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20:54 Aug 17, 2010

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Military / Defense

French term or phrase: Repère en 8

As far as I can tell, this is a grade level for training of Military Air Transport pilots in France. It appears as the title of a booklet for recording marks of pilots being tested. There are a few references to this term on various forums by air force personnel but not much official. Can anyone explain what it refers to and what might be the English equivalent?

John Fossey KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (1 open) Answers: 34 Canada
Local time: 01:59

Summary of answers provided

Aircraft commander

Michel F. Morin

qualification level 8

clain

figure of eight navigation

meirs

Discussion entries: 3

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17 mins confidence:

figure of eight navigation

Explanation:
Lots of "figure of eight flight" hits but here it's really about navigation (Repère)

meirs
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of:

Romanian

4 hrs confidence:

qualification level 8

Explanation:
Le repère et l'indice, constitués respectivement de cinq et six chiffres, sont structurés de la manière suivante :
- le 1er chiffre représente la catégorie d'emploi ;
- le 2e chiffre définit la spécialité ;
- le 3e chiffre définit la sous-spécialité ;
- le 4e chiffre définit la spécialisation ;
- le 5e chiffre détermine le niveau de qualification ; (This is the ''repère'')
- le 6e chiffre détermine l'étape de qualification.

See page 7 of this document:
http://www.boc.sga.defense.gouv.fr/pdf/2010/2010_013_p_defl1...

The ''repère'' can be 2, 4, 5, 6, or 8.

Le repère a pour objet d'identifier les viviers de militaires susceptibles de répondre au besoin de l'emploi
considéré. Un emploi peut correspondre à plusieurs postes [cellules référentiel d'organisation (RO)].

The ''repère'' is a classification that puts military personnel in job categories.

clain
Local time: 01:59
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

17 hrs confidence:

Aircraft commander

Explanation:
D'accord avec Clanola: dans la terminologie propre à l'armée de l'air française, et à la codification des qualifications et des emplois, le terme "repère en 8" s'applique à la qualification "chef de patrouille" pour la chasse, et "commandant de bord" pour le transport. Voir le "dictionnaire Goursau" de l'aéronautique, ou la Web.Ref.
Plusieurs traductions sont possibles dans le domaine du transport (Web.Ref.2): captain, aircraft commander, pilot in command... Pour rendre la traduction la plus compréhensible possible, je propose la plus explicite: aircraft commander (car sinon, captain ou pilot in command "of what" ?).

Reference: http://cieletpartage.online.fr/fiche-pn-ada-stephane.php
Reference: http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

Michel F. Morin
France
Local time: 07:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 32

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