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Old 29th Oct 2002, 06:46
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Jamair
 
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Depends on the Company you are flying with / for.

As an employed pilot, you follow the Company uniform policy, which as a rule of thumb is usually something along the lines of
1 Bar = Junior Line Pilot or Copilot
2 = Regular Line Pilot
3 = Senior Base Pilot or Check & train
4 = Chief Pilot, CFI etc.

If you are working through a full-time pilot program with one of the Uni-style operators, they may also have a uniform policy, say
None = GFPT
1 = PPL
2 = CPL
3 = MECIR

Instructional schools also use the bars to recognise instructor grades,
1 = Gr 3
2 = Gr 2
3 = Gr 1
4 = CFI

If you are employed by a company without a uniform or uniform policy, I would recommend either wearing neat civvies or a plain white shirt with a mind to fire and sun protection (ie long sleeves / pants / decent shoes/boots).

If you are a private pilot wear civvies (with the same caveat as above) or folks will think you a bit odd.....


regards.
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