Originally Posted by
cynicalint
I am proud to wear a Brevet, - the badge that came with a certificate, and, after 100 years of usage, the word now means a recognition of flying qualifications by a woven certificate to wear on a uniform. Semantics are one thing, reality is another.
A woven certificate ............... not to be found in QRs or Dress Regs, they say something about a flying badge. The brevet battle is lost, apart from rumblings of discontent.
This brevet thing, is it pronounced to rhyme with rivet or ballet?