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New York Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Pilots have this tiny detail on their uniform that you probably never noticed — here's what it's for
A pilot revealed the big meaning behind a small detail on their uniform. While flight attendants have their own designated uniforms, obviously so do pilots. And if you've ever taken a good look at a pilot when boarding a flight, you may have noticed that some of them have small gold stripes on their white-collared shirts — and there's a good reason for that. An Emirates pilot explained in a TikTok video posted by the airline that a pilot's epaulettes, or sometimes referred to as shoulder boards, indicate their rank. 'One bar is for a training pilot, two bars are for a first officer, three bars are for senior first officers and four bars are for captains, like me,' the proud Emirates aircrew explained. One of the commenters on the video said, 'Airlines mostly have slightly different rules regarding this.' And there is some truth to that. According to the flight training center, AeroGuard, 'Depending on the airline, two, three or four stripes are shown on a pilots' shoulders.' 'A flight engineer or second officer wears two stripes, a first officer wears three stripes on their pilot uniform and a captain normally wears four,' as explained on their site — which differs from Emirates' pilot rankings. When it comes to those in charge of flying planes — people are not only checking out their uniforms, they're also flirting with them. A 25-year-old woman named Tanya Pidgorodetskiy shared her chance encounter with a handsome pilot while she was flying home to Cleveland with her family in a series of TikTok videos. 'Every time I tell the story, people think I'm making it up,' Pidgorodetskiy captioned one of her clips. The pilot caught Pidgorodetskiy's attention when she was waiting to board a Frontier flight. She originally thought the good-looking stranger was going to be flying the flight she was soon getting on — but it turned out he was off-duty in uniform, flying as a passenger like everyone else. The two didn't interact on the flight but he did leave a sweet note when it was time to deplane. 'I was sitting in a row towards the back, and 20 minutes before landing, I got a tap on my shoulder, and it's that guy, and he handed me a napkin, and I was just so confused,' Pidgorodetskiy said in her video. 'I made my mom and my sister read it first. I was freaking out.' 'Hi, I'm sure you get notes like this all the time, but I would love to take you out to dinner and get to know you. If that's something you'd be up for, let me know,' the sweet note from the pilot read. And long story short — the two lovebirds have been dating ever since.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Passenger flirts with pilot on Frontier flight— and was stunned by his reaction: ‘People think I'm making it up'
Love was in the air. An Ohio woman revealed how a chance encounter prompted a handsome pilot to drop her an epic gesture in the sky — and the two have been inseparable ever since. She detailed this romance in a series of viral videos on TikTok. 'Every time I tell the story people think I'm making it up,' Tanya Pidgorodetskiy, 25, captioned one of the clips detailing the meet-cute moment, which occurred while she was flying home with her family to Cleveland. The traveler had reportedly caught her future beau looking at her at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport, noting that he had a pilot uniform and was a head taller than everyone else, People reported. Pidgorodetskiy didn't think anything of it until she boarded her Frontier flight and saw that the mystery man, named Wesley, was on the same plane. As he was in uniform, the gal initially thought he was her pilot, but later realized he was actually off-duty and was en route to the Buckeye State to pilot a different flight. The off-duty captain reportedly gave her nephew a wave as she carried the tyke down the aisle to her seat toward the back of the jet. She then didn't interact with Wesley for the rest of the flight until right before touchdown, when the pilot approached her with a note. 'I was sitting in a row towards the back, and 20 minutes before landing, I got a tap on my shoulder, and it's that guy, and he handed me a napkin, and I was just so confused,' Pidgorodetskiy said. 'I made my mom and my sister read it first. I was freaking out.' The message read: 'Hi, I'm sure you get notes like this all the time, but I would love to take you out to dinner and get to know you.' 'If that's something you'd be up for, let me know,' added the captain, who left his number at the end of the note. Pidgorodetskiy learned later that the pilot had never asked out a flyer before, and had to be 'hyped' up by one of the flight attendants, who also helped him draft the letter. Nonetheless, she said she texted her sky suitor 'the following day, and then we went and got dinner the day after that.' They reportedly met on Halloween — with her noting that their connection was instantaneous — and then strolled the city for hours. 'We've been inseparable ever since,' gushed the lovestruck woman. In a video from April, Wesley can be seen playing Top Golf with her niece and nephew. 'The fact that I almost didn't take the flight and now the pilot who handed me the note is teaching golf to my niece and nephew,' she gushed in the caption. 'The butterfly effect is too real.' Viewers were equally awestruck by their relationship with one comment section romantic writing, 'Everything happens for a reason.' Another shared a similar story of a serendipitous romance sparked in the sky, writing: 'Called my wedding off and sat next to my future husband on the flight I took to celebrate calling my wedding off.' However, some cynics thought that Mr. Right may have been too good to be true. 'Crew will tell you he hands notes out often and will have a lady in every city around the globe,' scoffed one skeptic. But according to Pidgorodetskiy, it was love at first flight. The couple recently returned to their first date spot, whereupon they noticed a mural that read, 'The only lie I ever told you is that I liked you when I already knew I loved you.' 'It shook the both of us when we saw it because he always says he knew within five minutes of our first date that I was the one,' she said.
