an ACSO or AESOP...

 

[Eye In The Sky]

I never understood the tan uniforms the zoomies insist on at sea.

The hybrid shirt, I get that for sure. I'm actually not sure about the rest. I didn't find the tan flying stuff any cooler than the green ones, I'd say they breathed LESS for some odd reason.

But, ya arid pattern on a ship? 🤷‍♂️

 

[dimsum]

I didn't find the tan flying stuff any cooler than the green ones, I'd say they breathed LESS for some odd reason.

You haven't washed it 50 times and watch it become aircrew lingerie.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Say you're an ACSO or AESOP without saying you're an ACSO or AESOP...

"I'm sorry, did you say "shared rooms"?

 

[Eye In The Sky]

You haven't washed it 50 times and watch it become aircrew lingerie.

lingerie LOL LOL

 

[Halifax Tar]

The hybrid shirt, I get that for sure. I'm actually not sure about the rest. I didn't find the tan flying stuff any cooler than the green ones, I'd say they breathed LESS for some odd reason.

But, ya arid pattern on a ship? 🤷‍♂️

How much cooler does one need to get in the middle of the North Atlantic ? Lol

 

[Eye In The Sky]

How much cooler does one need to get in the middle of the North Atlantic ? Lol

Is that just standard now, regardless of where the ship is going??

 

[Halifax Tar]

Is that just standard now, regardless of where the ship is going??

Yip

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Yip

Ok, I'm a bit curious.

SKT; what's the thought process on this? I'm baffled - even when we went on CARIBBE and it was hot as bawls, we still went in green. The only times I was in tan stuff was IMPACT.

 

[kev994]

I never understood the tan uniforms the zoomies insist on at sea.

I’ve never understood why the Navy wants to be camouflaged in the water. Everyone can see the boat, and if you fall in the water I’m pretty sure you’re not playing hide-and-seek.

 

[dimsum]

? I'm baffled - even when we went on CARIBBE and it was hot as bawls, we still went in green.

Maybe the crews should have asked for tan?

 

[kev994]

Maybe the crews should have asked for tan?

It’s not on your SOI…. It’s not on your CFTPO… does not compute…

 

[FSTO]

I’ve never understood why the Navy wants to be camouflaged in the water. Everyone can see the boat, and if you fall in the water I’m pretty sure you’re not playing hide-and-seek.

NCDs are flat black, the RCAF are the ones wearing camo or tan. You maybe thinking of tte USN “blueberries” which are being phased out.

If the Navy really wanted to be visible in the water then our NCDs should be a bright orange. But then I doubt they’d be very popular as “Walking Out” dress.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Seems to work okay for some RCAF types 😁

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1015973179070742528

 

[FSTO]

Seems to work okay for some RCAF types 😁

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1015973179070742528

Flight suits are cooler than NCDs, unless you’re fat.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Flight suits are cooler than NCDs, unless you’re fat.

I haven't seen any high-tension orange flight suits...but I can't say the same for green ones.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

The new SAR flying suit to compare to proposed ATLAS:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1509233931463368708

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Ok, I'm a bit curious.

SKT; what's the thought process on this? I'm baffled - even when we went on CARIBBE and it was hot as bawls, we still went in green. The only times I was in tan stuff was IMPACT.

Don’t really know. I thought the green nomex suits were a massive improvement on the blue wool flight suits. I have never tried the arid suits.

 

[dimsum]

The new SAR flying suit to compare to proposed ATLAS:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1509233931463368708

I've been following the ATLAS progression on RCafe. They look similar, but the proposal came out before the SAR Tech suits were publicized.

 

[captloadie]

I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but the ATLAS suit is meant only as a concept prototype. The positive aspects will be retained and incorporated into whatever the new version will look like, which, when I last checked, was not expected to be in final development for several years to come. Unless someone can convince the Comd RCAF to write off the 14,000 off pairs of one-piece suits recently procured and the 5-7k sets of two-piece CADPAT versions, there is no appetite to expedite the process.