Maybe it's just the level of outrage. Some complainants are carrying on as if this is the greatest slight against pilots ever undertaken, that their history is being destroyed. Most of the colleagues I've spoken to acknowledge and understand the history behind the uniform elements, and realise that the uniform has changed multiple times over the years without any suggestion that history was being ignored. Or maybe there was, and each generation of pilots forgot over time? Anyways, I reckon in 6 months everyone will be wearing the new uniform and probably be complaining about something else.