Squawk you call them w@nker bars but you secretly wish your school made them an essential item so you could wear them too. Admit it...
In WA, charter pilots usually wear 3 bars. If you're some kind of two-crew capt then wear 4. If you're an instructor at some dero club, wear 2 unless you're a CFI or CGI, then wear 3. The CP wears 4 at the flashier dero clubs. I think that's how it works.
Wings? Someone said "do they even mean anything???" or something equally stupid.
Of course they mean something. If your company has wings then wear them with pride and a sense that you are better than normal people, they mean "you can fly" and are licenced to do so. Not really, but that's what people will think and if they try to cr@p on your sense of accomplishment then fcuk 'em.
If your boss ain't got wings then who cares, don't go buying some chook-wings from the aero-shop as they won't mean much at all, I suppose.
But don't let tools like Squawk make you feel like a "w@nker" just because you do what most pro-pilot employers in Aust expect you to do - wear fruit on your suit.
Just please don't wear it to the pub/deli/coles supermarket/etc...