Originally Posted by
mcgrath50
Edit: sorry IsDon, not directed at you individually, you just had a good quote. I'm just getting annoyed about this molehill being made into a mountain on multiple forums!
No offence taken mate.
Originally Posted by
mcgrath50
Now personally I like the cap badge and epaulettes (the wings I'm not thrilled about), but really there is almost as much outrage about this here as there was about the lock out. Get a grip, if the job and uniform defines you that much you have bigger issues.
True.
But I do think a serious amount of backlash is warranted if we have any chance of influencing anything of the uniform before the process is unstoppable. It seems the outrage has been noticed, and I trust we will have some amendments to fix the major issues.
For me, in order, they would be:
Things that are horrible:
1. Wings,
2. Hat badge,
3. Epaulettes,
4. Hat.
Things I can live with but probably need some tweaking:
5. Shirt,
6. Jacket buttons,
7. Jacket rank
Things I don't mind at all:
8. Jacket,
9. Trousers
Based on the assumption that the actually materials, wearability and comfort are as per those that were worn by those doing the trial. By all accounts an improvement on our current uniform.
I don't think the issues that most people have are difficult to fix.