"Vee-One" wrote

OK, I'll agree that the difference between your paycheck and mine reflect
the difference in our job, and in the level of responsibility we were both
entrusted with. However, keeping a clean aircraft has nothing to do with
rank, but respect for the equipment and people who take care of it. You
wouldn't just drop an empty can on your living room floor and think "The
wife will get it, that's what she does", would you?

No, I was agreeing with you mostly. That there is a personal discipline that
must develop. I always had two sets of BDU's and Flight Suits. Those I
wore during the 24 hour C-141 ride to the war zone, and those I changed
into just before landing. I could care less if you had a spoon or a fork
sticking out your flight-suit where a pen or pencil should go, or that your
scarf and hat looked like you used it to wipe your ass. No, clean and
presentable costs very little, and I like sharp troops, and clean jets.