Originally Posted by
Short Bus Drive
LOL!!!
Getting twisted around the axle about hats and what a "jacket" or a "coat" is...
Laying on my couch, or is it a sofa, SMH...
The FOM spells it out. Coat has button and stripes. Jacket is "leather".
This is EXACTLY from the FOM that everyone keeps quoting.
Coat:
• Must be appropriately
buttoned in
public view
Leather Jacket:
• Black leather jacket with approved
logos embroidered on lining (if
desired)
•
May be worn for operations within
the domestic U.S. and for operations
between the continental U.S. and
Hawaii, Alaska, Canada, Mexico,
and the Caribbean
Hat:
• With United-issued hat emblem
• Uniform hat must be worn whenever
the uniform
coat is worn
So the "hat" is only required with the "coat", which is not the leather jacket. So no coat = no hat, since leather jacket "may be worn".
Quod erat demonstrandum.