New York Post
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Passenger flirts with pilot on Frontier flight— and was stunned by his reaction: ‘People think I'm making it up'
Love was in the air. An Ohio woman revealed how a chance encounter prompted a handsome pilot to drop her an epic gesture in the sky — and the two have been inseparable ever since. She detailed this romance in a series of viral videos on TikTok. 'Every time I tell the story people think I'm making it up,' Tanya Pidgorodetskiy, 25, captioned one of the clips detailing the meet-cute moment, which occurred while she was flying home with her family to Cleveland. Advertisement The traveler had reportedly caught her future beau looking at her at the Charlotte, North Carolina airport, noting that he had a pilot uniform and was a head taller than everyone else, People reported. 3 Tanya Pidgorodetskiy. 'Hi, I'm sure you get notes like this all the time, but I would love to take you out to dinner and get to know you,' the note read. @ tanyapidgor/Instagram 3 Tanya and Wesley have been inseparable since their first date. @tanyapidgor/TikTok Advertisement Pidgorodetskiy didn't think anything of it until she boarded her Frontier flight and saw that the mystery man, named Wesley, was on the same plane. As he was in uniform, the gal initially thought he was her pilot, but later realized he was actually off-duty and was en route to the Buckeye State to pilot a different flight. The off-duty captain reportedly gave her nephew a wave as she carried the tyke down the aisle to her seat toward the back of the jet. She then didn't interact with Wesley for the rest of the flight until right before touchdown, when the pilot approached her with a note. Advertisement 'I was sitting in a row towards the back, and 20 minutes before landing, I got a tap on my shoulder, and it's that guy, and he handed me a napkin, and I was just so confused,' Pidgorodetskiy said. 'I made my mom and my sister read it first. I was freaking out.' The message read: 'Hi, I'm sure you get notes like this all the time, but I would love to take you out to dinner and get to know you.' 'If that's something you'd be up for, let me know,' added the captain, who left his number at the end of the note. Pidgorodetskiy learned later that the pilot had never asked out a flyer before, and had to be 'hyped' up by one of the flight attendants, who also helped him draft the letter. Advertisement Nonetheless, she said she texted her sky suitor 'the following day, and then we went and got dinner the day after that.' They reportedly met on Halloween — with her noting that their connection was instantaneous — and then strolled the city for hours. 'We've been inseparable ever since,' gushed the lovestruck woman. In a video from April, Wesley can be seen playing Top Golf with her niece and nephew. 'The fact that I almost didn't take the flight and now the pilot who handed me the note is teaching golf to my niece and nephew,' she gushed in the caption. 'The butterfly effect is too real.' Viewers were equally awestruck by their relationship with one comment section romantic writing, 'Everything happens for a reason.' Another shared a similar story of a serendipitous romance sparked in the sky, writing: 'Called my wedding off and sat next to my future husband on the flight I took to celebrate calling my wedding off.' However, some cynics thought that Mr. Right may have been too good to be true. 'Crew will tell you he hands notes out often and will have a lady in every city around the globe,' scoffed one skeptic. But according to Pidgorodetskiy, it was love at first flight. Advertisement 3 Viewers were equally awestruck by their relationship with one comment section romantic writing, 'Everything happens for a reason.' @tanyapidgor/TikTok The couple recently returned to their first date spot, whereupon they noticed a mural that read, 'The only lie I ever told you is that I liked you when I already knew I loved you.' 'It shook the both of us when we saw it because he always says he knew within five minutes of our first date that I was the one,' she said.
