Originally Posted by
MPN11
The great advantage of being a plt off [for those us us who had that experience] is that the rank braid was almost invisible anyway, and either way up worked ...
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No it doesn't. Either way around, yes, either way up no.
I was pulled up once for having the join uppermost.
Remember though when you had to get the different braids attached to a piece of suitable coloured material for rain coat, blue shirt, and KD shirt. For your flying suit the braid had to be stitched to the dummy epaulets (at least the colour matched).