the Airline I work for has a policy, when in uniform on the way to work, full uniform to be worn, including cheese boards. SAAF was the same, flight caps on and smartly presented when going to and from work. SAAF's philophosy was to be proud to be an aviator, those who wern't in the SAAF probably don't have the same etiquette and felt the need to start this thread. They clearly have had no aviation grounding drummed into them by a square jawed searge installing the basics, or being chased round the hard stand by your instructor in a harvard for a slow scan....