Originally Posted by
TheDashRocks
But the really cool thing is the name tag that says, "Check Airman". I jumped on the train at DEN at the last instant, so the door had to reopen. I wound up belly to belly with a SKW pilot with the above tag. He was giving me a disgusted look, so I decided to talk with him.
"Are you a Check Airman?", I asked. His eyes shifted back and forth but he did not reply.
"Cool name tag, but at Mesa the Check Airmen wear a fifth stripe"
The Dash Whsiperer
That was done after a few incidents where a jumpseating check-airman observed unprofessional behavior because the crew didn't know he was a check-airman. It's more of a "fair disclosure" thing than an ego trip.