Not entirely true.

There is a case of somebody on the widget forum being told directly by the NYC CP to remove the lanyard. A friend of mine was told it was an illegal lanyard during cq -- while wearing civilian clothing! I happened to have a DGS guy in the jumpseat yesterday and he confirmed that leadership has directed all instructors to tell students in the sim they are not supposed to be wearing the orange lanyard. The instructors are not to enforce the policy or make a big deal over it, but they are supposed to pass the message.