First impressions:

“ I used to walk in the main entrance and it just overwhelmed you, I mean today we have big airplanes and big buildings, but in those days there were no big tall buildings or airplanes. And it was just so impressive as you walked in the main entrance.” 

Color coded hierarchies:

“You had blue overalls and white overalls and there was a caste distinction.
And then there was the suited and booted individuals. 
Blue and brown overalls was generally the work force. 

The white overalls would have been the management, the supervisory, the superintendents.  
And then the suited and booted brigade who wouldn’t get their hands dirty would have been the upper management.

Working for a consultant, I would have been the suited and booted. But you couldn’t you couldn’t afford, when you are an outside person you have to talk to everybody, because the guy you are going to get the most help from is the guy who works on the shop floor.”

- Barry 

Blue overalls - maintence staff

Brown overalls - operations staff


       

Green overalls - apprentices

White overalls - professional staff
   
White overalls with coloured collars -
foreman/supervisors




©Daniela Couling 2016