If any one cares.... Alot of pilots came from the military. The military dress pants are tailored with a slight brake in the front (not the eleaphant looking style that the i-pod, backpacker, spiked hired kids are wearing), the rear just touching the top of the sole of the shoe. To do this the pant cuff is tailored at a slight angle. Most civilian tailors do not angle the bottom which ends making the pants to short......another minute of wasted time on useless trivia.