Red Duster

[j.sabourn]

The company I was brought up with had the opposite attitude as insisted on wearing. On asking why? was told as an example that when the pilot comes on board he knows who he is talking to. Other examples were given but is that long ago they slip the mind at the moment. Cheers John Sabourn.

[John Arton]

I always insisted that my deck officers wore white shirts/black trousers and epaulets when we were under pilotage. The Company provided them with the items so there was no cost to them and it was actually in their QA system that they were to worn when in port.
After seeing ships where boiler suits etc were the norm on the bridge (clean or dirty) and having spoken to the likes of pilots etc. the wearing of uniform went a long way giving the correct impression of how your ship was run.
With the advent of ISPS the requirement for anybody to be readily identified became even more important and so the weraing of uniforms helped you with that.
rgds
Capt. John Arton (ret'd)

[Colin Hawken]

Define British!!!!

Someone holding a British Master's foreign going Certificate?

[Capt Bill Davies]

Colin,

Your opening up a hornets nest here. I would say that the vast majority of STCW II/I British issued certificates are not issued to what I think you are alluding to.

Bill