uniform rank insignia & other
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uniform rank insignia & other
Now, I've placed this topic elsewhere on these forums before... here's trying again:
What sort of background, if any, is there to the airline uniform rank insignia, in particular those of the ground staff?
I see a great variety of bars and colors on many a sleeve... red, white, green, blue... even red caps on loading staff.
Is there a standard per discipline? Catering, engineering, operations?
Did ICAO or IATA ever venture out to try and recommend a practice for rank and function insignia?
Similarly for airline department codes.
FH = Freight Handling, PH = Passenger Handling, easy ones.
Then the reasoning gets murkier with other, more exotic combinations.
Same question- did ICAO or IATA ever venture out to try and recommend a practice for department/office/function naming?
And indeed, I've got nothing better to do
Max
What sort of background, if any, is there to the airline uniform rank insignia, in particular those of the ground staff?
I see a great variety of bars and colors on many a sleeve... red, white, green, blue... even red caps on loading staff.
Is there a standard per discipline? Catering, engineering, operations?
Did ICAO or IATA ever venture out to try and recommend a practice for rank and function insignia?
Similarly for airline department codes.
FH = Freight Handling, PH = Passenger Handling, easy ones.
Then the reasoning gets murkier with other, more exotic combinations.
Same question- did ICAO or IATA ever venture out to try and recommend a practice for department/office/function naming?
And indeed, I've got nothing better to do
Max
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Well, I can answer my second question it seems:
Apparently called Office Function Designators Codes, one can supposedly find these in IATA's Airline Coding Directory... can someone please confirm? A bit pricey to just go ahead and purchase for a look-see.
Max
Apparently called Office Function Designators Codes, one can supposedly find these in IATA's Airline Coding Directory... can someone please confirm? A bit pricey to just go ahead and purchase for a look-see.
Max
