Originally Posted by
Beaverbeliever
I have no experience of this to the aviation industry, but in other industries that don't allow facial hair, there has been conversation allowing a beard as long as it is "kept", but that opened a whole new can of worms about what "kept" looks like, and who decides "kept" vs. "unkept". Ultimately it is easier to say "no" than to fight that fight.
Yeah, lazy management.
It's real simple, make the rules exactly how they want them. "A well groomed beard or goatee or mustache, with no hair to exceed 1/2" in length, or be of extreme or abnormal styles, etc"
But people are lazy and don't want to deal with it.