Epaulets

[blakman7]

What do the individual stripes on the epaulets signify? I have noticed that FO's have three stripes and CAPT's have four stripes. I have also seem some two striped epaulets. What do these mean? Thanks to all who reply.

 

[kellwolf]

Two stripers are rockin' it at Gulfstream, right Kingairer?

The three stripes on the FO commonly mean either "I Don't Know" or "Not My Plane."

 

[meritflyer]

In the training world -

1 stripe - Private Pilot
2 stripes - Commercial
3 stripes - CFI

In the real world -

2 stripes - flight engineer
3 stripes - first officer
4 stripes - captain

 

[Timbuff10]

In the training world -

1 stripe - Private Pilot
2 stripes - Commercial
3 stripes - CFI

In the real world -

2 stripes - flight engineer
3 stripes - first officer
4 stripes - captain

Somebody owes me some stripes! Does the FAA send em to you?

 

[Stone Cold]

Somebody owes me some stripes! Does the FAA send em to you?

:whatever: :whatever: :whatever:

 

[Bandit_Driver]

In the training world -

1 stripe - Private Pilot
2 stripes - Commercial
3 stripes - CFI

In the real world -

2 stripes - flight engineer
3 stripes - first officer
4 stripes - captain

doesn't Pinnacle give their FA's two stripes?

 

[jayllamas]

Some foreign Carriers:

3 1/2 stripes= Cruise Capt.
2 stripes= Second Officer (relief pilot...not engineer)
3 stripes= Flight Engineer (endangered species)

 

[Nick]

In the real world -

2 stripes - flight engineer
3 stripes - first officer
4 stripes - captain

At some U.S. airlines, the flight engineer has three stripes.

 

[Stone Cold]

The true Flight Engineers have 2 stripes in US airlines...you won't see many of them, if at all any more. Most are retired and didn't have pilot's certs...only FE certs. The three stripes you see is a pilot sitting side saddle until he can upgrade to FO. US airlines, anyways.

 

[Timbuff10]

At some U.S. airlines, the flight engineer has three stripes.

Isn't NW the only one left with FEs? 747-200 right? Ummm Champion I guess, thats it right? Cargo ops still have them too if you count them as an airline.

 

[Stone Cold]

Isn't NW the only one left with FEs? 747-200 right? Ummm Champion I guess, thats it right? Cargo ops still have them too if you count them as an airline.

:whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: WOW...

 

[Nick]

Well, Northwest does have FEs in N-747-200s, plus DC-10s. Others with DC-10s are FedEx and UPS and they've also got 727s. So there are a bunch of flight engineers out there.

As for the epaulet thing, NWA FEs have three stripes regardless of whether or not they are waiting to upgrade to FO. That's just their uniform -- the same as the FO stripes.

 

[Timbuff10]

:whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: WOW...

:whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever: :whatever:

 

[Stone Cold]

 

[meritflyer]

Isnt Dugie8 a FE?

 

[Dugie8]

The true Flight Engineers have 2 stripes in US airlines...you won't see many of them, if at all any more. Most are retired and didn't have pilot's certs...only FE certs. The three stripes you see is a pilot sitting side saddle until he can upgrade to FO. US airlines, anyways.

wanna bet A LOT of money on that?

 

[Dugie8]

Isnt Dugie8 a FE?

Nope, I be the FE's bird deflector :nana2:

 

[meritflyer]

Huh? What that be?

 

[Dugie8]

Huh? What that be?

First Officer dingbat.

 

[meritflyer]

Ahhh.. a First Officer. Dingbat huh? Yo' momma.. ah nevermind