There's a set of gold bars in the bottom of my flight bag somewhere.
I think that I've worn them twice ever - both times just to stand out usefully when doing some ferrying through foreign airports.
Rest of the time - they belong in an environment where pax want their drivers and cabin crew to look smart and official, because that's just what's done in that environment. Which is to say, not on my shoulders.
Worst gold bar abuse I've ever seen was the BAe PA31 ferry pilot from Warton who used to go into the mess at Boscombe Down in a blue sweater with four gold bars on his shoulder. Yes, I too mistook him for a Captain RN pilot until somebody quietly whispered in my ear to treat him like the bottom-of-the-ladder contract pilot he actually was.
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Last edited by Genghis the Engineer; 9th Feb 2016 at 18:43.