AirWillie6475 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2448 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (7 years 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3202 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 of America, joined Jul 2009, 336 posts, RR: 60 Reply 2, posted (7 years 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 3180 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.
AirWillie6475 From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 2448 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 2991 times:
" I do not think its that way in europe at all"
I have a Flybe video and an old f/o and any other f/o had only 2 stripes. Also this question was about real world rankings.
Flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5453 posts, RR: 6 Reply 7, posted (7 years 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 2860 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 (7 years 1 week 4 days 21 hours ago) and read 2477 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 of America, joined Sep 2003, 1919 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 14 hours ago) and read 2415 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 Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 3246 posts, RR: 45 Reply 12, posted (7 years 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 2352 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 (7 years 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2310 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 of America, joined Jul 1999, 7352 posts, RR: 36 Reply 14, posted (7 years 1 week 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 2259 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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