The cap & the uniform & the pride

[Basil]

kbf1, when I was an apprentice engineer (that was before army, merchant navy, RAF and airlines) I quite admired the skills of sheet metal workers. How did they know how much extra material to allow for all those bends? and how do they get these wonderful double curves into a Bentley front wing?
Anyway, I digress; my personal preference would be no caps and open neck shirts (No gold chains, ducky!) BUT dress standard is decided by management and, like company SOPs, should be complied with.