In case your college education did not allow you to understand DA50 there are some very good reasons for uniforms. It needs to be clear who are crewmembers and who are not, especially in an emergency when passengers are looking for guidance in an evacuation for example (never understood how SWA get's away with out a clearly recognisable one for their FA'S)
Don't know about snickering, I would be interested to meet a teenage Mcdonalds employee making more than any Airline Pilot.
You seem to have a small chip on your shoulder old chap, turned down by the Airlines were you ?