"...worried about whether we fall into line by wearing our hats in conjunction with our clown uniforms"

Maybe I'm missing something here, who are these managers running around as hat police?

I have not met nor flown with one pilot who said I was forced to or told to wear their hat. So is this thread really about someone's imagination?

Now I have noticed all my fellow ex UAL pilots are wearing their new generic shoulder boards and wings (OK one wore his old wings and said he would do so until told not to). What I have seen is more than one ex CAL pilots wearing their old boards (yes they look almost the same as my generic pilot ones) and embroidered wing shirts.

So are the ex UAL more compliant with the changes than the ex CAL?