Uniforms - technical crew
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Uniforms - technical crew
I'm fortunate to be working in an environment where no uniform is required. However, airport security is no longer part of that environment and trying to get through security without a uniform is becoming more of a hassle than it is worth in some places. I'm hoping for overalls, as white shirts will probably only be white for a very brief period of time considering the work done...
Anyway, to my question. Those of you who are flying with technical crew members, what do they wear as far as insigna (epaulettes) go? The F/E route of one stripe is not really suitable for our operation as the technical crew may well be senior to the flying crew, as well as effectively running the operation. One stripe would send the wrong signal to contacts on the ground. Yet, I think it'd be desirable to have the technical crew set apart from the flying crew.
In the military, at least in my neck of the woods, insignia on backgrounds of different colour is used for certain personnel. Is any similar de facto standard applied in the civil aviation world?
Rgds,
/Fred
Anyway, to my question. Those of you who are flying with technical crew members, what do they wear as far as insigna (epaulettes) go? The F/E route of one stripe is not really suitable for our operation as the technical crew may well be senior to the flying crew, as well as effectively running the operation. One stripe would send the wrong signal to contacts on the ground. Yet, I think it'd be desirable to have the technical crew set apart from the flying crew.
In the military, at least in my neck of the woods, insignia on backgrounds of different colour is used for certain personnel. Is any similar de facto standard applied in the civil aviation world?
Rgds,
/Fred
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Our ground engineers wear three stripes with a purple background...never a problem.
And, as for technical (non-flying) crew 'running the operation',...sorry, not on, only the CAPTAIN runs the show.
Period.
And, as for technical (non-flying) crew 'running the operation',...sorry, not on, only the CAPTAIN runs the show.
Period.
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Our ground engineers wear three stripes with a purple background...never a problem.
Anyone else able to fill in, perhaps with similar or different practises regarding flying technical crew?
And while I hate to go off-topic, especially in my own thread:
And, as for technical (non-flying) crew 'running the operation',...sorry, not on, only the CAPTAIN runs the show.
Period.
Period.
If it was any other way, I expect there'd be lots of flying in the Bahamas, Dunnunda and the Med this time of year... and very little up north. Hmm... coming to think of it... I like your way better!
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And once this thread gave me the confidence to google properly, I soon was pointed back to the one and only font of True Wisdom and Knowledge of All Things Aeronautical: PPRuNe.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-283529.html
Also this interesting Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_engineering
http://www.pprune.org/forums/archive.../t-283529.html
Also this interesting Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_engineering
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Sitting in the HOTAC awaiting the techie types to actually fix the aeroplane is quite restful