On another thread the discussion centered around TOOLS in aviation.......the Capt who wrote the Dear Gus letter surely qualifies in spades to be Tool of the month.....with all the crap wrong with CX why get antsy antsy about a 3 day growth that some people front up with.....and STW's p*take is on the money. I do remember a photo of Thick Rick once upon a time looking very shabby without CX belts and generally unkept.
The senior brigade are not exactly shining examples of sharp dressers or grooming and I admit I winced somewhat that that letter was even considered to be put in a newsletter and it was a bad call IMHO.