Wearing gloves is about the same as taking out a life insurance: you may think you are not going to cop it in an accident -- and the majority of people may not! -- and yet, there are those unfortunate few who do and the wives/families are the ones who are grateful that the insurance was there!
Those of you never involved in a fire situation in an aircraft may feel wearing the gloves = being a pansy, but that is not really true!
I remember from my milaviation days, ALL of us ALWAYS wore gloves for flying and a lot of us wore them while riding the mo-bikes, too!!
cheers
