Those brightly uniformed folks on top of air-craft carriers, what do the various colour schemes represent?

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just curious following Jnr's landing and that congo line of wiggles lookalikes who saluted the great man.

so?

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Friday, 9 May 2003 06:45 (twenty-two years ago)

they're called airedales

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 9 May 2003 06:48 (twenty-two years ago)

repruhzent!

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 9 May 2003 07:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The bright colours mostly represent the phrase "look, I am over here and I am a person, do not fly your airplane/start your engine/ablute your toilet on me".

― Pete (Pete), Friday, 9 May 2003 09:16 (twenty-two years ago)

"Flight deck crews wear different colored shirts to signify their duties. "Yellow shirts" are the catapult/arresting gear officers; they control the launch. "Green shirts" operate the catapult and arresting gear and maintain the aircraft. "White shirts" are safety observers and landing signal officers. "Purple shirts" fuel the planes. "Brown shirts" are the crew chiefs. "Red Shirts" handle weapons and crash crew tasks. "Blue shirts" move the planes on the deck and onto the ship's elevators. "

So now you know ...

― Mooro (Mooro), Friday, 9 May 2003 11:47 (twenty-two years ago)

thanks for the straight answer Mooro. i can sleep better now.

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Saturday, 10 May 2003 03:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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