Is it acceptable or appropriate for PPLs to wear 1 gold bar

[DX Wombat]

Use balsa wood - you can make yourself some really big ones without compromising W&B

[BackPacker]

Helium filled balloons? The thin & long kind? That would even reduce your weight (although technically not your mass). And they would become bigger as you fly higher, for added bonus points.

Hydrogen would be even better, but I doubt whether you would want to do that. Not after the Hindenburg disaster.

Probably a bit hard to find balloons that shine like gold or silver though. Nevertheless, post a picture if you do!

[OpenCirrus619]

I don't think Gold bars, or silver ones are appropriate, no.

Better tell Polly....



OC619

P.S. Yes I do know she has in fact got a CPL and IR

[The Wicker Man]

Gold Bars

If you like them wear them. They are no longer just limited to airline flying. Most flying schools these days insist their staff wear a company uniform, whith the dreaded gold bars. This was not allways so, when I started to fly uniforms and gold bars were a big no no, but times change. Now we find potential students visiting our school expect to see profesional dress. so in 2000 we went to uniforms and gold bars, and for some strange reason bussnies went through the roof. So far from people taking the P, the image change done us the world of good.

Bye the way in our school
2 bars = ops manager / AFI
3 bars = senior ops manager / QFI
4 bars = CFI /God

[jamestkirk]

Polly above

An instructor i know who used to work at a large integrated training school near oxford was doing asymetric circuit (PA34) one day.

The lady above was on a four mile final. The instructor was downwind and was given the call 'your number 1 report final'.

Before the instructor could come back with the readback. A voice was heard over the radio 'I should be number 1, I am polly (forgotten surname)'.

I will try that next time i am going round the busy circuit where i work. I may however replace the name with;

1. Elton John
2. Winston Churchill
3. Julius Caesar

Any further suggestions would be appreciated.

[QDMQDMQDM]

I doubt that about Polly Vacher and I suspect it is a (slanderous) apocryphal story.

[airborne_artist]

In the unlikely event that you follow Polly's example and fly solo SEP over both poles I think we'll all be happy for you to wear four bars. Until then....

When I was first flying in uniform all I had on my shoulder was the epaulette equiv of this

[FullyFlapped]

JamesTKirk,

Your story could of course be true. However, having met the lady, spent a short while talking and working with her and watching her interact with others, I strongly suspect your story is b*llocks, frankly, and I think you should either put up some proof or withdraw the comments ...

FF

[Say again s l o w l y]

Sounds like a load of old b*lls to me.

[scooter boy]

Polly's Epaulettes

Chaps, you are missing the point here, don't any of you watch Top Model, Trinny and Susanna or Queer Eye for the Straight Guy?

Take a look at the above picture again.

The fact is that the flight suit coordinates with the plane (what a nice orange) and the gold bars accessorise her hair!

It's all about fashion - orange is the new black.

(I know the real reason she is wearing them may well be the need to look convincingly like a pilot if ever stranded in the middle of nowhere).

Get in touch with your feminine sides!!
SB

[DX Wombat]

Get in touch with your feminine sides!!

Use some gold or silver nail varnish to paint them on. Then you can paint your nails to match them precisely.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Meet Captain Wilbur Wrong:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...h/P1010671.jpg

Gold bars look cool on some pilots.

Wilbur loves his Bars, and the sun glasses are for the neighbourhood girl dogs.

[tangovictor]

good grief

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Wilbur has been flying since he was 58 days old.

He has many hundreds of hours and has taken obedience training, sort of a doggie PDM.

By the way he also has a Canadian Security ID tag that he always wears when going to the airport, he was just posing for the picture there and forgot to wear the ID Tag.

[deeceethree]

For those airlines that still have Second Officers (are there any still?), what do/did they wear? One stripe?

[Whirlybird]

A voice was heard over the radio 'I should be number 1, I am polly (forgotten surname)'.

Since Polly Vacher is often involved in aviation stuff for charity, IF this is true, I suspect that there was a good reason for it...maybe something happening after she landed? Otherwise....definitely no. Polly is one of the most humble people I know.

But I'll ask her if you like.

[jamestkirk]

Calm down

I knew this would get that sort of reaction. Technically by the way it's libel not slander, seeing as its written.

Where did i say that i dis-approve of her round the world trip or charitable intentions.

It was told to me by an instructor that i work with every day.

Oh, whirlybird. Get her to pm me then i will happily tell the story to her. She will probably see the funny side as much as i did.

So please just calm down and stop trying to play the game of aviation ego'd one-up-man-ship.

I also have met her at bristol and fond her very pleasant. I dont think I said otherwise.

[J.A.F.O.]

James

You told a story that made her look like a foolish egomaniac - two things that Polly Vacher most definitely is not - how would there be a funny side for her to see?

I knew this would get that sort of reaction

Either you are an idiot or a liar. If you knew people would be miffed by your story then to tell it would make you an idiot. The only other alternative is that you didn't realise that several people on here would know Polly Vacher and got found out, there fore you're a liar as you didn't know what reaction it might get.

I don't care whether it's libel or slander but your original post was bo11ocks.

[S-Works]

Why should PPL's only have one gold bar, they are Captain after all so maybe 4/5 is more appropriate..........

In fact why not have a gold flying suit, you could be a giant golden tool!!!

[jamestkirk]

J A F O

You need to get out more.