Whoever is authorising polyester uniforms for flight crew needs shooting.
I was at the Ramstein Air Show Disaster in the late 80\'s. We had a big helicopter there and I started it up out of the display line to help the rescue attempt. Not a lot of people know that on the opposite side of the airfield was a Blackhawk with a full medical team on board that was running throughout the display as the first line of action should there be an incident. Sadly this aircraft was taken out by fireball from one of the three crashing jets. Everybody on board was cindered, but the pilot was still alive. We picked him up and he was naked apart from his boots. He had been wearing a Nomex suit only apart from his undies, it was a hot day. The Nomex must have taken a lot of the heat energy but was burned right off him. The best recommendations are Nomex, on top of cotton undershirt and cotton long-johns as a minimum whatever the weather. Sadly the guy we picked up died within an hour of arriving at hospital only 2 mins away by air.