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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Kerry Wood and Morning's podcast from
news Talk, said B.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
News Talk said B. It is thirteen past nine and
a very warm welcome to Lani and to Henry from
in New Zealand who have come fresh from the launch
last night. And then TV and said and then now
you're with us, yay, thank you and yeah it's not
live apparently I thought we were streaming it live. What
would I know? I don't know anything about technical stuff,
but we will be showing the video of the uniforms.
(00:34):
I guess this is a really good example of you know,
why the uniform has to be so serviceable. You've basically
been in it for twenty four hours and that's what
it's like on the job, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Well yeah, we weren't it last all last week as
well doing filming and photo shoots, so I've actually had
the pleasure of washing it and ironing it as well. Yeah,
it's really good.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, because that's the thing too. If you're traveling, you
can't send your uniforms up for dry cleaning, can you.
You have to be able to wash and wear them.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Yeah, well that's it.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
Yeah, so you do have to steam it or iron
it yourself as well in the hotel rooms. You can't
just do it on board the aircraft as well if
you do have a little crase, so it does have
to be flexible and durable.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
I was amazed at how long it takes to work
with the crew to get a uniform that works for you.
When did you first see it and start working with
Amelia Well, I.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
First saw it at the start of last year. I
was quite lucky to be brought in. I don't know
why we talked about this last night carry and it
was really awesome to see it last year.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
What did you think when you first saw it?
Speaker 1 (01:36):
It's a change. It's definitely a change, the stripe and
the double breasted. But if you I mean being a pilot,
I follow what other airlines are doing around the world,
and airlines like Delta, Luftanza, Japan airlines that they've all brought
back double breasted. Yeah so, and I actually, now that
I've worn it so much now over the last few weeks.
Speaker 3 (01:58):
I love it incredible.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
And the stripe as well. When you see all of
us in a line with the Kevin Crue, I think
we just so incredible.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Yeah, because it sort of brings back that romance are
flying with the double breast, It doesn't it. Everything was
sharp and clean and sophisticated.
Speaker 4 (02:18):
Yes, and that's Amelia as well, that's her brand.
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Were you excited when you saw the uniform?
Speaker 4 (02:23):
Yes, Siony, she saw it last week so yeah, so
I saw the revel everything, so it's beIN or go,
but yeah, love it.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
The other thing about uniforms and you know their work
where they might be stylish and gorgeous and beautifully designed,
but they have to work because if they impede what
you do, then it impacts on the service you can
provide in the.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Job you do.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Of course, so were there any adjustments made as a
result to the design as a result of you working
in them, moving around in them?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
So that will to come. They're about to start to
wear a trial internally with I'm not sure the number,
but hundreds of crew will be given the uniform to
wear it, and there might be tweaks made, but it
is it is size wise quite similar to what we
currently have and they know that works, so I'm confident
that it will largely work.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Somebody asks, manly, what are the uniforms made from? Do
you know? Like are they is it all natural fibers.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I think I've got it's sustainable.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Cotton, that's right, recycled.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
The women's streices and blowers is a recycled polyester to
reduce environmental impact, high quality merino and organic cotton, which
is good because you can't just have all the natural
fibers otherwise it's too difficult to.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
We also need it to be fireproof and safe to
wear it, of course, particularly with the os and hot
water and stuff.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So I love the print on it. The print is
absolutely beautiful and there's all the little hidden meanings a
bit like it seems to be the thing in fashion
these days is to have all the hidden within when
you make a bespoke designer gown like wedding gowns, and
I'm thinking of the Royals and their wedding Angelina Jolie.
Like a lot of the beautiful tailoring in it is
(04:17):
kind of a hidden message for the crew as well.
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Yeah, it is beautiful.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
There are a few little headden details there, just like
the mataiki stars the star cluster.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
They're lovely.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yeah, it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Some of them were only learning like yesterday, for example,
the logo on the on the pilot's hat and jacket
is a kuaka, I think, which is a godwit. Yeah,
and that actually goes back to NAC days. That was
the logo on their tail and the kuaka goes from
(04:49):
New Zealand to it flies. It's the longest migration bird
in the world and it goes from New Zealand to
China to North America back to New Zealand. So it's
quite similar to the New Zealand network, which.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
Is really yea, it is incredible.
Speaker 1 (05:03):
It goes back to the you know, the fuck up
for the lineage of in New Zealand's history with NAC,
which is really great.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
It is so people like when you think of the
uniforms that have evolved over over time. This is sort
of back to the future, isn't it. It's going back
to those crisp designer days of Yeah, and in a
way I kind of like that because it used to
be so glamorous flying and these days you might find
yourself sitting next to a person not wearing a shirt,
(05:30):
you know, I'd like to see it go back to
that those lovely days.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
It's very classy, very elegant as well. And I don't
like the hat, said Yeah, it sits.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Up and it's not going to blow off in a
Wellington Southerly.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
About that one, those Wellington wins.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
And the other thing you know, you were saying last
night too, is that it's all very well in you
and good for you doing the long haul flights. But
our regional pilots are in the same The men and
women who fly our regional flights are in the same uniform,
and they have different requirements of a uniform clambering up
and downstairs and checking under the undercarriage, and.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
You know correct, if you're under the undercarriage, you're in
the wrong place.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
So I mean I'm on the Bowing seven eight seven,
So doing a lot of long haul, ultra long haul.
