I tried many times to write up my feelings on this in a way that wouldn't cause offence, but I couldn't.
We stare because you are unknown; rare; usually invisible. This is not an unreasonable reaction; nor is the reason for it our fault.
If you were ever to have a recruitment problem, it would be because the forces are a complete unknown into which to throw yourself so irrevocably. Most schoolchildren have never exchanged a word with a military officer. Ever.
Far from criticising the idea of painting the logo on the side of the aircraft, as has happened elsewhere on this forum, you should be painting the logo as big and bright as you can on more or less every available surface, encouraging people to be seen in uniform, etc., however unseemly it may appear. You're competing with X-boxes and sports events, like it or not.
Phil