How about it hey!

I ask a stupid question...... I get stupid answers!!!

Bring them on boys! Make me smile some more!!:O

Sorry, I missed the part where you said it was a stupid question :} In that case you should wear them at all times. No, really !! You paid for them....wear them with pride. Women will adore you and men will tremble in you presence. ;)

Hey! I like the bit about men trembling in my presence; perhaps I will get some ;)

Cheers

Whirls

Whirls,

You know you dont need bars to make men tremble in presence!:ok:

Agaricus bisporus,

'In UK bars are worn by Professional pilots always, 4 for Capt and 3 for FO.'

Almost... 4= Capt, 3= SFO, 2= FO, 1=Moron


Lunar.

Not that im going to be wearing any soon but its just one of those questions you always mean to ask but always forget!!!!

I only worked for one operator that required pilots to were them, it was about image, I would have rather had the Transmisson leak fixed and a wind screen I could see out of, but you see it was about image. What ever floats your boat I guess. I could care less. Never worn them when I flew airplane either.

While we had to wear a nice shirt and "3 bars" when flying the tourists, no fashion conscious pilot would be seen without the following while doing Bush work:


http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...OzBushwear.jpg

Bullseye! BigMike :ok:
That's the way i like it to see us rotorheads! I hate this company forced wearing of bars, fortunately they want it only on a few occasions.
Wearing bars on uncle franks toys is comical. In cases i had to fly a much bigger JAR/FAR 29 twin and my boss or the PR Manager pressed me in a new shirt with tie and bars i feeled like a bus driver, a bellboy or like one of this gracefully airline captains,fresh out of a slang tanner, assisted by one or two ambitious FO. :bored:
NO! I'm proud to be a helicopter pilot and not one of this high altitude, well polished, one way autopiloted "cockpit managers". I like the laxity to be a rotorhead, i like the smell of kerosene, i like the dust from hovering near grounds, i like my proven and scratched leather jacket, i like my cap and i like the feel to go outfitted in this manner through the mass of bars wearing plank drivers, getting ascendent views from this statures and out on the field they stumble looking at my multimillion ship, my maneuvers, and i blow them the airfield dust direct at the well pressed white shirts with bars. :E

Exactly BigMike, just sub in a pair of really raggy jeans and a pair of really gnarly Kodiacs (work boots) and you've got the Canadian Bush Pilot's flying suit.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a3/...OzBushwear.jpg
dont forget:
- slight paunch derived from cheap beer and lack of excersise due to either sitting in helicopter, sitting in office waiting to sit in helicopter, or sitting in bar waiting to for the following day when you can do it all over again.
- Evidence of red face, not from a tropical tan, but from women slapping you when you attempted to chat them up whilst wearing Epaulettes.
- wallet in back pocket as it is thin enough to be there, seeing that it usually holds one note, an expired credit card, and possibly a crumpled photo of the lastest barmaid, purely used to prove to your fellow pilots that you are getting some. Note destined to be used over the course of the evening to buy beer for paunch.

The most appropriate quote is the one from the "Rent-a-Mob" scene in Blazing Saddles:

"Badgeees?! We don' need no feelthy badgeeees!"

Mike

The only thing I have to say is that you might want to invest in some long pants to cover your legs. :eek:

I wondered where KFZ got to after Royce had his way with it.

IHL,
Oft forgotten that 1 bar is (nearly 'was'?!) worn by the F/E! Happy days, they were!:D

I wear 4 bars and my co wears 3 . I find gold is better as it matchs the colour of our R22.

Seedy Bars for Helicopter Pilots????

NO......Platinum bars...every time!
Much higher order! :ok:

Big Mike,

Finally!

Been wearing my "Blunnies" since '98, were "once black," and have been soaked in so many types of fuel and oil, that they're considered Dangerous Goods by the airlines...

We are issued Flight Suits, mine is for sale, never used. As for Bars, well, wore them once years ago in Mexico, never again. Sort of damned if you do, and damned if you don't, because if you take them off, you look like the Mormon "Mass Conversion Team" kids that show up at your door every three weeks when you're hung over.

RH

champagne mr selfish. champagne.

When I asked the question about how many bars we were supposed to wear on the epaulettes, I was told by the chief pilot to get ones with no more than 3, otherwise I would make everyone else look silly.

Surely You wear as many bars as your payload permits up to the point when your shoulders sag?

Seriously, the question's been answered already but could I empasize that etiquette demands that you take your bars off in a non-aviation environment and doubly so if you're bellying up to a bar!

Someone made a good point that fare-paying passengers like to see them because, quite irrationally, it fills them with confidence and they are also useful in transit through Europe and Africa. Advanced years and a majestic demeanour also helps!