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TSandPSintheGREEN
27th Oct 2006, 05:07
Je suis le ignoramus: Just easing myself into the corporate jet world: (Type rating starts tomorrow!!) What are the significances of two stripes and three stripes and how strictly are they applied? My missus (bless 'er) bought me some "3's" for birthday, but not sure I'm eligible to wear these at only 400ish hours... Or is it operator-dependant? :O
Operator and country (brits love to wear all of 'em while riding the spam can) dependant.
In the airline world, most "junior" F/O will have to content with 2 noodles until promoted "senior", thereby getting a 3rd one. But as the whole thing is more directed by customs rather than by law, you may as well end up starting with the coveted 3!
Good luck with your TR :ok:
redsnail
27th Oct 2006, 07:43
I was told this,
1 stripe = can read
2 stripe = can write
3 stripe = can do numbers
4 stripe, knows someone who can read, write and do numbers. :E
Superpilot
27th Oct 2006, 08:43
What! :eek: You mean it's NOT related to the number of wedding rings one has posessed?!?
Je suis le ignoramus: Just easing myself into the corporate jet world: (Type rating starts tomorrow!!) What are the significances of two stripes and three stripes and how strictly are they applied? My missus (bless 'er) bought me some "3's" for birthday, but not sure I'm eligible to wear these at only 400ish hours... Or is it operator-dependant? :O
Shouldn't it be LA ignoramus? I understood it was feminine:E
...................Helmet on INCOMING!!
Sphinx
27th Oct 2006, 08:59
My current company uses this.....
2 stripes - Junior F/O, less than 1000hrs TT
3 stripes - Senior F/O, more than 1000hrs TT
4 stripes - Captain - obviously
My previous company used only 2 or 4 stripes until relatively recently. It has now introduced 3 stripes for those F/O's recommended as Senior due to time served and good simulator assessments.
So there is no hard and fast rule other than 4 is for Captains only.
airborne_artist
27th Oct 2006, 09:57
You should read this Pprune thread (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=229566&highlight=epaulettes) - all you need to know ;)
Just Browsing
28th Oct 2006, 08:27
Xraf
Here's your incoming:
je suis un ignare, using an indefinite article as in English. However, if the original poster was referring to himself as the one and only ingoramus, the definite article would be contracted thus: l'ignare.
Sorry for prolonging diversion on this thread, back to topic.....
JB
Chippie Chappie
29th Oct 2006, 07:29
Congratulation on the job TSandPSintheGREEN.
As said, it it completely operator dependent and your new employer will most likely give them to you. So you can hang on to you stripes for personal use....with the missus I guess;)
(BTW, don't wear them in the sim, T-shirt and jeans is more the order of the GA day.)
Enjoy,
Chips
flyboyike
30th Oct 2006, 14:08
I thought you got one stripe for each 100 pax you killed.
Silverspoonaviator
30th Oct 2006, 15:07
A little know change in the JAR OPS 1, the designation for the Training Captain is 5 stripes.
silver
Margarita
30th Oct 2006, 15:52
We had 2 stripes for copilots below 5700 kg, 3 stripes captains below 5700kgs and copilots over 5700kgs. 4 stripes for captains over 5700 kgs.
CL300
30th Oct 2006, 16:35
We had 2 stripes for copilots below 5700 kg, 3 stripes captains below 5700kgs and copilots over 5700kgs. 4 stripes for captains over 5700 kgs.
And they do not have any problems for their medical ? :) :p
At NJTA 2 stripes for male FA, 3 for first officer, 4 Captains :cool: