Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
Had a guy who used to wear 5 stripes (who was actually not a tool).
Had another guy who added tassels to his and promoted himself to Admiral.
Both were pretty funny in the right environment.
I once worked as a contract Captain for a European airline where the FOs wore 2 stripes, the Captains wore 3 and the Captains with over 1500 hours in type wore 4. At the time, only the chief pilot and I had 4 stripes. Chick magnet. Still married to one of them.