"1996 is when we introduced the khaki and navy look, and [it was] very casual," said Sony Lacore, vice president of Inflight Operations. "So two decades later, it was time for us to update to a bolder look."
"It's about time, and we are really excited that the employees were the ones that were able to design the new uniforms," said Tracye Tipps, one of 43 employees chosen to be part of the employee design team, which started working on the new uniforms in 2014. ""We did a lot of wear-testing to make sure that they were comfortable, that they were functionable, and we did it throughout the entire workgroup."
Hannah Abrams is the senior content editor for Promo Marketing. In her free time, she enjoys coming up with excuses to avoid exercise, visiting her hometown in Los Angeles and rallying for Leonardo DiCaprio to win his first second Academy Award.