AirWillie6475 From United States, joined Jan 2005, 2447 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2189 times:
I don't think I've ever seen a pilot with 1 stripe. The crew member with one stripe is usually the cheif F/A. Some airlines I think most in europe use only 2 stripes instead of 3 for the F/Os. Low ranking relief pilots wear 2 usually and are new hires.
BoeingFever777 From United States, joined Jul 2009, 129 posts, RR: 59 Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 2167 times:
I think most in Europe use only 2 stripes instead of 3 for the F/Os.
I do not think it is that way in Europe at all.
Its all based on hrs and SENIORITY!!!!
Most pilots stay a 2 strip for 50 commercial hrs. That's like what a month?
The link is a basic breakdown for pilots and there ranks based on hrs. Once you make F/O (relatively fast) its all SENIORITY. You could be a F/O Senior F/O for yrs.
Flymia From United States, joined Jun 2001, 3843 posts, RR: 5 Reply 7, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 1847 times:
In Europe atleast not sure about the US. Two stirpes means a pilot with a frozen ATP or less than 1500 Hours or no ATP at all. Thats what a two stripe would mean in Europe. In the US the only airline I seen use two stripes is Gulfstream Continental Connection uses two stripe for there training FOs that are in the traning program. What about FE's?
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Bobster2 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1464 times:
On my last flight on CO I noticed F/A's with stripes on their sleeves in the waiting area. In fact, I was sure they were the pilots until I got on the plane and saw them working in coach.
Tiger119 From United States, joined Sep 2003, 1711 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 1402 times:
There are some flight schools that have their students (both in classroom and in practical settings) wear uniform shirts with just one stripe. It might be a psychological thing for the student, give them a goal to aim for.
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Iakobos From Dem Rep of Congo (Zaire), joined Aug 2003, 2630 posts, RR: 42 Reply 12, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1339 times:
At Continental 4 is Captain, 3 is First Officer, 2 is chief purser, and 1 is Flight Attendant.
This use to be the standard thoughout, not only for Continental.
Note that non-flying employees also (in theory) have stripes, station manager and operation manager and officers come to mind, eventhough the stripes are narrower.
Bobster2 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1297 times:
I just did a Google search for "pilots stripes", without the quotes, and this thread is in the top 10 out of over 200,000 web pages. So if you want to get yourself listed on Google, this is a good place to do it.
I found a previous thread mentioning that color is also important, depending of course on the particular airline. Gold may be for flight crew and silver for ground operations, for example.
And what about female F/A's. I'm sure they're entitled to wear stripes if the males are, but they don't always have appropriate sleeves to put stripes on. The female F/A on my CO flight didn't have a stripe.
N766UA From United States, joined Jul 1999, 6812 posts, RR: 51 Reply 14, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1246 times:
This use to be the standard thoughout, not only for Continental.
Right. I'm pretty sure it's the standard for all US Airlines (except those without pursers) but I figured I'd just say CO cause that I know for sure. The 2 stripes of the flight engineer (second officer) are all but gone.
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