I find it hilarious that you guys still don't realize that you are getting stabbed in the back by your own community. About half of your "bros" that talk a good game right now are going to promote and then use their new found power to impose "shoe" rules on you. You guys keep referencing this aircrew versus the world situation...but in reality you are eating your own. In the CE world, our SNCOs always greet these new policies with a "I guess now they expect us to enforce this bullshit, too" attitude. I expect that is true in the MX world and about half of the support world.
The reality is that everybody in the Air Force works for a pilot. It is in your hands to change it. Stop bitching and do something about it. Please, for the rest of us that will never have any real power. If some pilot O-9 out there put his foot down on uniform regs, they would change. If some O-6 flyer said that the "Home of the Fighter Pilot" sign at Nellis will stay up, it will stay up. Trust me. I'll take all of the negative ratings as a reflection of how close to home this hits.
Remember, when you make a decision, ask yourself "is this good for the company". And oh by the way, next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day, so you know, if you want, feel free to wear a Hawaiian shirt to work.
I can't believe they took away the shirts and patches. I suppose next they'll ban callsigns and squadron bars...
Can't believe you guys didn't catch the new verbiage for sleeves:
The way I interpret that is if you're not performing aircrew duties in-flight or don't roll your sleeves under, they don't have to be near your wrist. Printed that shit out, pushed my unrolled my sleeves up, and walked around today...LIKE A BOSS.
Hopefully I'm not alone in the fact that I will continue wearing my Friday shirt, unless somebody in a bag with wings on his chest tells me not to. Fucking shoes...this is the AIR Force, we FLY, break shit and hurt bad people. If you're so damned butthurt about not being able to wear a bag, maybe you should've worked harder.
Seriously...who sits down and thinks of these details?!? Zippers zipped when the cap isn't in it? So now when I walk into a building from outside I have to bend over in an awkward stance a few seconds longer as I first unzip my pocket, then put my cap in it. Likewise going out? Now I'm holding up traffic as I exit the building. Isn't that a fire hazard?? I guess that leaves you bent over long enough for the AF to f*ck you some more...
P.S. Might not be as bad to watch when hot chick airman yummy britches does it...