Cross-Dressing Controllers

Great anecdote from today's New York Times piece on the ongoing battle between the Federal Aviation Administration and air traffic controllers over everything from staffing levels to work rules: A controller at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport recently went to work in lime green pants, a clashing brown jacket, and hair dyed blue to protest a new dress code. At other airports, male controllers have appeared in dresses. The dress code, the paper reports, prohibits jeans, T-shirts and "shirts with big lettering." It also generally requires that controllers not appear "disheveled."