Originally Posted by
Sue Vêtements
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"airplane" is a subset of "aircraft"
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but yes I know what you mean
One thing I never understood though was "police officer". Is a constable an officer? or is he (yes or she) other ranks?
As for beards (I see that was 2019) . I thought they were prohibited because you couldn't wear an oxygen mask with one and it was made a one-rule-for-all type of thing (well that and to distinguish themselves from the Senior Service)
I can’t have a beard because it interferes with the fit of my oxygen mask. My question about beards is why are people concerned about them. Is there anecdotal evidence that it degrades operational effectiveness? Rhetorical of course because no, of course it doesn’t. In which case, what is the issue?