Stephen,
I think you’re right. Thing is pilots are generally pretty stupid when it comes to things like this.
JetBlue actually allowed “neatly trimmed beards and goatees” for a couple of years. Their pilots only saw the word “beard” and started showing up for work looking like they were auditioning for ZZ Top. The company said “ok children, this is why we can’t have nice things” and no more beards.
I don’t believe you’ll ever see beards at the Legacies because they don’t want to deal with such nonsense.
Adam