just had a quick peep into the forum and had to make a post.
i'm an even lower form of life than most being a HELI instructor!
i always wear a tie, always a clip on( you think planes have a lot of spinning bits!) and always dress in natural fibres.
you look a plank in marks and sparks asking for 100% cotton trousers and shirts but it is better than being shrunk wrapped in the a/c!
i also wear nomex gloves when flying, a hangover from learning to fly, does anyone remember quite how sweaty the conrols on the students side get?!
in summer the tie can come off and go to shirt sleeve rule and in long trousers it is not a problem in any of the little perspex bubbles i fly over 700 hours a year in!