Epaulettes
 

Presently (when on tour) none. :E

And for part 2... generally (in GA land)

2 bars - Gr 2/3 instructor or general SE charter
3 bars - Gr1 instructor or bigger charter capt (eg RFDS etc)
4 bars - CFI/CP

I remember a ferry captain on a b200 that arrived at our hangar in CNS saying in a loud texan drawl, "How come you pilots all wear three bars - you're all captains after all??".

woohoo...... I can wear four. I'll have to sew em on me T shirt though. should look good down the aero club. :E:}

..... what ..... not 4 bars on the silk pajamas?:eek:

All the guys at my company take 'em off when we go to the coffee shop anyway:O

You wear however many your company gives you and tells you to wear.

None. In my opinion it's all a bit of a :mad:. However some people have no choice as their companies require pilots to wear them. There is a discussion here.

FOUR!!!!! and I blind everyone on the ramp when I swagger past :} Then I strap myself to my 172S no less and terrorise the training area with my white silk scarf out the window and slapping the fuselage.

It doesn't matter how many you're wearing, as long as you take them off when you go down to the greasy spoon/coffee place for lunch and to/from work

j3

But if you wear them into Macca's they normally give you a discount!

That's because they think you're a bus driver...

Sheesh, dont forget a cocked hat and ceremonial sword :* http://www.augk18.dsl.pipex.com/Smileys/masturbate.gif

nah the hat and sword are only for the Annual Aero Club Dinners...

You ought to know better than that Wiz!:=:D Back in Port Morbid, if you wore your epaulettes when walking into the Club Dero bar you were fined!!:eek:
The fine was 'shout the bar!!':uhoh:

No-one was ever caught as far as I know but Tinpis may have heard of someone from way back when....!

yeah......... buuuut the meri's luv mi tomus. :E

Hmmm, never heard it called that before.:confused::E

alrite ... Fixed it. :E sp's for all then huh?
must be a world wide recognized thing. Its the same at the aero club I used to drink in......

It's now all Crystal clear to me.:=

tipsy:rolleyes:

If you really want to impress, wear them on your raincoat! :}

now now tipsy. behave. :E:ok:
far to many stairs for me to wear em in the dero anyway........ you know me and stairs. :}

So stopping to get petrol and having them on makes you an idiot?

Sometimes I think we're way too precious about the uniform...and that means both ways. Some are precious because they're wearing it all the time. Others are precious because they go to inordinate and futile lengths to not be seen wearing any paraphernalia related to aviation. Personally I've just never invested that much energy as to give a stuff either way. Today's the exception I guess.