The fault surely lies with whoever administered the test, and why would it necessarily be PSP?
It almost sounds as bad as the joker I saw bimbling along a road in gagetown, on a BFT, with his weapon held like a pitchfork over his shoulder. I was too dumbstruck to say anything at first but luckily my mate in the following vehicle had a few kinds words to correct said individual.
Anyways, I know for a fact whenever I take troops out for a BFT, if they hold their weapon like a make-up case they get a bollocking from me. Both hand on the weapon at all times. For no other reason than they don't look like a bunch of girl guides on an outing...
As for the wearing of headphones in uniform.....well yes we all know THE DRESS REGS STATE, but one thing I can say is, the BFT is a joke as a fitness test, and surely if it was made more challenging people would be too worried about passing it to bother listening to music...
And i agree with medtech, I really don't care about personal music during a BFT. All I would have done is tell the troops to keep it to a level where they can hear the instructor, and if I had to repeat myself at all then no ipods. Simple.