This boot is perfect for airline pilots! IF...you do a modification. The sole has to be dyed black, which is cheap and easy to do but is probably required for your airline like it is mine. After the modification the boot looks great and is perfect for flying. I liked the mod so much i did it to the amber colored Chelsea boot as well and I think it looks more like an everyday wearing boot than some kind of cowboy style boot, which for some reason in person with jeans on, is the feeling we all got. Been wearing them for flying for about 9 months now and they get better every day I wear them. Highly recommend.
There is on annoying thing, because it is a slip on boot, the stiffness of the rear tag that helps you pull the boot on causes your pant legs to be stuck and you look like a tool until you fix it. That is no way effects my review though, just something to be aware of. Maybe they could make that tag not as stiff, but I am no boot maker so who knows.