A couple of years ago I was ordered to return from a working visit to the US in order to collect kit and join Sqn in Cyprus where ops were underway. So 24 hours after leaving the states I arrived at BZN bleary eyed.
I duly reported to Brize in Deserts and carrying flying kit and bang stick to be told I couldn't travel in uniform as it may scare the other passengers and I couldn't take a firearm to Cyprus, and anyway there was no space on the flight.
Under the belief the flight must have been going to a Cypriot airport I asked to see the Duty MovO and rapidly changed into civvies.
Duty MovO rebriefed, he bumped off indulgence passengers (who has been prioritised ahead of me) and arrived at RAF Akrotiri idc avec shooter but in civvies.
Unbelievable that uniform cannot be worn between 2 military airfields!
It's not just hotel receptionists who make the wrong call.