Facial hair is fine when trimmed neatly. The trick is to do the nasty intermediate stage while on vacation. I have a goatee and we have guys will full beards. No mask is going to seal properly unless it is custom made for your face and the goatee doesn't interfere enough to make a difference. We even have a guy with the full white beard and the double breasted Captains coat (FOs have a single at CX). It looks like you just boarded the Titanic with Captain Smith. He's cool though so it works.