My point is that khaki should be all on the same page about what's appropriate and what's petty, and if that's not flowing from the front office, something's wrong.Meh... there's a balance to be struck. Ultimately, Officers should be setting the example. Where I've seen this go awry is when certain CPOs don't fully understand the uniform regs in the first place. Flight suits are an anomaly.
I mean, technically, shit-hot flight suits, patched-up Nomexes (if they even still do that now that Massif is a thing), Red Wings, Service Dress Aviator, etc. are all verboten according to the letter of the law.