If this is the dress code for RAF personnel in public in London then perhaps they should not be seen in public in uniform.
I think we'll find it is dress code as defined by MOD
PR, as against the RAF. In our day Bob (is that pronounced 'per Black Adder' ?
), we dressed as ordered. I think that you'll find that this pair did the same.
As to:
What ever happen to standards
I only wish that I had ever attained anything like the standards that this pair set. Respect!