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What's your issue with that in a commercial operation?
Must admit that I'm curious too
Bentleg.
Let me answer it with a question. Why do you "need" to wear them?
Before we leap off down a tangent there is a thread dedicated to this topic. My post there says -
Stripes, bars, pips etc in the services are so one can instantly recognise the rank and qualifications of an individual in crisis situations when there is not time to ask or discuss.
In civilian life, especially flight training it is a wank (feeding the ego). You should earn your respect by what you do and know - not from the bars on your shoulder.
I suggest further discussion of the stripes/epaulettes issue could take place in the thread mentioned.