So on a New York flight, if it's maybe seventeen
hours long, would be a long one. And we're getting
to the airport an hour and a half early, and
then we're actually leaving the hotel two hours before that,
So we might be in the uniform for twenty maybe
two hours, but a while, and in that time, we're
(06:39):
eating in it, we're sleeping in it, we are wearing
it NonStop. Yeah, And so it's got to be comfortable
and look good you.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Do, and you've got to look good when you walk
out of that wherever you arrive, when you walk out
together coming through customs, you've got you you are representing.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
The country, of course.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Yeah. And you've got to look crisp and sharp and.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Like it fine, that's fine, and it's what we love.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Yes, So they're not difficult, they're all great.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Does it Does it feel like a positive statement, a
positive steak in the sand about the future of your
New Zealand when you get a new uniform, when you
get a new reinterpretation of what you do.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Yeah, it's very exciting. Has done a lot of work
with a fine print or hand drawn so.
Speaker 4 (07:35):
Let's yeah, it is beautiful. There's a lot of meaning
behind it, which is very special.
Speaker 2 (07:40):
So you are wearing the.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Car fire dress.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
That's right, the dress, yes, and that comes on the
top of a skirt, yes, yes, And I love the
Lava Lover. I have been opponent of men being able
to wear Lava LoVa in summer.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
It just makes sense it'll be lovely for them.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, with the pilots, I'm not sure that would work
with a control column that it would be quite comfortable
to sleep in, having a ninety.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
I think they look great. Yeah, and you've got a
smart lover, a lover. I think that that looks really professional.
Speaker 3 (08:20):
No, no, it looks great.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
Yeah. So six thousand crew will be kitted out. That's
a huge undertaking, isn't it. Yeah wow.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Yeah, as pilots, we get six shirts, we get multiple
pairs of pants, everything, So they're making tens of thousands.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
They're going to be busy.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Apparel are going to be very busy.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
It looks like that. The attention to detail is amazing.
It looks like top stitching on the lapell.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
We didn't notice this until halfway through filming last week.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Yeah, we're still like, wow, look at that.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Well I think that's what Yes, Yes, you'll still find
things and meaning within the garments as you go.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
I just think they look so lovely. So donning as
a fuller breasted woman, I was, yes, the high neckline,
but I think it does work with all body shapes.
Speaker 3 (09:13):
Yes, yeah, it's very breathable.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, yeah, it's a lot of Yeah, it looks amazing.
We're going to get you to do a little spin
around in the ad break. So I have no idea.
It's all very loose isn't it, Helen. That's why we
have systems and processes rather than saying it just looks
(09:39):
so lovely and you're wonderful.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Thank you. It's so comfortable.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
That's the main thing, isn't it. Because I do remember
not the last iteration of uniforms. I think it was
a couple before there were real problems. The crew had
worth being able to rinse them out and get them
dry in time for the next you know, the next
day they've got to work. They are work uniforms very well,
talking about the meaning and the beauty and the how
they're constructed, but they have to work for you.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
Yeah, they have to be practical. Yeah, yeah, especially those
coffee and tea spells on board.
Speaker 2 (10:10):
They wouldn't be no, no, no, They've got absolutely lovely.
Thank you so much money.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
I know you.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
You wasn't back thinking thank god, that's my job done.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
But again, happy to be here. Thank you for to
see you on the.
Speaker 2 (10:26):
Flights looking so crisp and sharp and lovely and looking
forward to getting your reaction. October twenty six. Is that
right that all the crew will be kitted out in them?
So will it just be phased and slowly over time.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Yeah, presumably i'd need to read what the comms have
to say. They got released this morning. I've been so
busy I haven't read what Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:49):
Up to day.
Speaker 2 (10:50):
So when you get into your Trackees and your T
shirts and think job done ready for the weekend, will
those go back to New Zealand and your uniforms or
do you get to keep them?
Speaker 1 (11:01):
Well, I think we've both got additional filming stuff coming
up as well, so I think we might for a
little bit.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
Longer and then look after them.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Yeah, they look lovely. Looking forward to seeing them rolled up. Leney, Henry,
thank you so much. Really appreciate it, and we will.
I'll get I think we've got a band of photographers
out there who'll get beautiful close ups of all the
well some of the detail. I don't think we can
get all of it because it's still being uncovered so
and discovered, so we'll be able to put that up
on the website very shortly. Thanks guys.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
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