Uniforms
I'm sorry, but whilst alot of arguments can be made legitimately for uniforms at airlines obviously, my own humble opinion for uniforms at FTOs is one of solely corporate image, and has no reflection whatsoever on the quality, or lack of, the students. i.e bit of marketing, nothing more, nothing less.
Students can be good, can be bad and you will always get a combination of both, whether you're uniformed or not. At the end of the day, FTO's will issue uniforms, for the image.
If students need that to be inspired, then that's a pretty poor state of affairs. However, I'm absolutely convinced that some guys look forward to wearing the uniform more than actually doing the day job.
Please believe me guys, that yes, it's a great job, but if image, Raybans, and stripes is what attracts you, then getting up at 0400, delayed by fog, tech a/c, re-positioned by ops after a long duty will soon lose that honeymoon.
But good luck, and do it for the right reasons.