Originally Posted by
bluejuice71
When I was in the service and you didn’t wear your uniform as required your ass was toast! Why should it be any different here? Leaving uniform decisions up to individual pilots is a terrible decision because I’ve seen what pilots wear when they choose what they are going to wear. There’s a reason there are uniform standards. We’d look like a bunch of clowns in the circus. Now wear your uniform as specified in FOM and stop whining like the babies you all are acting like.
Still being in the service, there is a time where common sense applies. On a recent deployment, we couldn't get the proper uniform jacket for the AOR that provided the proper level of protection from the cold. So we wore the jacket that did protect us from the cold and just accepted that we looked odd for mismatched uniforms. Guess what, the Wing Commander didn't even mention it because it made sense. There are plenty of walkarounds where our jacket isn't appropriate for the temps, in those cases I'll wear my black jacket that keeps me warm. If a LCA loses their minds over it, I'll gladly have that conversation with them or kindly ask them to leave the cockpit. I'm all for policy and following the rules, but common sense does to come into play and applies in some situations.