[QUOTE]this is one in the line of the latest company CYA's... Get whacked doing walk around while not wearing high vis protection vest... no lawsuit for you... Or it will at the very least make it more difficult for you during your recovery.[QUOTE]

Wearing vests reminds me of my last gig, corporate.
1) Couldn't wear wedding bands to work - might get it caught somewhere and rip meat off the bone. I'm still scratching my head on that one. I'm not a mechanic. Maybe if I pulled the mic switch too hard? Dunno.
2) There was a period that we had to wear safety glasses everytime we went behind the wing because the av mgr saw a pic of a net jets guy with a static wick in his eye.
3) Steel-toed boots were suggested but never implemented because, "we might drop a bag on our foot."
4) We couldn't step over the fueling truck hose during fueling because it was a tripping hazard. Had to go out to the wing and walk around the truck.
5) Couldn't start the APU while fueling. The APU, "Could throw sparks and ignite the fuel truck." RYFKM? Yeah, there's been lots of hull losses worldwide from that happening - on any airframe. NOT!
6) Company mandated that we back into our parking spots. No, seriously. They said that way we could "see" when pulling out of our spots. The argument, "Well at some point we have to back up, so what does it matter which way we back up?" wasn't received well. Guess it made too much sense.

Not sure what made me more sick, the fact that we had these insane rules or the fact that everyone would lapp them up when some cubicle genius came up with this s h i t.