Went down to Barton today.
Apparently, the CAA recently recommended that all personnel airside should wear hi-viz vests and so it's been implemented - much to the disgust of all concerned - especially the students, who've all had to fork out and buy one.
So, does that mean that every trial lesson punter that comes along has to buy a hi-viz vest?
What constitutes Hi-viz? If I wear a yellow or orange t-shirt, in ordinary daytime conditions I'm every bit as conspicuous as the next hi-viz person. And in 35 years of airside aviation activities, i've never been hit by a taxiing aircraft. And neither has anyone else at Barton.
This isn't going to stop me walking into a moving propellor though is it (though I suppose it will make my bits more visible to pick up off the apron)?
The world has gone stark staring, cover-its-a**e, insurance company-driven, politically correct, jobsworth, Barking Mad.
How soon before we need one to venture out of our front doors?
How long before I have to buy one for my dog?
Why can't a respectable, comfortable hi-viz vest be made? One that could possibly double for a fashion item?
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