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Yup. Definitely XJ. I remember seeing them at MSP and thinking how weird it was that so many people could not figure out that their epaulets were on upside down....then I heard as to why they were doing it. I have never lost respect for a group of people so quickly.

It seems that there are a lot of Captains and some of the newer FO's who have no idea that Epaulets have a right and wrong way to be put on.

LostInPA

09-19-2012 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by crabinow16 (Post 1263553)

It seems that there are a lot of Captains and some of the newer FO's who have no idea that Epaulets have a right and wrong way to be put on.

Agreed.

I can't figure why these clowns have so much trouble getting dressed in the morning. Seriously, I never thought that these befuddling bits of uniform ornamentation required an explanation. I'm a product of our fine public education system and I still figured out which way they go on a shirt.

Boomer

09-20-2012 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by exdashtrash (Post 1263429)

Yup. Definitely XJ. I remember seeing them at MSP and thinking how weird it was that so many people could not figure out that their epaulets were on upside down....

By upside down, do you mean wide end toward the neck? Or the seam on the top? :confused:

CaptainCarl

09-20-2012 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1263775)

By upside down, do you mean wide end toward the neck? Or the seam on the top? :confused:

Believe it or not, I've seen a guy (AA FO) with the wide end towards his neck on one side and the entire epaulet turned inside out and the seam on top on the other. That jumpseat ride was excruciating, my need for symmetry was driving me nuts :o

exdashtrash

09-20-2012 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Boomer (Post 1263775)

By upside down, do you mean wide end toward the neck? Or the seam on the top? :confused:

Seam on top.

frmrdashtrash

09-20-2012 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by CaptainCarl (Post 1263791)

In '04 I saw a USAir FO who had captains bars with one stripe drawn over with a Sharpie. I am NOT nominating him for tool of the day. I thought it was a pretty good statement since everyone on the property at the time had been a captain.

HoneyBadger7

09-20-2012 05:46 AM

Don't get me started...

captain beefy

09-20-2012 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by HoneyBadger7 (Post 1263812)

Don't get me started...

I thought honey badger don't care?

Confused

09-20-2012 08:05 AM

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