In fact, when this uniform was introduced we were indeed asked and the Capts majority vote was for the double breasted and the S/Os & F/Os for single breasted. That's what we got.
Gee, there's a big surprise -- the same old farts that wear black socks and dress shoes with shorts, or checkered shorts with their knee-high white socks and white golf shoes on their layovers picked the double-breasted jackets! Almost as bad as the Italian FO that wears his tie about 5 inches short of reaching his belt and has a knot about the size a big orange!
