Because you can't get the old lightweight flying coveralls these days?
Surrounded by electronic systems in their desert tin boxes, the wearing of protective Nomex garments by drone operators seems eminently sensible to me.
Plus when they get back to Vegas, they can easily wash the sweat (and doughnut grease) off by showering in their flying suits - used to work a treat when we did that during APC at Akronelli.
Last edited by BEagle; 15th Aug 2012 at 10:31.