Caution: Thread hijack in progress.
The rule against wearing rings was a new one to me. What's the reasoning behind it?
"5. Finger retention for those who persist in wearing rings against military orders to the contrary. How many have lost fingers resulting from a ring which gets caught up on some protrusion when exiting from a fighter type aircraft."
Exiting as in punching out? Or hooking a ring on... well... whatever it is thought rings may hook on and falling off the ladder? Never heard of it happening, but by the way you describe it, it sounds like a not quite uncommon occurance.
In my parts, gloves stay on. That's probably why it's news to me.
Cheers,
Fred