General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Navy-blue 100% wool fabric; amber colour synthetic buttons; blue-green acetate lining.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

119.0 cm

Width

52.0 cm

Height

6.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Uniformes

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This uniform component worn by donor c. 2000-2005. This uniform style in use 1996- 2005.

Canada

Component of a flight attendant uniform worn by an employee of Air Canada, Canada's national airline since the mid-twentieth century. Air Canada was originally called Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) and was formed by the Canadian National Railways. The company launched its first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. On January 1, 1965, its name was changed to Air Canada. Air Canada was privatized in 1988. This uniform was introduced in early 1996. Its "blue spruce" colour was an intentional departure from the previous two Air Canada uniforms, which used navy blue as the base colour. The colour change was supposed to help create a new identity for the airline, which was privatized in 1988, but which people still perceived as being government owned. The identity revolved around professionalism and customer service. The basic components of this uniform for women were jacket and choice of pants, dress, or skirt together with blouse (available in long or short sleeve versions) and brevet. This all-weather coat has a detachable hood and button-in quilted liner, [Ref. 3, p. 11] This uniform belonged to Melanie Lariviere, who was hired as a flight attendant in Montreal on September 18, 2000. After completing the initial training course in November, she moved to Toronto, where she was still based at the time of this donation. [Ref. 1]

Function

To identify the wearer as an Air Canada flight attendant.

Technical

With it's button-in quilted liner, this 100% wool Balmacaan style coat was designed for light/moderate work in temperatures to -30 degrees C. [Ref. 3, p. 11]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

" [Air Canada logo- stylized red maple leaf within circle]/ AIR CANADA/ PAR/BY/ UNIFORMES R&R" embroidered on tag sewn inside coat front opening. "CONTENU AU VERSO/ CONTENTS ON REVERSE/ MODELE/ STYLE/ 1320/ TAILLE/ SIZE/ 0P/ LOT 285/ 07/00/ FABRIQUE AU/ MADE IN CANADA/ GARNITURE NON COMPRISE/ EXCLUSIVE OF TRIM CA 35912/ [laundry symbols]" printed on one side of tag; "MEL/ YYZ/ 10685" printed by hand on tag' "EXTERIEUR SHELL/ 100% WOOL/ LAINE/ LINING DOUBLURE/ 100% ACETATE" printed on second tag, sewn to coat front opening.

Missing

None.

Finish

Navy-blue 100% wool fabric; amber colour synthetic buttons; blue-green acetate lining.

Decoration

N/A